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Military Hill Traditional Cache

Hidden : 7/14/2006
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is an ammo can in the summit cairn. Drive in from Landin Park/ Old Bisbee HWY. Park near the northwest base of the hill at the old mining A-frame (see pic) and climb the ridge there.

I originally went up this summit to place a small tin with a few trade items but I found some old summit logs, and a "cremains" certificate, that needed preservation help. This is a popular destination for SAHC members and other groups. The old summit log pill bottle was disintegrating and the papers were getting damaged so I carried them back with me. There is another newer summit glass jar still in place. I pieced the damaged logs back together, taped them, and scanned them for digital posterity. I did the same with the cremated remains certificate and I laminated it. The original logs and certificate are now in a new plastic jar inside the ammo can. Please don't open it so that they preserve longer. You can read the certificate without opening it. See uploaded pictures for more details.

Also on the summit, you will find a solar powered radio re-transmitter operated by the USDA Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed project. It relays signals from many precipitation and flow monitoring stations to the headquarters that you will pass on old Bisbbe HWY near Landin Park.

Note the picture of the OFF LIMITS sign. Though it may seem oriented toward the road, it is not. It is for the old mine/quarry entrance to the right that is now blocked off.

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