Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-28
GOLD NUGGETS.
,, of the Most Important Found In
his' CALIFORNIA;.


The first nugget OF any great import
.nne and which played prominent
anr in the early history of California,
pa found by young soldier of Steven
w." vs. regiment. in the Mokelumne
I 81 while drinking from that stream.
NJ NJ Fastened to San Francisco and
laced his prize in the hands of Col.
Tason for safety, after which it found
y. way to New York, where it famed
.Lo smouldering fame and caused the
untions to realize the importance of
Caiifornia. This nugget weighed be-
,ween twenty and twenty-five pounds.
In November 1854. a mass of gold
.ras found at Carson Hill, Calaveras
County. which weighed 1875 pounds
nov This is the largest piece of gold
aver found in the State. Several other
angrets, weighing from six to seven
noT4ds were found in the same locali-
On the 18th of August, 1860, large
niece of gold was taken from the
Monumental Quartz Mine, Sierra Coun-
~ which weighed 1896 ounces troy.
The nugget was purchased of the owner
nv r. B. Woodward, of San Francisco,
a1d exhibited at Woodward's Gardens.
Mr.. Woodward paid $21 CSC, 50 for it,
and afterwards melted the nugget,
realizing ST., 654.94 from it.
Mr.. Strain found a large slab
shaped gold quartz nugget near Knapp
ranch. half a mile east of Columbia,
Tnolumne County, which weighed fifty
noupds avoirdupois. After crushing
and melting, the gold was valued at
$500
In lS49 nugget was found at Sui
lyans Creek, Tuolumne County, that
WEIGHED tWenty-eight pounds avoirdu-
In 1856, at French Ravine, Sierra
County nugget was found which
contained considerable quartz, but
Welded $4,000, while another was
found at an earlier date in 1851, the
gold from which was valued at SS, 900.
In the year 1867, at Pilot Hill, FL
Dorado 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, immedi-
ately west of the Pilot Hill Post-Ollice,
A Mr.. Virgin and others found a
nugget on Gold Hill, Tuolumne County.
which weighed $50 ounces, and was
yaIied at about Sc, 800.
In 1854 mass of gold weighing $50
O. 1 g. a
at Columbus, Tuolumne County.
1t has been reported that Il nugget
weighing 266 ounces and valued nj So
900 WAS found ut Minnesota, Sierra
County.
In 1880 piece Of gold quartz was
found in French raviue, Sierra County.
which contained 263 ounces of gold
worth S4,S95.
1t has been reported that "a French
man found nugget of gold in Spring
Gulch Columbia, Tuoiumne County,
which was nearly pure gold, being
worth more than $1,000. The finder
became insane the next day and was
sent to Stockton. The French Consul
recovered the nugget, realized its value,
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family in France.
On the 4th day Of August, 1858, Ira
A. Willard found on the west branch
Of Feather River nugget weighing iif-
ty-four pounds avoirdupois before and
forty-nine and IA half pounds after melt
iug,
A gold nugget was fund, date not
given near Kelsey, Ell Dorado County,
which sold for 81, 700.
In 1876 j. d, Colgrove, of Dutch
Flat, Placer County, found white
quartz boulder in the Polar Star hy-
daulic mine which contained 50, 760
worth Of gold.
1t has been reported that IA nugget of
pure gold was found in the middle fork
OF the American River, two miles from
Michigan Biuf, in the year 1864. which
weighed 226 ounces, and was sold for
a2O4. Another account of this mug
get states that the wei9ht was 1877
ounces.- Virginia (NeU.) Chronicle.