Winter Games starting in a few days -- in Mission.

Brian Antonson of Slumach's Gold fame is president of this year’s  BC Winter Games at Mission that will take place starting on Thursday February 20 and ending on Sunday February 23. 
The focus is, writes President Antonson "... to provide an exceptional experience for almost 2,000 athletes, coaches, and official who are coming to Mission full of hopes, dreams, competitive spirit and their own goal setting." 
Well done, Brian. You deserve a gold medal! 
Click here to get all information you need.

A Chance Encounter

Four members of the Lost Pitt Lake Mine Society happened to run into each other at Don's place. They took the opportunity to talk about Adam and Evan's 2013 "walkabout" through the mountains (see map) and to hear about their plans for this coming summer. After years of exploration chances to find "the gold" and Volcanic Browns last camp are exceedingly favourable. Click on image to enlarge.

Evan, Don, Adam, and Fred 

Walkabout 2013

Book Hunters Alert

The good news: At the MCC Thrift Shop in Mission BC is for sale a copy of Charles Miller's famed but rare book The Golden Mountains. 
The bad news: It is part of a small collection with other famous but not-so-rare gold-hunters book offered in a "silent auction."
The last reported bid is $40 and who knowns how much it will be in the end!
Slowly creeping up and up!
Today, January 29, the bid is up to $60.
The collection walked out of the door on February 15th with a high bid of $75!

Don Waite makes a new discovery

Don Waite, eagerly looking for information for his upcoming book on GOLD came across a new, so far not discovered article about Volcanic Brown and Slumach's gold from a 1992 issue of an in these parts little known magazine called The Yukon Reader. 
By now the collection of transcripts of articles about Slumach's gold available on the Slumach Web site is so complete that new finds are rare. The article is a good compilation of the material from other sources. A warm thank you to Don for sharing this with us and making the complete collection even completer!
Click here to read a transcript of the article.

Vancouver Courier Weekend Edition, October 11, 2013

Harrison to Whistler

The famous duo Adam (Agassiz) and Evan (Melbourne) has done is again this year. They crossed the mountains—this time not from Harrison to the head of Pitt Lake but from Harrison to Whistler. Three fellow mountain enthusiasts, Asher (Melbourne), Chris (Chilliwack), and Kelly (Chilliwack), went with them on their walk. 

No gold but absolute certainty now that, with the glaciers receding, Volcanic Brown’s remains will be exposed next year and also a bonanza beyond your wildest dreams.

Some famous (less nimble) collectors of mines, gold, myth and history joined the fearless climbers to look at their videos and photos and to hear their tall stories. Standing left to right:  Asher, Don, Greg, Adam, and Kelly. Sitting Chris, Evan, and Daryl.

Click here to see a fabulous selection of pictures from Adam’s collection. 

YVR Take-Off Fridays

The folks at the Virgin Bookstore at YVR have invited Rick and Brian Antonson back for another book signing on FRIDAY AUGUST 30th from 10am to 2pm as part of the YVR "Take Off Friday" event. This  will be the LAST of the series of events. Join the fun! 

The Antonsons will be there to with their (and Mary Trainer's) Slumach's Gold, and Rick's To Timbuktu for a Haircut and Route 66 Still Kicks.