Ghost 11 - Magnolia

GC8A9A Traditional Cache

Ghost 11 - Magnolia
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular

| Difficulty: 1 out of 5

| Terrain: 1 out of 5

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Magnolia

The 11th in the ghost series, located at an elevation of 7999 feet.

Located above the old mining town of Magnolia Co. The townsite was spread up the mountain for a distance of probably 2 miles. Little exists of the town today, and its not easy to spot where building foundations once were. The town probably started about a quarter mile after leaving the highway and starting up Magnolia Rd, and was prob centered about 2.5 miles from the highway. The cache is located approximately 3.75 miles up from the highway. This is a brand new road, they ware putting the final touches to the asphalt as I was going up. Steep in some areas with many switchbacks. Watch for deer on the road. A very nice view from the parking area.

Magnolia came into being in about 1875 when ore similar to that found in Sunshine was found. The mines were worked for rich ore, and then after a cyanide mill was built the diggings were worked again for the low grade ore than hadn't been worth the effort before. As the mines faded, so did the town.

The original contents of the cache contained:

Vial of Gold (real)
Toy dump truck
2 pencils with neat erasers
Deck of Cards
Light Stick
Light Crawler mini flashlight
Knife keychain

Ghost 11 Travel Bug which is free to wander

A camera - please take your picture and log the frame number here and in the log book.

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Bottom of a rock outcrop, under some ground juniper covered by rocks

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10 Logs: 7 1 1 1

06/16/2018 By RowanNight
This one was pretty hard!! Got it and had fun though!!

05/05/2018 By chiefsonic
Amazing cache. Beautiful view.

09/12/2017 By AleyaJean
Not found.

08/30/2017 By AleyaJean
Lots of garbage in the area. Looks like some folks sheltered down there.

05/14/2017 By robuster91
after hiking today this is one that i found thanks for the hide robuster tnln

07/20/2016 By AirRaidFan
Had a flat so I'm driving on a do-not tire.. TFTC!

Arf!
Louisville, KY
BigSmile

07/09/2016 By jacobboulder
Quick find with my dad. Took some searching but we found it. On our way back to Boulder after a night at the Kelly Dahl campground. SL. TFTC!

Find #1756

07/09/2016 By Grandad Hollywood
Out for the day with Mrs Grandad Hollywood & our (English) visitors from Madrid. Took us a while & I'd probably rate this more a difficulty 2 or 2.5! No camera in the cache now. I took the container up to the parking lot to check it out & sign the log - and there's another couple of geocachers arrived!!
TFTC...

05/30/2016 By BenandLara
TFTC!

05/23/2016 By benji55545
Surprise, the photos were (mostly) okay! Not bad for 10 or so winters. Send me a message if you can help ID the cachers and dogs in the pictures.

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