GC782A Virtual Cache Ghost 8 - Mountain City
Type: Virtual | Size: Virtual Virtual | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1 out of 5
By: ahelir @ | Hide Date: 07/30/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 48.028 W105° 30.271 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 31
Actually the 9th in the series of Ghost caches. Located at an elevation of 8291 feet.
Mountain city was actually the first town on Gregory Gulch where the first "strike" was made. Central City and Black Hawk grew and eventually envoloped Mountain City, and it disappeared as a town.

Log your entry and email me the following information:

What is the plaque erected for.

The names on the plaque.

The date on the plaque.

A good place for pictures of the past.

While in the area, there are other caches very close by:

Ghost Cache 2 - Nevadaville by me

Rubble Redoubt by H2O maker

Gilpan Gallivant by H2O maker

Germane Granitoid Grotto by H2O maker

Enjoy
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22 Logs: Found it 22  

Found it 06/29/2019 By Pixel Magic
TFTC
Headed up to the mountains today to escape some of the heat in the city. Great day to explore an area that we had not been to before.

Good condition.

answers sent

Found it 06/22/2019 By Folboter JAF
Took a two-and-a-half-week trip with my son (Folboter WBF) who had just graduated from high school. We went from Ohio through Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Calilfornia, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and back to Ohio. We visited lots of great spots like Carlsbad Caverns, San Diego, LA, Sequoia National Park, Yosemite, and Pike's Peak. What a fantastic trip full of great memories!

And of course we did some geocaching along the way! We found caches in 82 new counties for us. We found five state's oldest caches (Tennessee, Texas, California, Nevada, and Colorado). We also visited seven webcams and found 22 virtuals, 19 earthcaches, various challenge caches, a few gadget caches, and lots of traditionals ... almost 200 total caches for the trip! Thanks to the cache owners for putting these great caches out there for us to enjoy on our trip!

A big festival was going on in town today. Quickly found the monument. Answers sent to the cache owner. Thanks for putting this virtual cache together.

Found it 06/21/2019 By soule122
Found on a roadtrip from California to Colorado. Answers have been sent to the CO. Thanks.

Found it 06/09/2019 By M4ISU
Out caching on a damp and cool June morning with KCCG and Stephanjha on a geocaching vacation from the great Cyclone state

Tftc

Found it 06/09/2019 By Stephenjha
Day 4 of caching road trip to Colorado with KCCG and M4ISU. Grabbig a few more caches and then partimg ways. Today is day 2634 of my daily streak. Thank you for placing this cache.

Found it 10/20/2018 By ABQRaz
Traipsing through history and exploring parts of Colorado we had not before, we found this intriguing site. Thanks to the CO for bringing us here. Answers submitted. TFTC!

Found it 09/26/2018 By WindAtMyBack
Found with @LostinDenver TFTC

Found it 09/26/2018 By LostinDenver
I sent the answers for @WindAtMyBack and I who came up to specifically grab this cache. Tftc! Ancient (by Colorado standards) grounds.

Found it 09/20/2018 By JuliaofSunnyside
Enjoyed our trip to the area!

Found it 09/06/2018 By IowaGerd
Very impressive Virtual.

Found it 09/03/2018 By Firemnky
On a Fall trip through Colorado doing some caching and seeing the sites. A beautiful scenic drive through Rocky Mountain National Park. Visiting the downtown areas of Boulder, Denver, Castle Rock and Colorado Springs to name a few. We enjoyed a beautiful hike on the Barr trail at the Summit of Pikes Peak. It was a wonderful trip with quite a bit of caching thrown in along the way. Thanks for another fun virtual. My grandfather was a mason so this was interesting to me. Answers sent.

Found it 08/25/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
I was going up when I should have been going down, so I had to park below and walk up to GZ. Once I was there the answers were easy to gather; they will be along shortly. Good job and TFTC!

Found it 08/07/2018 By CRS_GEO
We grabbed this cache after driving down from the RV park on the hill. We parked across the street because all of the flat/parking area near the plaque is blocked off. Great building, what is left of it and nature is reclaiming the interior.
Photo

Found it 07/29/2018 By Honeybuzzed
Headed home from Grand Lake and decided to take a much longer route and see some new sights. The views were beautiful and I was glad I chose to zig zag across the route. Thanks for all the caches to find.
Masonic bldg central ciry

Found it 07/28/2018 By TRY2findme
Just into the area got it. Will send photo soon . TFTC!

Found it 07/27/2018 By cajrrman
I decided to head for the hills around Central City for some caching today. I made the find here at 10:59 am. Thanks for the cache! Answers on the way...

Found it 07/20/2018 By mwdaley
I so love the history I learn from virtual caches! Just sent answers to cache owner's questions to him/her. Cool site and I can almost imagine a small town being here. Thanks!

Found it 07/18/2018 By Red Sailor

Found it at 1540 hrs. Info sent Smile thanks ahelir for the cache
4658

Made the short ride and found a place to park. The parking area is closed. Got the info and sent to CO. Tried an elk burger near by.
Mountain City

Found it 07/10/2018 By team salford
visiting colorado from new hampshire. we stayed in both estes park as well as aspen over a week. i was able to find 20+ virtuals and earthcaches in addition to 80 regular caches. answers or pics will be sent along the way by week's end. TFTC's.

Found it 07/08/2018 By toolrep1
My family and I spent 10 days in Colorado while on a vacation from Chicago. On the way from Colorado Springs to RMNP, we passed by this virtual, and I recorded the needed info. TFTV!

Found it 07/07/2018 By hkmill
We are visiting From Iowa. We were driving back from Golden Gate Canyon State Park to Evergreen. We decided to stop and find this cache hoping that it is in Clear Creek County. Thanks for showing us this historical little town and teaching us a little history! Answers will be sent.

Found it 07/07/2018 By Shropshire5
We always pass these types of ruins- but rarely ever stop to discover what they really are. Thanks so much for the virtual!
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