The Lost Lemon Mine: An Unsolved Mystery of the Old West
By Ron Stewart
The mystery of Lemon, Blackjack, and a fortune in gold.
In 1870, so the story goes, a prospector named Lemon and his partner, Blackjack, found gold in southwestern Alberta's rugged mountains. Shortly after, Blackjack died at Lemon's hand. The distraught Lemon left the scene of the murder and never recovered his senses - or his gold. But is this what really happened? Ron Stewart digs into the often conflicting historical evidence behind the Lost Lemon Mine's intriguing legend in an attempt to separate fact from folklore and shed light on one of the most enduring unsolved mysteries of the Canadian West.
By Ron Stewart
The mystery of Lemon, Blackjack, and a fortune in gold.
In 1870, so the story goes, a prospector named Lemon and his partner, Blackjack, found gold in southwestern Alberta's rugged mountains. Shortly after, Blackjack died at Lemon's hand. The distraught Lemon left the scene of the murder and never recovered his senses - or his gold. But is this what really happened? Ron Stewart digs into the often conflicting historical evidence behind the Lost Lemon Mine's intriguing legend in an attempt to separate fact from folklore and shed light on one of the most enduring unsolved mysteries of the Canadian West.
By Ron Stewart
The mystery of Lemon, Blackjack, and a fortune in gold.
In 1870, so the story goes, a prospector named Lemon and his partner, Blackjack, found gold in southwestern Alberta's rugged mountains. Shortly after, Blackjack died at Lemon's hand. The distraught Lemon left the scene of the murder and never recovered his senses - or his gold. But is this what really happened? Ron Stewart digs into the often conflicting historical evidence behind the Lost Lemon Mine's intriguing legend in an attempt to separate fact from folklore and shed light on one of the most enduring unsolved mysteries of the Canadian West.