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King under the Mountain Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Any Direction: After three years of giving us joy, King Under the Mountain will have to be archived. This was our first cache to place, but shortly after placing it we moved away and our friends, Buzzard Bait, took over watching the cache. Now they have also moved away from the area, so even though we hate to say goodbye to our first cache, and one that meant so much to us because of the years spent working at the McCoy/Cove Mine and living in Battle Mtn., we have no other choice.

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Hidden : 3/14/2005
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Echo Bay’s McCoy/Cove Mine in Nevada had an annual production of 400,000 ounces of gold and 12 million ounces of silver. This operation mined over 200,000 ton’s per day and employed over 500 people.
Located approximately 25 miles south of Battle Mountain along highway 305, this open pit and underground mine is no longer in production and has been reclaimed.
Take the time to read the brief history of the McCoy/Cove Mine that is the ammo box along with the log book.

Included in the original cache are:
Traveling Bilbo action figure
2 Echo Bay Mine belt buckles
A blue “Arkenstone”
EB McCoy Mine cap
2 Seven Dwarfs toys from McDonalds (Happy and Sleepy)
Matchbox helicopter w/bonus treasure
gold chain

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va oehfu nybat srapr.

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)