A TREASURE hunter searching for a legendary lost goldmine said to be worth billions believes he is closer than ever after a major breakthrough.
Adam Palmer has spent 23 years hunting for Slumach’s lost mine, searching the wilderness north of Pitt Lake in British Columbia, Canada, for its bounty of gold.
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Treasure hunter Palmer believes his discovery could be the legendary mine[/caption]
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Adam Palmer has discovered the entrance to a lost mine which could be storing a vast amount of gold nuggets[/caption]
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The tent-shaped rock, mentioned in a newspaper article, has been located[/caption]
According to legend, Slumach – an indigenous man – would bring huge nuggets of gold to nearby New Westminster, spending his wealth without revealing its source.
But Slumach was hanged for murder in 1891, and purportedly cursed anyone who tried to find his gold with his last words: “when I die, the mine dies”.
It has all the hallmarks of a tall tale, and the so-called treasure has never been proved to exist, but now a promising lead has been found – a lost mine.