Tale of Three Cities

Probably few British Columbians have ever heard of Steamboat Mountain. How can that be? After all, it once was the site of the richest gold strike in provincial history!

At least, that was the claim of its promoters.

Alas, it was all a pipe dream, a bubble—a fraud.

When it all came crashing down, 1000s—shades of Bre-X!—were heartbroken to learn the sad truth: that it had never existed except in the minds of two American confidence men.

What a story! That’s next week in the Chronicles.

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PHOTO: Of the 1000s of placer and hardrock mines that have been staked, worked and developed throughout British Columbia over the years, that of Steamboat Mountain was unique. —Author’s Collection