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Podcast: Deadman's Curse: Volcanic Gold
Episode: Volcanic Boom | 4
Description: On August 26, 1899, the name Volcanic City first appeared in the Cascade Record newspaper. It was said to be a city on a hill filled with wealth and abundance in the mineral richness of southern British Columbia.By 1928, almost thirty years later, Volcanic City was a ghost town and its founder would vanish three years later.In this episode we travel back through time to the early 20th century to the boomtowns of Boundary Country, BC.Fueled by a global demand for copper, bustling cities sprouted up almost overnight, including Volcanic City which was...