GCPAM3 Traditional Cache The Waring Norrie Colony Chinatown Cache
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 4 out of 5 | Terrain: 4 out of 5
By: Norriecolony @ | Hide Date: 06/11/2005 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 17.823 W106° 34.364 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 5
This cache is of moderate difficulty and is located in the Rocky Mountains on the Western Slope of the Continental Divide. Somewhat challenging, but worth the effort.
In the latter part of the 1800's the Colorado Midland Railroad Company successfully established the first standard-guage passenger and freight railroad service through the Continental Divide, thus serving both the Eastern and Western Slopes. This cache is located at 10,386 feet at the site of a work village for Chinese laborers who probably helped construct part of the Hagerman Tunnel which passed through the Continental Divide near Hagerman Pass. The cache contains a pen, a notebook, a New Orleans Madri Gras cup (Rex Organization), a Hard Rock Cafe cup, an American Flag, a Troon North golf divot tool, a knife sharpener, a metal part from a Colorado Midland train wreck, and a Colorado Midland track tie stake.
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11 Logs: Found it 10  Write note 1  

Found it 09/06/2018 By ibgpin
Began this geocaching trip at Turquoise Lake heading up Hagerman Pass and on to Basalt. Lots of blank areas on log signed out of sequence to save log space.

Found it 05/29/2018 By nelsonfam04
What a climb to get there, but worth it. Could not figure out how they came and went from the high ridge
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Found it 07/05/2016 By blueskiescindy
I was so excited to see this one and it was as special as I expected! Love this and it is a favorite for sure!

Found it 07/04/2016 By AmigaAZ
This is why I LOVE geocaching !! Thanks for the hide, history and amazing drive up here ! Adding a favorite for this one !

Found it 05/05/2015 By tnewc10
Tftc. Had no idea this was here. Thanks.

Found it 09/28/2014 By 2Haulers
We are from Leadville and must have driven by this site a hundred times over the years never knowing a thing about it. What a cool place to visit on color sunday. We wandered through the trees and counted eight old cabins/tent dwellings scattered on the bench above the railroad grade. This is very interesting history. We took pictures and will upload them when we get a chance. SL Left LED flashlight. thanks for the fun!Smile

Found it 08/07/2014 By psych01
TFTC for this awesome hide. I didn't sign the log sequentially by date as people have wasted so much space on paper. This cache was in good condition even though it has been over 1 yr from the previous find. Terrain difficulty was definitely a "4".
remains of previous inhabitants

Found it 05/28/2013 By kingbeef19
TFTC! Smilewhat a great hide... was crazy to lnow the footprints left by history

Found it 10/13/2012 By Buttercup922
We went up during the first snow of the year. There was about 5-6 inches of snow and it was still coming down. What a cool place. We have a place up in that area and have been looking for the "Chinatown" for months and not able to find it then I saw there was a geocash there and it helped us find the place. The cache is in good condition and I suppose will be left alone until next summer. Great place to put it! Thanks!

Found it 07/19/2012 By vorticity
I replaced this cache with a stainless steel water bottle and log. Very cool location on one of the most amazing roads in Colorado. Vort.

Write note 07/14/2012 By vorticity
I will be at the cache site this week and will replace the cache. Vort.