GC18D41 Black Sunday Remembered
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Polaski @ | Hide Date: 01/05/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 27.450 W108° 03.679 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
     

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This cache is located just off County Road 215.

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This cache is located near the main gate to the Exxon’s Colony Oil Shale Project. This project was started by TOSCO (The Oil Shale Company), which later sold out to Exxon. The actual oil shale project was located 13 miles north up Parachute Creek. The Exxon plan was to dig out an underground cavity, fracture the shale and burn it in place (insitu) and then siphon off the liquid shale. Without any advanced notice, Exxon went public with its intentions to shut the project down when it made the announcement on the 10 pm Channel 9 news program, Sunday, May 02, 1982. Hence the name, “Black Sunday”. The following day, over 2,000 workers were out of work. The Towns of Parachute, Rifle, Silt and even Grand Junction felt the economic effects for years.

The cache is a 30 mm Ammo can. It contains a log and lots of stuff. Park near the Double Gates, it's much safer than along the road!

Warning, Warning, Warning..... Cache has been relocated. Old cache has been run over by dozer as part of the tree/brush removal in front of the main gate. The new location is on the west side of County Road 215, near the old tunnels leading from the parking lots into the Colony project.


Congratulations to Bugz/Daisy for the FTF :0)

06/15/2019 By MoabLegs
Out for a little hike ride thus lovely morning.

04/04/2019 By Stopsel3
Von Deutschland sind wir angereist, um einen Roadtrip zu machen. Dabei genießen wir nicht nur die tolle Landschaft und die Kultur, sondern nehmen auch den einen oder anderen Geocache mit. VIELEN DANK FÜRS VERSTECKEN!

04/04/2019 By T I ITI
Almost the whole april we are doing a roadtrip trough several Us american states. Our Route includes Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California. Luckily Stopsel3 is with me so i am not the only geocacher in here so its easier for me to make the group stop for a little container.
Im happy that the map is full of caches so we were always able to find a cache near the intsrstates or highways we are on.
We could find this Geocache quickly with a quick stop. Thanks for hiding :)

Thanks to Co for the Cache
Greetings from Southern Germany
Danke für den Cache :)
Viele Grüße
Tim

10/28/2018 By brianlight
TFTC Quick find for the kids.

09/25/2018 By ladybugNV
Grabbed a bug. Tftc

09/14/2018 By SpeedyHorch_SBK
Thanks, after „Rain Bird“-Desaster the second one today. Tftc

09/13/2018 By KlausiTorgelow
Auf unserer Reise durch dieses wunderschöne Lamd gefunden und unseren Log hinterlassen!

Grüße aus Deutschland von


KlausiTorgelow

07/03/2018 By Firework99
Great spot and easy find with the clue.

04/16/2018 By aluminum_halo
All is great with this cache. Good hunt.

09/05/2017 By Equine1030
In the area visiting from Arizona, getting another Colorado DeLorme Challenge off my things to do list. I noticed how many of the caches are not very snow friendly. Thanks for the hide.

08/06/2017 By shopgirl55
Tftc

07/24/2017 By CAT DUDE
found it

07/24/2017 By march boys
Quick stop on the way thru town. tftc

07/16/2017 By PatMan515
On the road from St Louis to Vegas, caching along the way! Thank You for the cache!

07/15/2017 By DavidDevoDude
Very easy. Quiet spot. Thanks.

02/13/2017 By Vader
Took bunny rabbit and ball. Left a emoji and a plane. Thanks for the nice cache.

12/30/2016 By KirkNSpock
TFTC. Good place for the dog to get out of the car.
- KNS