"Val D'Or" recounts the
numerous legends of a great valley of gold and other associated mythological references, ranging from Jason and the Argonauts and the Golden Fleece, to the Midas Touch, or the Golden Apple. Alchemy obviously has a strong relationship to this chapter, as does magic and spiritualism.
A Section on Champlain recounts his overwhelming desire to discover a lost copper mine at the head of Minas Basin in what was then known as New France, and his untimely death at the hands of the Indians whom he always approached and questioned about earlier Europeans such as Prince Henry Sinclair.