"Qualifies as a British Columbia classic."¯Alan Twigg, publisher, BC Bookworld 

“It is a masterpiece of research and a must-read for anyone interested in BC's history or the art of research.” ¯Richard Thomas Wright, author, Overlanders 

“This is a fresh new look at one of British Columbia’s most enduring and tantalizing mysteries. The search for that legendary El Dorado goes on to this day, with an ever-changing cast of gold seekers undeterred by the fate of earlier adventurers.” ¯Chuck Davis, author, Vancouver Then and Now 

Slumach's Gold chronicles what is possibly Canada 's greatest lost mine story.

Rick and Brian Antonson first heard about the Salish man Slumach’s lost gold mine in 1957. As young boys sitting around a summer night’s campfire, an old Native woman told them, “There’s a lost gold mine on Pitt Lake . It’s got an Indian curse. You’ll never find it. At least not find it and live.” The story’s allure never left them.

In 1972 Mary Trainer joined Rick and Brian Antonson to write In Search of a Legend: Slumach’s Gold. The book became a Canadian bestseller, selling 10,000 copies. Now Heritage House has published their new book, which brings further research, fascinating updates and fresh insights into this timeless mystery and ongoing quest for lost gold

Leaving the legend intact, the authors have diligently sifted through history and myth to separate fact from fiction. They search out the truth behind:

• Slumach’s hanging for murder in 1891 in the old New Westminster provincial jail;

• The drama of international fascination following Slumach’s execution;

• Slumach’s possession of gold nuggets “the size of walnuts”;

• Slumach’s curse meant to protect his hidden motherlode from interlopers and trespassers;

• The number of gold seekers who have died searching for Slumach's lost gold (newspaper reports claim there were over 30);

• The characters in the legend: the murdered Louis Bee; the lost mine's first finder and the curse's first victim, John Jackson; pioneer–prospector, the missing Volcanic "Doc" Brown; gold-seeking newspaper publisher Rikk Taylor; former RCMP officer and historian Don Waite; moviemaker Michael Collier; aviator–adventurer John Lovelace; and many more.

All this just 35 miles east of Vancouver in the rugged mountains of southwestern British Columbia.