The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-05-31
Big Gold Nuggets.

IN OIucT w COTTcCG many mfS'
statements that are going the rounds
of the press in regard to the larges
nuggets of gold ever found, the ed
itor Of the Silver Dollar desires Il
publish the following facts, which
he obtained while Commissioner to
the great Mining Exposition hele
in Denver, Col, in 1882. These
facts were obtained from a gentle
man having charge ofthe Australian
exhibit, which included models o
all the large nuggets discovered II
that great gold field.
The largest piece of gold in the
world was taken from Dyer d Hut
mans gold mining claim, Hill End
New South Wales, May 10, 1872
Its weight was $40 pounds. height
4 feet 8 inches, width 3 feet 2 inches,
average thickness 3 inches, worth
$14S, 900. It was found embedded
in O 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 Mollagel, February
8, 1869, weighed 100 pounds, and
was worth $45,6OO. This nugget
was ratified at SAC, 900 at SIS a chance
and was won by man driving a
bakers cart. 1t was sold to the bank
for it's true value and melted.
The Welcome nugget was found
at Bakery Hill, June 8, 1853. 1t
weighed 1874 pounds 8 ounces 16
pennyweights, and was worth $44,-
356; was raff1ed for $50, 600 at SIS a
chance, and was won by small boy
in barber shop. Lady Hothham
nugget-named in honor Of the
wife of the Governor of New South
Wales-was found in Canadian
Gully, September s, 1854. It weighed
50 pounds 10 ounces IL penny
weights, and was sold for 1885,
Uncle Jack nugget, found at Bun
ingorg, February %, 1857, weighed
% pounds 5 ounces, and was sold
for IS, 500. 1t was found by run
away sailor, who sold it for the
sum named, and spent the money
in just four weeks.
Noname nugget found at Eureka,
Dalton's Flat, February 7, 1874,
fifty feet below the surface, weighed
81 pounds l ounce, and was sold
for $12,5OO.
The Leg of Mutton nugget was
found at Ballarat, January 81, 1858,
at a depth of sixty-fve feet. 1t
weighed 1874 pounds II ounces, and
was sol d to the bank for $50, $3.50.
This nugget was shaped like a leg
Of mutton, hence the name.
- No-name nugget, found at Ba-
kerry Hill, Ballarat, March 5, 1855,
near the surface, weighed AZ pounds
z ounces, and was sold for 81 ,42O.
No-name nugget, found in Cana
dian Gully, Rallarat, January %,
1858, at a depth of 25 feet, weighed
S4pounds 3 ounces 5 pennyweights
and was sold for $2O,23
The Kohinoor nugget, found at
Ballarat, July 81, 1860, at depth
Of 100 feet from the surface, weighed
SO pounds, and was sold for SIG, $50.
Sir Dominic DAILY nugget, found
February n, 1862, weighed 26
pounds, and was sold for $6,24O.
No-name nugget, found at Bal
larat, February %, 1855. only 16
feet below the surface. The discov-
cry was made by small boy. The
nugget weighed 80 pounds and 2
pennyweights, and sold for 81 800
No-name nugget, found at Weeb-
vile, August /, 1869, weighed -
pounds, worth $2,2SO.
No-name nugget, found at Bal
larat, February 8, 1853, just - feet
below the surface, weighed 80
pounds, and sold for 81 800.
No-name nugget, found in Cana
dian Gully, January 20, 1858, IS
feet below the surface, weighed SO
pounds ! ounce II pennyweights,
and sold for 500, $50.
No-name nugget, found at Bakery
Hill, March 6, 1858, weighed 40
pounds, and was worth $4,000.
Nil Desperandum nugget, found
at Black Hills, November 20, 1859,
weighed IS pounds, and sold for
$,O,SOO.
Oates & Nelson nugget, found at
Donnelly gold-feld in 1880, at the
roots of tree, weighed 1S9 pounds,
and sold for $4,000.
In addition to the above were the
Heron nugget, worth $4,000, and
the Empress nugget, worth $27 ,661.
Gold in the drift deposits has
been found in larger masses in Aus
tralia 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
described in Australia. - Silver
Dollar.
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