2012, ISBN: 9781926613604

Slumach´s Gold chronicles what is possibly Canada´s greatest lost-mine story. It searches out the truth behind a Salish man´s hanging for murder in 1891 and tracks the intriguing legend a… More...

Slumach´s Gold chronicles what is possibly Canada´s greatest lost-mine story. It searches out the truth behind a Salish man´s hanging for murder in 1891 and tracks the intriguing legend about him that grew after his death. It was a legend that turned into a drama of international fascination when Slumachthe hanged criminalwas mysteriously linked to gold nuggets ´´the size of walnuts.´´ The stories claimed that Slumach had placed a curse on a hidden motherlode to protect it from interlopers and trespassers just before he plunged to his death ´´at the wrong end of a five-strand rope.´´ Although many have attempted to find Slumach´s gold over the past 100 years, following tantalizing clues that are part of the legend itself, none have succeededor have they?Rick Antonson, Mary Trainer and Brian Antonson have diligently sifted through history and myth, separating fact from fiction, but leaving the legend intactalong with the promise of gold yet to be found by some future gold seeker. Slumach´s Gold chronicles what is possibly Canada´s greatest lost-mine story. It searches out the truth behind a Salish man´s hanging for murder in 1891 and tracks the intriguing legend about him that grew after his death. It was a legend that turned into a drama of international fascination when Slumach—the hanged criminal—was mysteriously linked to gold nuggets ´´the size of walnuts.´´ The stories claimed that Slumach had placed a curse on a hidden motherlode to protect it from inter eBooks > Fremdsprachige eBooks > Englische eBooks > Sach- & Fachthemen PDF 09.02.2012, Heritage House, .201<

ISBN: 9781926613604

Slumach´s Gold chronicles what is possibly Canada´s greatest lost-mine story. It searches out the truth behind a Salish man´s hanging for murder in 1891 and tracks the intriguing legend a… More...

Slumach´s Gold chronicles what is possibly Canada´s greatest lost-mine story. It searches out the truth behind a Salish man´s hanging for murder in 1891 and tracks the intriguing legend about him that grew after his death. It was a legend that turned into a drama of international fascination when Slumachthe hanged criminalwas mysteriously linked to gold nuggets ´´the size of walnuts.´´ The stories claimed that Slumach had placed a curse on a hidden motherlode to protect it from interlopers and trespassers just before he plunged to his death ´´at the wrong end of a five-strand rope.´´ Although many have attempted to find Slumach´s gold over the past 100 years, following tantalizing clues that are part of the legend itself, none have succeededor have they?Rick Antonson, Mary Trainer and Brian Antonson have diligently sifted through history and myth, separating fact from fiction, but leaving the legend intactalong with the promise of gold yet to be found by some future gold seeker. Slumach´s Gold chronicles what is possibly Canada´s greatest lost-mine story. It searches out the truth behind a Salish man´s hanging for murder in 1891 and tracks the intriguing legend about him that grew after his death. It was a legend that turned into a drama of international fascination when Slumach—the hanged criminal—was mysteriously linked to gold nuggets ´´the size of walnuts.´´ The stories claimed that Slumach had placed a curse on a hidden motherlode to protect it from inter eBook eBooks>Fremdsprachige eBooks>Englische eBooks>Sach- & Fachthemen, Heritage House<

ISBN: 9781926613604

Slumach´s Gold chronicles what is possibly Canada´s greatest lost-mine story. It searches out the truth behind a Salish man´s hanging for murder in 1891 and tracks the intriguing legend a… More...

Slumach´s Gold chronicles what is possibly Canada´s greatest lost-mine story. It searches out the truth behind a Salish man´s hanging for murder in 1891 and tracks the intriguing legend about him that grew after his death. It was a legend that turned into a drama of international fascination when Slumachthe hanged criminalwas mysteriously linked to gold nuggets ´´the size of walnuts.´´ The stories claimed that Slumach had placed a curse on a hidden motherlode to protect it from interlopers and trespassers just before he plunged to his death ´´at the wrong end of a five-strand rope.´´ Although many have attempted to find Slumach´s gold over the past 100 years, following tantalizing clues that are part of the legend itself, none have succeededor have they?Rick Antonson, Mary Trainer and Brian Antonson have diligently sifted through history and myth, separating fact from fiction, but leaving the legend intactalong with the promise of gold yet to be found by some future gold seeker. In Search of a Legend eBook eBooks>Fremdsprachige eBooks>Englische eBooks>Sach- & Fachthemen, Heritage House<