Monday 10 July 2023

Update SEARCHING FOR PITT LAKE GOLD

Missing from my book is the story of "Slumach's Map." Today I would add the following to the text on page 37 

According to Aunt Mandy, Slumach “sitting on the cell bench“ had drawn a map for her father of the location where he found the nuggets. Pierre destroyed Slumach’s drawing but years later he redrew the map from memory, and one of his daughters made copies. Aunt Mandy also told Donald Waite that Pierre’s drawing and those copies were lost in housefire in the 1930s. 

The only plausible reason why Pierre would have drawn this map and had copies made was they were intended for sale or to impress gullible prospectors. Seen in that light it seems unlikely that the map drawn by Slumach ever existed. For Pierre, with his intimate knowledge of the lay of the land a few pointers would have been enough – he did not need a map. 

3 comments:

alex. said...

Hi mr.Braches. Mine name is Dmitrij. not too long ago we started to expolore area near lake Harisson.And got in the contact with mr. Rob nicholson. we stated exchanging emails. but now it seems that his website and email are no longer working. maybe youu would know alternative way to contact mr. Nicholson?

Western Adventurer said...

Hi Dimitrij,
my name is Witali i am a local from chilliwack, please get in contact with me i want to talk to you about exploring. call or text me at 6049910767

Paul said...

Dmitrij,

I'm hoping to contact Rob too. Did you ever get his contact info?