GCYC5Q Traditional Cache Coal Hard Cache
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: bird bear and bug// maintained by gooftroop4 @ | Hide Date: 10/28/2006 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 33.631 W107° 29.960 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 1
Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Ticks  Abandoned mines  Parking available 
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The Vulcan and Consolidated Mines were the prominent mines in the Burning Mountain area. Coal mining was the major reason for the influx of activity here in the late 1800's and early 1900's. There was an explosion that killed 49 miners in this mine. When they tried to put out the fire by diverting water from Elk Creek into the shafts, it created a massive amount of smoke and a new build up of gases. This has caused the coal seams to burn even now. You can really see the hot spots during winter on the side of the mountain. This cache has a really nice view of the river. Make sure you have a good time looking around the area. Do be careful, and remember, HAVE FUN!!
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10 Logs: Found it 8  Didn't find it 2  

Didn't find it 05/29/2018 By gavrgirl
Could not find

Didn't find it 05/29/2018 By caelmialiv
Couldn’t find it.

Found it 04/18/2018 By jaebea
TFTC

Found it 04/18/2018 By Shells1
Cool place TFTC

Found it 04/03/2018 By kemest3
Took a while, but I found it with my little geocacher. Careful around the mine, there's a lot of broken glass around there.

Found it 03/19/2018 By karenschwenk
Kids loved this one! Took dinosaur and star. Left a marker and a snail shell
Tftc!

Found it 02/04/2018 By siroisd
Quick find TFTC!

Found it 10/06/2017 By peakbagginggeo
55Connie and I are motoring from Breckenridge, Colorado to Salt Lake City, Utah and bagging a few caches enroute. Good hide at a great location and not too far off the interstate. TFTC.

Found it 07/30/2017 By Lynnsdestiny1
Quick find cool structure

Found it 07/30/2017 By HD4
Quick grab tftc