St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-01
BIG GOLDEN NUGGETS.
How Much Some of the California
Finds Weighed.

How Much Some of the California
Finds Weighed.
Virginia Chronicle.
The first nugget of any great I'M
portance, and which played prominent
part in the early history of California,
was found by young soldier of Steven
Sons regiment in the Mokelumne river,
while drinking from that stream. He
fastened to San Francisco and placed
his prize in the hands of Col. Mason for
safety, after which it found its way to
New York, where it famed the smoul-
dering flame and caused the nations to
realize the importance of California.
The nugget weighed between twenty
and twenty-five pounds.
In November, 1854, a mass OF gold was
found at Carson Hill, Calaveras county,
which weighed 1875 pounds troy. This
is the largest piece Of gold ever found
in the state. Several other nuggets.
weighing from six to seven pounds.
were found in the same locality.
On the 18th of August, 1899, large
piece of gold was taken from the MOnu-
mental quartz mine, Sierra county
which weighed 1,506 ounces troy. The
nugget was purchased of the owner by
r. b. Woodward, of San Francisco, and
exhibited at Woodward's garden. MI.
Woodward paid s21,636.25 for it, and
afterward melted the nugget, realizing
S17,654.94.
A Mr.Strain found large slab-shaped
gold quartz nugget near Knapp ranch,
half mile east of Columbia, Tuolumne
avOirdupoiS. After crushing and melt
iOO fhp pold yuoc Ua1uad of 80 SO0
In lS49 nugget was found at Sulli-
vans Creek, TuOlumne county, that
weighed twenty-eight pounds.
In 1856, at French Ravine. Sierra
county, nugget was found which con-
tanned considerable quartz, but yielded
$4,000, while another was found at an
earlier date, in 1851, the gold from which
was valued at $4,000.
In the year 1867, at Pilot Hill, Ell Do
RADIO county, boulder of gold quartz
was found which yielded in gold 5000.
Several other boulderS of smaller size
were found in the same claim. The
bOulders were found in what is known
as the boulder gravel claim, west OF the
Pilot Hill postoffice.
A MIR. Virgin and others found a
nugget on Gold Hill, Toulumne county,
which weighed $50 ounces and was
valued at about 50, 5O0.
In 1854 a mass of god weighing 260
ounces and valued at $6,625 was found
at Columbus, Tuolumne county.
1t has been reported that nugget
weighing 266 ounces and valued at
$1,000 was found at Minnesota, Sierra
county.
In 1850 piece of gold quartz was
found in French ravine, Sierra county,
,uI,ioI, annfninQ6 Oh nf gold
worth S4,S93.
1t has been reported that a French
man found a nugget of gold in Spring
gulch, Columbia, Tuolumne county,
which was nearly pure gold, being
worth more than $1,000 The finder be-
came insane the next day and was sent
to Stockton. The Fren CHI consul recoy-
cred the nugget, realized its value and
sent the money to the finders family in
France.
On the 4th of August, 1858, Ira A.
Willard found on the west branch of
Feather river a nugget weighing "a
pounds avOirdupOiS before and 49119
pounds after melting.
A gold nugget was found near Kelsey,
Ell Dorado county, which sold for 81, 700.
In 1876 j. D. COlgrOve, of Dutch Flat,
Placer county, found a white quartz
boulder in the Polar Star hydraulic
mine which contained S5,760 worth of
gold. i.
1t has been reported that nugget of
pure gold was found in the middle fork
OF the American river, two miles from
Michigan Bluff, in the year 1864, which
weighed 226 ounces and was sold for
S4,2O4. Another account of this nugget
states that the weight was 1877 ounces.