GC1H0JK Traditional Cache Colowyo Coal Camp
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: cocoalminer and utwildflower @ | Hide Date: 10/07/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 15.710 W107° 47.329 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Thorns 
Very Easy Cache Just Off The Highway
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This cache is located at the former entrance to the Colowyo coal camp. Colowyo Coal was started way back in the early 1900's. It was a premier mine for many years. It supplied coal to a growing empire in Moffat County and the northwest corner of Colorado. The camp and coal processing facilities were located up the canyon to your west. In 1974 the mine was bought out by W.R. Grace who proceeded to change it from an underground mine to a strip mine. Part of the overburden they stripped was dumped in the canyon erasing almost 70 years of history. My father spent 27 years working at the underground mine. I spent one year of my childhood living in the coal camp. This was also my first real job after I graduated high school. By that time it was only making custom or house coal. I spent 2 winters working here before it closed in 1974.
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10 Logs: Found it 7  Write note 3  

Found it 05/29/2019 By HermanDaGerman & Frauline
May 29, 2019 11:26 AM 14640 Making our way our way home from Geowoodstock one cache at a time.

Found it 05/29/2019 By rug cutters
May 29, 2019 11:24 AM 10585 TFTC and TFTF Rug Cutters

Write note 11/08/2018 By Coloboy
TFTC

Found it 11/08/2018 By Coloboy
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Found it 09/21/2018 By Darlinlee
For the last couple of times we have passed this one, there has been muggles too close for us to look. finally we got to look and yay we got our smiley. TFTC.

Write note 09/13/2018 By justck
Tftc

Write note 09/13/2018 By justck
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Found it 08/18/2018 By IowaGerd
Not what I expected to find here.

Found it 08/09/2018 By rocketglider
Thanks for the hide.

Found it 07/20/2018 By SockeyeDave
Heading home from Montana to Prescott, Arizona. Broke up the driving to stop/ stretch the legs & pickup some caches. Located quickly/ easily/ thanks for bringing me here. Found in good condition. TFTC Cool