Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-21
BIG GOLD NUGGETS.
The Largest Ever Found Was Worth Near
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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 SurG D0hGr ut~
sires to publish the following facts. which
he obtained while commissioner TO 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 Il Hultman's gold
mining claim, Hi End. New South
Wales. May 10, 1872. It's weight was $40
pounds, height four feet nine ln neis'
width three feet two inches, average thick
ness three inches. worth S143,0O0. II was
| found imbedded in a thick wall of blue
slate at a depth of $50 per feet from the
surface. The owners of the mine were
living on charity when they found 1t.
Welcome Stranger nugget was found on
Mt. Mollagel February 3, 1869, weighed lw
pounds, and was worth S4j6O0. This mug
| get was rallied for $4,000 at s. chance,
and was Won by man driving bakers
cart II was sold TO the bank for its true
value and melted.
The Welcome nugget was found at Bake
r. Hill June 9, 1853 1t weighed lSl pounds
9 ounces and 16 pennywe.ghts, and was
worth 81. 1856. was rallied for $4,000 at 80
q chance. and was won by small boy IN
| barber-shop
Lady Hoffman nugget-named IN honor
of the wife of the Governor Of New South
| Wale--was found in Canadian Gully, Sep
| TENDER 3, 1854. II weighed - pounds ID
ounces u pennyweights, and was sold for
| S23,5j7
Uncle Jack nugget. found at Buningorg.
| February %. 1857, weighed % pounds .
ounces. and was sold for 5000. II was
| found by a runaway sailor who sold 1t for
| the sum named, and spent the money IN
| just four weeks.
No-name nugget. found at Eureka. Daul-
toms fat. February 7, 1871 fifty feet below
! the surface. weighed ~ pounds / ounce,
and was sold for Sl2,5o0.
THE LEG-oY-WUTToN NUGGET
was found ut Ballarat, January 81. 1859, at
q depth Of sixty-hyc feet. 1t weighed l3f
| pounds II ounces, and sold ~ the oamk at
| $50 $50. This nugget was shaped like q
| leg of mutton. hence the name.
No-name nugget. found 40 Bakery Hill.
! Balarat. March :. 1855. near the surface,
weighed Il pounds ounces, aud was sold
for lil 400.
Ko-uame nugget. found in Canadian Gull
| ly, BLlarat, January ~. 1853. ot depth OF
Is feet. weighed 81 pounds ounces ID pen
nyweights. and was sold for f20 ,255
Tho Kohinoor nugget, found 40 Ballarat.
July p. 1860, at q depth of 100 feet from the
surface. weighed 90 pounds, and was sold
for SlG6S0.
Sir Dominic DAILY nugget. found February
q. 1862, weighed 2G pounds, and sold for
S6.2i0.
No-name nugget. found at Ballarat Feb
ruary %, 1863, only sixteen feet below the
surface. The discovery was made by a
small boy. The nugget weighed 81 pounds
/ and pennyweiglt-, and sold tor - go,
No-nnmc nugget, found ~ Weebyllle Au-
gust /. 1859, weighed 70 pounds, worth
j. $50.
No-name nugget. found at Ballarat, Feb
ruarv 3. 1853 iust twelve feet below the
surface weighed 30 pounds, and sold for
81 800.
No-rame nugget found in Canadian
Gully, January 20, 1883, eighteen feet be-
low the surface, eighed % pounds ounce
and II ponnyweights. and sold for So, 80.
NO-name nugget. found AZ Bakery Hill,
March 6. 1883. weighed 40 pounds, and was
worth $4,000.
Nil Desperandum nugget, toundat Black
Hills. November ~. 1889. weighed s.
pounds, and sold for Sl0SO0. Oates d
| Deleon nugget, found at D0nnelly gold
field IN 1880 at the roots of a tree, weighed
ls9 pounds, and sold for S60, 600.
In addition to above were the Heron
nugget. worth $4,000 and the Empress
nugget, worth S27 .G61.
Gold in the drift deposits has been
found in larger masses in Australia than in
any other country. Many large nuggets
were found in California during the era Of
placer-mining. but we have no record OF
any to compare with those we have de-
scribed in Australia.