In September, The Campbell River Mirror reported the disappearance of 71-year-old prospector Jack Mould while gathering fresh water from the Southgate River. A source close to the investigation tells that when the search started his dog was still waiting for him and that Jack's gun was leaning against the car, but he was gone and could not be found. Jack could have encountered a wild animal, but it seems more likely that he fell into the deep, ice-cold, glacier-fed river and drowned.
In the introduction to her book Jack Mould and the Curse of Gold, Elizabeth Hawkins writes: "But the ending, when it comes, promises to be as mysterious and intriguing as the beginning."
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Nature does not need a ghost to guard a mine.
In 1891,in New Westminster BC, an elderly Native man was hanged for murder. Today, legends of epic proportions link him with rich gold findings in the mountains around Pitt Lake and multiple killings. What do we really know about this man and where did the legends come from?
Award Winning Web site
The Slumach site received the Web site Award for 2008 from the British Columbia Historical Federation and David Mattison
Memorable quotations
A gold mine is a hole in the ground with a liar on top.
Gold makes a fool of us all the time. Nature does not need a ghost to guard a mine.
Gold is where you find it.
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