in 1963, over $160,000 worth of ore—easily half a million dollars in today’s currency—was stolen from under the nose of one of the largest mining companies in Canada in a massive Yukon silver heist. the the would lead to a costly year-long investigation by the rcmp, and a series of expensive trials of record-breaking length for the territory. This is the story of Gerald Priest and The Great Yukon Silver Ore Heist and the incredible woman who recorded it.