Videos Galore!

"Keep in mind I am a amateur film maker this was my first video ever," writes gold hunter and adventurer Daryl Friesen inviting to watch his videos on YouTube. Looking at these videos and those of Evan H's I am always glad that it is not me who has to crawl into black holes, get wet and cold and out of breath climbing yonder hills, and stumble around in wilderness around us to find my treasures. Libraries, archives and the Internet are more my hunting grounds. Please do go and have a look. 

Digging for Gold in British Columbia

The Lost Mine of Pitt Lake Part I

The Lost Mines of Pitt Lake Part II

The Lost Mine of Pitt Lake Part III

Terrarosa Hike 2009

With his friends Kevin and Adam, fellow British Columbian Evan H. (who lives and works in of Sydney, Australia) made a trek into the Terrarosa area. Evan was the chief prospector and satellite navigator, Kevin the driver and the head of jokes and Adam was responsible for the production of a video record and  bear protection. Evan H, is one of the most faithful visitors to this blog and the Slumach Web site. Click here to admire their adventures.

Audio/Visual on the BC Prospector site

Rob (R.W.) Nicholson has posted "Curse of the Indian Gold" (Mineworks Film) and some excerpts of his conversations with Stu Brown on a new page "Audio/Visual" on his new BC Prospector site. Click here.

The B.C. Prospector Magazine keeps coming and coming!

Ever since October Rob Nicholson is producing new issues of his fascinating B.C. Prospector Magazine. The December issue (No. 3) is just out and it is as an interesting read as the previous issues. I have found a place for his publications in the right-hand column of this blog. Just click on the issues to download. Issue No. 1 is free and the following issues are just US$3.25 a copy! Image credit

Saga Magazine, August 1973 Curse of Slumach's Gold Canyon

On my wish list for quite some time was the August 1973 issue of Saga Magazine, True Adventures for Men. Recently I did get hold of a copy of this manly magazine. Here is the cover and I thought you'd like to see the back page as well. The Slumach article, written by a Robert A. Davidson (about whom I know nothing yet) is posted on the Slumach Web site. Click here.
Click on the pictures to get a better look at the cover.

Sheridan Hill

The Pitt River Quarries gravel mine in the Pitt Polder hopes to expand its operation further into the rock face of Sheridan Hill allowing Lafarge Canada Inc. to continue mining at the site for another 10 to 15 years. The City of Pitt Meadows will be telling the province it doesn’t support the expansion. Sheridan Hill is one of several locations purported to be the site of Slumach’s lost gold mine. This from articles in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News from October 27 and October 29.

Slumach and Timbuktu at Coles in Seven Oaks

On Saturday December 12, between 1:00 and 3:00 in the afternoon, Brian and Rick Antonson will be on hand at Coles in Seven Oaks Shopping Centre in Abbotsford for a signing of their best seller Slumach's Gold, in Search of a Legend and Rick's fabulous To Timbuktu for a Haircut.