Slumach Mine

SLUMACH MINE, also known as the Lost Creek Mine, is a legendary GOLD mine in the mountains north of PITT LK in a remote corner of GARIBALDI PROVINCIAL PARK. In 1891 a Coast Salish man named Slumach was hanged for murder. Prior to his death he had been seen around NEW WESTMINSTER with gold nuggets; many people believed that he carried knowledge of a rich gold deposit to his grave. In 1901 an American miner, John Jackson, may have found the mine but he died soon after, leaving a letter hinting at...

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