 He told me to go up to Thomas Bay* and camp on Patterson River on the right side, travel upriver for about and then turn to the high mountains, and after traveling about a mile and a half, I would find a lake shaped like a half-moon.Charlie went to check out the native man's story of the gold that was to be found in the mountains in May 1900.When he returned in June 1900, he arrived without a coat or his hat, and his canoe was empty except for a large piece of quartz.