Thars Gold in Dem Dar Hills #1 Traditional Cache
Thars Gold in Dem Dar Hills #1
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Turn onto Camperdown road from HWY.103a short distance and then proceed on Mines Rd.#2 for 3.8 km to suggested parking at N44 19.330 W064 35.679. You can drive down to the cache location if you have a 4x4 but it is not suitable for a car. We prefer to park at the road intersection and hike or bike in. There are remains of the old cookhouse at N19.120 W064 36.341 and old mine shaft debris at N19.125 W964 36.365. Please be careful at this site.
The cache is a camoed 2kg peanut butter jar on the property of the former Leipsigate Gold Mine. When hidden it contained stickers, playing cards, free car wash cert.,play dough,key chain,ID holder, Girl Guides lanyard, nobbly wobbly ball, coolie, crack open geode, TB and FTF magnet and Lunenburg County cachers coin.
This land is now protected as part of the Town of Bridgewater watershed. The main road to the parking location is plowed year round to down over the hill past the last house before the suggested pkg
Nova Scotia had three gold rushes: 1860-1867,1896-1903 and 1932-1942. Total gold production for the province was
1 139 390 oz.
The Leipsigate mine was in operation from 1884-1946 with a total production of 13 563.2 troy ounces. In 1904 the MicMac Mining Company Prospectus was valued at $1 500 000 with 105 claims and 75 men employed.
There were three main leads in the Meguma group of rocks in this area known as Owens'Pit. The MicMac property operated a 15-stamp mill and the Leipsigate property operated a 10-stamp mill. One stamp was capable of crushing one ton of quartz every 24 hrs.
The remaining crushed quartz was trucked into Bridgewater to be used as the base for their streets: King, Queen and Pleasant Streets for sure. Streets in "town" might just be paved with gold.
Later in production there was a cyanide plant also on this property.
In the late 1990's the two main shafts were covered over with cement. These shafts were between 80-90 feet deep.
The road into this cache location is monitered by the Public Service Commission and is maintained by the Department of Transportation. The Public Service Commission encourages hikers, bikers, skiiers, etc. to use this roadway. They ask that if you do take a dog with you that you do not allow it to swim in the waterways as this is a watershed area for the town of Bridgewater.
Although hunting is not allowed, due to the remoteness of this location please use hunter safety during hunting season.
This is a neat area to explore but please be careful as there are many unmarked areas. Follow the road past the cache location to enjoy the view of Leipsigate lake.
Additional Hints
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