It is one of North America’s most famous lost treasures.
“Some people say it’s in the high country, 7,000 feet above sea level, others say it’s in the lowlands,” said Brian Antonson, co-author of Slumach’s Gold: In Search of a Legend.
“The best campfire story ever,” said co-author Rick Antonson.
The two brothers were just kids when they became hooked on the story of a lost gold mine in British Columbia.
“Legend has it that Slumach, in the late 1880s, threw walnut-sized gold nuggets into the parlors of New Westminster,” Brian said.
“When Slumach was tried and hanged for the murder of Louis Bee in early 1891, on the gallows he declared: ‘When I die, mine will die.’ He said it as a curse to protect the mine,” Rick added.
Receive national news daily
Get the day’s top news, politics, business and current affairs headlines delivered to your inbox once a day.
With Mary Trainer, they published their first book on Slumach gold in 1972. They have just published their third edition.
“Apparently it’s in a cove.” Apparently it’s in a pond in a stream,” Brian said.
The TV show The Dead Man’s Curse follows the latest hunt for the gold mine in the area where it is believed to remain hidden.
“What they call the land of Slumach. Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows down to Mission, Harrison Lake area,” Rick said.
“It’s described as some of the most rugged territory in all of British Columbia,” Brian said. “It sparked the interest of thousands of people. There are people who have disappeared and died. »
“It’s absolutely captivating, and it’s accented with a curse,” Rick said.
More than 130 years later, research continues.
“There’s a legend, there’s a curse, and there might be gold,” Rick said.
“This will absolutely continue.”
© 2024 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.