Valverde Legend and D'Orsay

[Triangulator]

The truth of the legend of Valverde's Inca gold is secondary to my quest. I'm writing a biography of one of the many famous and not-so-famous treasure hunters Dick (Richard) D'Orsay. Dick was my grand uncle who had many other adventures in Ecuador during the 1930s and 40s searching for the famous treasure. That is an obvious jumping off place for my book. His day job while spending more than ten expeditions into the Llanganati range was working for the Ecuadoran Development Corporation, a US war department agency finding sources of rubber for the war effort.

If anyone has any information about Dick (Richard) D'Orsay, the Ecuadoran Development Corporation or gold mining in Ecuador I'd be very grateful. The Valverde treasure itself has been discussed in detail on TreasureNet and continues to lure adventurers to Ecuador. I'm not concerned with debating its legitimacy as to who might still be interested in it.

I welcome any thoughts about Ecuador Inca treasure or gold mine hunting you may have.

Note: Stephen Charbonneau has just published a new book on the subject entitled Journey into the Unknown which I highly recommend. It has a chapter on D'Orsay.
attached photo is Dick in the Oriente region probably on a rubber plantation.

 

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