Arizona republican., 1890-05-19
 JUMPS OF GOLD.
SOME OF THE LARGEST NUGGETS
 FOUND IN CALIFORNIA.
A Soldier Finds a Twenty five Founder, With Which the Flames of the Gold Fever Were Fed In the East.
Virginia (Ney.) Chronicle.

Virginia (Ney.) 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 Mokelumme river while drinking from that stream. He hastened to San Francisco and placed his prize in the hands of Col. Mason for safety, after which it found it's way to New York, where it famed the smolder. ing flame and caused the nations to re. alize 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, Calavera. County, which weighed l95 pounds troy. This is the largest piece of gold ever found in the state. Several other mug. gets weighing from six to seven pounds were found in the same locality.
 On the 18th of August, 1860, large piece of gold was taken from the Monu. mental quartz mine, Sierra County, which weighed 1906 ounces troy. The nugget was purchased of the owner bv k. B. Woodward, of San Francisco, and exhibited at Woodward's Garden. Mir. Woodward paid S2l ,636.25 for it. and afterward melted the nugget, realizing, Sl7 ,654 .94 from it.
 A Mir. Strain found a large slab. shaped gold quartz nugget near Knapp ranch, half a mile east of Columbia Tuolumne County, which weighed fifty pounds avolrdupols. After crush. ing and melting the gold was valued at $S5OO.
 In lS49 a nugget was found at Sulli. vans creek, Tuolumne County, that weighed twenty-four pounds avoirdu. pois.
 In 1856, at French Ravine, Sierra County, nugget was found which con. tained considerable quartz, but yielded SlO,OOO, while another was found at an earlier date, in 1851, the gold from which was valued at $SO0O.
 In the year 1867, at Pilot Hill, Fl Dorado County, a powder of gold quartz was found which yielded in gold $S000.
 Several other powders of smaller SlLt NtIt louIi III lllc Sdlilt The powders were found in what is known as the powder gravel claim, imme. diately west of the Pilot Hill Post Office.
 A Mr. Virgin and others found mug get on Gold Hill, Tuolumne County which weighed 3S0 ounces and was val ued at about $65OO.
 In 1854 mass Of wood weighing 36O ounces and valued at $6625 was found at Columbus, Tuolumne County.
 It has been reported that a nugget weighing 266 ounces, and valued at S5- 900, was found at Minnesota, Sierra county.
 In 1850 a piece of gold quartz was found in French Ravine, Sierva county, which contained 263 ounce of gold worth $4, ,S93.
 It has been reported that a French man found nugget of gold in Spring Gulch, Columbia, TuOlumme county, which was nearly pure gold, being worth more than s5OOO. The finder became insane the next day and was sent to Stockton. The French Consul recovered the nugget, realized it's value, and sent the money to the finders family in
 
 On the 4th day of August, 1858, Ira A. Willard found on the west branch of Feather River nugget weighing fifty four pounds savoirdupois before and forty. nine and a half pounds after melting.
 A gold nugget was found, date not given, near Kelsey, Fl Dorado county, which sold for $4700.
 In 1876 J. D. Colgrove, of Dutch Flat, Placer county, found white quartz powder in the Polar Star hydraulic mine which contained s5760 worth of gold.
 It 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 S4204. Another account of this nugget states that the weight was 187 ounces.