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Almaden & Almaden, New Almaden Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Nazgul: Apparently a few DNFs now constitute a "Needs Maintenance". I'm not going to keep driving out to check on it just because of a few DNFs, sorry. Archiving.

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Hidden : 7/16/2004
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Located in an extremely tiny, obscure park, surrounded by local history.

Bulmore Park is just across the street from the Hacienda entrance to Almaden Quicksilver Park. Look for the large historic marker with plaques on two sides.

Hacienda Creek runs through the park, which is sandwiched between two bridges. On the other side of the creek from the park is a historic marker for the old Vichy Water springs. Across the street from that on one side is the historic St. Anthony's church, which was built largely with mining company funds. On the other side is a nice French restaurant which is housed in another historic building.

There are many more historic buildings and markers nearby. All of these are briefly described in a free walking tour booklet that you can pick up from the mining museum which is just up the street at the same spot as the This Ore That cache.There is also the new memorial to Pat Tillman here.

Signal reception could be tricky here due to overhead cover and other terrain considerations. It's not under or particularly close to either bridge though. Don't be shy about using the hint if you're having signal problems.

The cache is a camo decon container. Please re-hide it well, and don't forget to take a few minutes to relax and enjoy the babbling stream. :)

7/15/04: Bumped overall rating to 2.5 stars based on logs.
3/23/05: Bumped to 3 stars after reviewing logs. That's assuming you don't use the clue!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pybfr gb fznyy fghzc gung jnf n shyy gerr jura gur pnpur jnf uvqqra!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)