Looking Out - Looking In Traditional Cache

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Dalesman: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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DalesmanX

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Hidden : 8/1/2006
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is my first cache so I hope it works okay, feedback is welcome! A quick, almost 'drive by' micro cache in a very busy area. Please take care when removing or replacing the cache and ensure the log is back inside the container properly when you have signed it. Please remember to take a pen or pencil.

Craghead is a former mining village in County Durham, seven miles north west of Durham City and four miles west of Chester-le-Street. Once a tiny hamlet, Craghead grew with the development of the deep mining industry. The sinking of pits from the William Pit in 1839 to the Busty Pit in 1916 all had a profound effect on the village. Miners and other workers needed homes, shops and the other essentials for community life so the village grew.
Coal had been mined by primitive methods such as bell pits and drift mines before technology made deep mining and transport of coal a possibility. In the eighteenth century mining methods were simple, miners used wooden shovels and wooden picks tipped with iron. Coal was moved in baskets and bags dragged on sledges.
The technology of the Industrial Revolution not only made deep mining and transport of coal possible, it also created more of a demand for coal. In 1838 ‘The Company’ decided to let out part of their coalfield and the Craghead part was let to William Hedley at £50 per annum. Hedley began to sink the William Pit at Craghead on January 14th 1839. While the sinking was in progress a selfacting incline was constructed to take the Craghead coal to Pelton Level where the wagons joined the Stanhope and Tyne Railway.
When Craghead Colliery closed in 1969 with the loss of 1600 jobs many of the work force had to find employment elsewhere.
This Sculpture serves to remind us of those who lost their lives in the production of coal.

Parking is possible in many of the side streets but please be considerate to the locals.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ghpxrq hc uvf gnvyf!

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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