![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/ive-been-hunting-for-lost-goldmine-for-23-years-now-im-closer-than-ever/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/jr-treasure-hunter-adam-palmer.jpg&description=GOING FOR GOLD Published : 1:11, 25 Sep 2023 Updated : 1:11, 25 Sep 2023 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. 6 Treasure hunter Palmer believes his discovery could be the legendary mine Credit: Credit: Adam Palmer via Pen News 6 Adam Palmer has discovered the entrance to a lost mine which could be storing a vast amount of gold nuggets Credit: Credit: Adam Palmer via Pen News 6 The tent-shaped rock, mentioned in a newspaper article, has been located Credit: Credit: Adam Palmer via Pen News 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. Mr Palmer, from Chilliwack, said: "In the mountains north of Pitt lake, a gold mine worth billions is said to exist." He continued: "The old mine we found last year was collapsed under a landslide, but we dug it open. "We haven't been able to fully examine it yet - we're waiting to go back inside with more gear and equipment to get through the blockage, and further down into it. "Now we're waiting to hear back to find out how old it is, based on evidence we found inside." It's not the first clue Adam, 43, has found. He said: "Every year we discover something we have never seen before. "We found an old prospector's cabin that had mining tools in it, and an ancient rock shelter cave with pictographs painted on the walls from hundreds of years ago. "We found an an){kind=link}
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.
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.