The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-11-12
BIG GOLD NUGGETS.
The Largest Piece of Gold Yet Found
Was Worth Nearly $4,000.

Was Worth Nearly $4,000.
In order to correct many misstatements
that are going the rounds of the press in
regard to the largest nuggets of gold ever
found, the editor of the SIEver Dollar de-
sires to publish the following facts, which
he obtained while commissioner of the
great mining exposition held in Denver,
Col, in 1882. These facts were obtained
from the gentleman having charge of the
Australian exhibit, which included models
Of all the large nuggets discovered in that
great gold field.
The largest piece of gold in the world
was taken from Dyer and Haltman's gold
mining claim, Hill End, New South
Wales, May 10, 1872. It's weight was
GAO pounds; height, 4 feet 8 inches;
width, 2 feet 2 inches; average thickness,
4 inches; worth $148 900. 1t was found
imbedded in a thick wall of blue slate at
a depth Of $50 feet from the surface. The
owners of the mine were living on charity
when they found it.
Welcome Stranger nugget was found
on Mount Moliagel, February 9, 1869,
weighed 100 pounds, and was worth $45,-
600. This nugget was ratified for $4,000
at S. a chance, and was won by a man
driving a bakers cart. It was sold to the
bank for its true value and melted.
The Welcome nugget was found at
Bakery hill June 8, 1851 it weighed 184
pounds 8 ounces Is pennyweights, and
was worth $44,356; was ratified for $780,
600 at S. a chance, and won by a small
boy in a barber shop.
Lady Holman nugget (named in honor
of the wife of the Governor of New South
WLes) was found in Canadian gully Sep
TENDER 8, 1854. 1t weighed SO pounds
10 ounces II pennyweights, and was sold
for $23,557.
Union Jack nugget. found at Buningorg,
February %, 1857, weight % pounds 5
ounces, and was sold for $500. It was
found by a runaway sailor, who sold it
for the sum named and spent the money
in just four weeks.
No name nugget, found at Eureka,
Daulton's Flat, February Z, 1874, fifty
feet below the surface, weighed 50
pounds l ounce, and was sold for $12, 500.
The Leg of Mutton nugget was found
at Ballarst, January 81, 1853, at a depth
of slxty-fve feet. 1t weighed I34 pounds
IL ounces, and was sold to the bank for
$32,380, This nugget was shaped like a
leg of mutton, hence its name.
No name nugget, found at Bakery
Hill, Ballarat, March 6, 1855, near the
surface, weighed Al pounds Z ounces, and
was sold for $1l,420.
No name nugget, found in Canadian
gully, Ballarat, January %, 1853, at q
depth of twenty-five feet, weighed 81
pounds 3 ounces Is pennyweights, and
was sold for $20,235.
The Kohinoor nugget, found at Bal
larat, July 81, 1860, at a depth of l60
feet from the surface, weighed SO pounds,
and was sold for $16,6
Sir Donnie DAILY nugget, found February
q, 1862, weighed 26 pounds, and sold
for $6,24O.
No name nugget, found at Ballarat,
February %, 1856, only sixteen feet be-
low the surface. The discovery was
made by a small boy. The nugget weighed
80 pounds, IL ounces, 2 pennyweights,
and sold for 1886.
No name nugget found at Weebville,
August l, 1869, weighed II pounds,
worth $2,29O.
No name nugget, found at Ballarat,
February 3, 1853, just twelve feet below
the surface, weighed 80 pounds, and sold
for 1880.
No name nugget, found in Canadian
Gully, January 20, 1853, at eighteen feet
below the surface, weighed SO pounds l
ounce and II pennyweights, and sold for
$22,35O.
No name nugget found at Bakery hill,
March 6, 1855, weighed 40 pounds and
was worth 49, 600.
Nil Desperandum nugget, found at
Black Hills, November %, 1859, weighed
45 pounds, and sold for $lO,800. Oates
& Delson nugget, found at Donolly gold
field in 1880, at the roots of q tree,
weighed l89 pounds, and sold for $50, 600.
In addition to the above were the
Heron nugget, worth $02, O4O, and the
Empress nugget, worth $27.O61.
Gold in the drift deposits has been
found in larger masses in Australia than
in any other country. Many large mug
gets were found in California during the
era of placer mining, but we have no
record of any to compare with those we
have described in Australia.