Each of the caches in the Alchemist Series are now stand alone caches. No info is required to attempt any of the caches in the series.
The Alchemist Series contains a total of fifteen caches: eight in Tier One, four in Tier Two, two in Tier Three, and one in Tier Four. The eight caches in Tier One are all traditional, so the listed coordinates are accurate. But in order to find any of the caches in the three higher tiers you must first find two caches in a lower tier. (The graphic above shows how the series fits together.) Each cache -- except for Gold -- contains a three digit number written on the inside of the front cover of the logbook; that number will be needed to calculate either the latitude or longitude of a higher tier cache.
Sodium's information will get you the Salt latitude. (Chlorine's information will get you the Salt longitude.) Please do not share this information with other cachers; let them complete the series on their own. This series will take you on a criss-cross journey through western North Carolina. This is not a race!
You are looking for a medium-sized Lock&Lock container hidden near a cemetery in Whittier. [The recommended cleaning agent for gravestones made of granite and/or sandstone is sodium hyperchloride.] It is full of the usual inexpensive trade items; please trade even or up. Enjoy The Alchemist Series!
The inspiration for this series came from MarcB -- a cacher in the United Kingdom who graciously allowed me to steal the idea. Check out any of the caches in his Alchemy Quest series. 
FTF HONORS GO TO Dooley!!!
