GC5YY65 WheelHouse
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: RhyoliteRangers @ | Hide Date: 07/07/2015 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 42.673 W105° 08.528 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
           

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This tricky historic micro cache will drive you nuts! 

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Located at the mining exhibit for the Gold Coin mine, the mine Victor was built literally around, this is a micro with logbook only. Watch where you step as a fox lives in and around the machinery and has many den entrances (holes). Stay outside the fence, the interpretive signs will tell you what job each large piece did and how. Across the street to the north is one of Victor's finest buildings, used by the Gold Coin as a recreational building/company store/offices for the miners. Areas that are off limits are clearly marked, please respect private property. 

Victor is still a thriving little town, still supported by the large Cresson gold mine and the surrounding business. Be sure to check out 3rd and 4th streets before you go. 

Additional Waypoints

R15YY65 - Gold Coin Mine Building
N 38° 42.705 W 105° 08.503
This was the center of recreation, paychecks, barbacks and shady ladies for the workers at the Gold Coin Mine across the street. In order to draw their pay, they would have to pass through the entire building all the way to the back, therefore passing a bar, restaurant, bathhouse, and shady ladies on the way out. Often they left with empty pockets! Jack Dempsey once fought here as well.

07/04/2019 By nvgoldfish
Found it. Log if full.

Thank you.

06/29/2019 By banjohans
Found with Rumble Seat

06/26/2019 By RumbleSeats
Thanks for the fun cache and the smiley

06/16/2019 By McGregors
This was a quick find, having seen hides like this before. Getting to GZ was trickier. A map doesn’t always tell you which streets go though in mountainous terrain like this. The log is full, so I signed it where I could.

This was an interesting stop. Thank you for placing a cache here.

05/15/2019 By maca_en_niels
On our 21 day road trip, today we went from Victor, CO to Salida, co. to start the day we stoped here for a little exploring of the town. TFTC!

# 6444
T: 10:31:00

10/07/2018 By Chick-A-D
Beautiful fall day to cache up here. Interesting place. Tricky hide. Good camo. Such big massive machinery. Love this town. Very historic. Had lunch at the bakery. TFTC

09/24/2018 By Hives
Out with house guests today to enjoy the fall colors and to gather a few caches along the way. A very educational stop. It's amazing what was accomplished back then with the technology that was available. Nice hide. SL. TFTC

09/05/2018 By Qaz
I stopped at this one after going to Bishops Castle. My mom flew in from Florida and we are out and about taking in sites around the state. The best part was hearing her say we had not done a Geocache yet and that we should stop and do one. Well, of course! We had had a great trip and loved taking in the sites! Thanks for having this cache out here for us to find. My mom loves stopping out here in Victor to a antiques shoppe. This is our third year coming through this town. While my mom was shopping I ran around the corner to find this cache.

- Did you know: If you want to catch a squirrel just climb a tree and act like a nut.

09/04/2018 By mmk3x
Tricky bugger! Saw several foxes around town, but none of them approached me. This is a remarkable location. Thanks for the cache. Visiting from Ohio

09/01/2018 By srbisblest
Found with dlbisblest. Tricky hide. SL. TFTC.

07/21/2018 By team w-bar-v
Had a good time caching today. Thanks for the Cache.
Victor Gold Rush Days. Too the walk to this cache.

07/21/2018 By Halfamind
Great cache. I love the old ruins. Tftc. Sl

06/27/2018 By Jessn1017
Quick, easy find, TFTC!

05/23/2018 By DigDug15
Very clever hide! Lidlove and I made the find and signed the full log. Victor is an interesting little town. Thanks!

05/23/2018 By Lidlove
Quick find... Really cool spot! Tftc