Millstone Quarry Cache

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Hidden On: 06 May 2007
Waypoint (Landmark): N025A7
Open Cache:  Unrestricted
Cache type:  Normal
Cache size:   Normal

Difficulty:  (moderate)
Terrain:  (moderate)

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• Clue: 
  Guvf bar vf haqre gjb>

We were waiting until the perfect day to check out this cache. Two days after Christmas and near 70 degrees, it doesn't get any better than this!! This is a great cache. We found the trail back to the cache and enjoyed the walk through the woods. The bushwack was a short one and we came upon the stones. This is one of those must see areas that we would have never found without Mooman's help. It's amazing to see all of the millstones just scattered about. We enjoyed exploring the area. We heard a tree fall in the distance while exploring the millstones and had a tree fall just behind us on the trail back out, 'bout scared me to death!!
We left a glow stick, birthday cards to pass along for LJ's Dad and Punny the Bunny travel bug. What a great day to be caching!! Thanks Mooman!!

I got a Milestone at the Millstone!! #200!! Parked close by and walked the easy way in from there. That is one cool place! To see the stones in different stages of production was just to wild. I wonder what the years of operation were?? TFTC and the peaked curiosity that will cause me to seach for some answers about this place. I've since found out from a gentleman with the Dunbar Historical Society that the old locals in the know say, the mill was operting in the late 1700's to early 1800's and was reportedly making stones for (among others) a gristmill called Youngs in what is now Mount Braddock.

Well I was still limping pretty good when Johnny and I track down to get this one - I had heard about the millstones but had never been up to this spot sort of odd see how as a youth I wonder around most of the hills.

Thanks for Fun Mooman
and Thanks for the Company Johnny and Scruff
Lj

I'm glad this is listed on navicache.com where there is one heck of a lot less clutter than on that other geocaching website. It makes it so much easier to find gems like this!

It's probably hard to believe but I was here a couple of years ago with Accident_Prone_Hiker, Desk Jocky, Salvelinus, Polgara, and Clays to scout this site for a cache. I abandoned the idea because it was (and is) very overgrown but in hindsight I have to say that this is a way cool place for a cache! It's a great hike into this area and it's one of those hunts that you really need to do your homework on if you don't want to avoid making it much more difficult than it needs to be. On top of that, it takes you to a unique location that you would never be able to find without coordinates.

I hiked in with LJ after the Camp Carmel event and led the way because I pretty much knew how to get where we were going. The killer bushwhack at the end was just as I remembered it. The new GPS worked like a charm to get us to ground zero in spite of the dense canopy. We found the cache without too much trouble after a little head scratching and surveying the area for geo trails. We had to do something because there's probably a zillion and one hiding places among the scattered stones.

LJ wondered how this enterprise could exist in such a remote area. I speculate that it was probably a cottage industry that was engaged on a seasonal basis whenever the farm work was slow. Somebody must have figured out that the sandstone conglomerate left up here on the top of the plateau is there because it's the most resistant to wear and erosion -- ideal for millstones.

The cache was chock full of good stuff. I took a cool flashlight and left a tape measure. I also traded some geocoin.

Thanks for bringing me back to this interesting spot.

Johnny

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