GC73RE6 Traditional Cache K – BVGT Iron City Cemetery
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2.5 out of 5
By: BVChamberGeocache @ | Hide Date: 04/12/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 42.617 W106° 20.023 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

This cache is located in another one of our area's old mining town cemeteries.  Iron City was a smelter town. Gold and silver laden ore were carted in from nearby mines, the ore was processed and the precious metals extracted. Like many mining towns, its citizens soon moved on to new places seeking their riches.  Iron City was only populated for 2 years. The location of the town is now a campsite and the cemetery is just down the road. Volunteers spent two summers working on the Iron City cemetery. When they were finished, there were new pickets, made by inmates at the Buena Vista prison, surrounding some of the graves, pathways between the gravesites, and a legend of the cemetery’s residents. Look for the gravestone for Sarah and Sadie Mullens, two smaill girls - "Born a year apart, died a day apart, buried a hand apart"

This is a fun cache to find just outside of the cemetery. Very close to St. Elmo Ghost town too.   Beware of Muggle Ghosts.

This road was the wagon road to St. Elmo and is now a 4-wheel drive down to Alpine. Road conditions vary depending on the season, we recommend walking the mile to the cemetery.

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8 Logs: Found it 7  Post Reviewer Note 1  

Found it 07/03/2019 By coloradoseekers
TFTC! This was my daughters first cache!

Found it 06/30/2019 By jedglass
TFTC! A nice place to RIP. Wonderful forrest to walk through.

Found it 06/12/2019 By longfam6
Fun to find!

Found it 07/18/2018 By AdventureJunkies
Nice! TFTC!

Found it 06/14/2018 By JMKR
We toured the cemetery after dinner, then made our way back outside to make the find. Lots of swag for the kids here. TFTC

Found it 06/03/2018 By nmsunsets2
Found it with susieqgirl. Love old cemeteries! This is a very quite resting place up high in the mountains. I love the history at the entrance showing some of the causes of death. So interesting and sad. We sure take so much for granted. Felt thankful after reading and looking thru the cemetery. TFTH

Found it 05/13/2018 By WFoxnTIG
Great cemetery.! Love the cause of death info at the entrance. Visiting friends in the area and enjoying the weather. TFTH. W. Fox

Post Reviewer Note 05/01/2018 By Geocaching HQ Admin
Thank you for visiting this location! We hope that you enjoyed exploring Buena Vista. Per the wishes of the GeoTour Host, the Buena Vista Geocaching Journey GeoTour is now retired.