IHOD #3: Granite Mountain Traditional Cache

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Vertighost: Since there has been no response by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note, I have archived this cache. Please note that caches that have been archived for maintenance issues or lack of cache owner communication are not eligible to be unarchived.

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Hidden : 6/20/2005
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is #3 in the series It Happened One Day (IHOD) which hopefully will give a little history of Burnet county. Easy park and grab located in a roadside park across from Granite Mt.

This 866-foot dome of solid pink granite, covering 180 acres, contains the largest quarry of its kind in the United States. Granite is a favored building stone. The mountain was part of a grant made to Texas colonist William Slaughter. The site became famous commercially when a dispute arose in the 1880s over the type of stone to be used in the Capitol in Austin. The issue was settled in 1885 when Governor John Ireland resisted demands to use non-native limestone. Following this decision, a special track was built to haul the granite to the rail line in Burnet. During the excavation for the stone for the capitol 500 of the 1000 workers were Texas prisoners. Sixty-two experienced stonemasons from Scotland were also brought in to dress the granite.

Now then, reports claim that the surface of the mountain has barely been scratched. In the gallery is a picture of the mountain before they pretty much blew it up... Hey, they use dynamite... Now go find the cache, and look across at the "mountain", and you can decide if it's sadly, just a big rock now.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

bbbu, cerggl ebpx!

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)

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