When legendary prospector Volcanic Brown went missing in the fall of 1931, rumours of his mysterious disappearance tied him to Slumach's gold...and his curse. Reports of a jar of gold found in a tent near the Stave Glacier point Adam and Kru to Brown's last known location and possibly the motherlode. Meanwhile, Don and Taylor investigate a strange marking on the prospector tools found in the Upper Pitt with hopes of identifying its missing owner and the truth behind the curse.