Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1895-11-30
GOLD NUGGETS
An Interesting Series OF Notes Con-
corning Discoveries OF the
Precious Metal.

in that state many interesting facts co
j. corning big nuggets of gold, The lar
A. est nugget ever found in that State W
N thai known OF the Oliver Martin chun
IS 1t weighed 15l pounds 6 ounces. Ii
= precious ore was mixed with viii
|. quartz, and it was sold, after havir
i been converted into bullion, 4
+! 836,270.
-, Martin, poor miner, who had Il
d even the proverbigl dollar 10 his nam
;. and companion named John Flowe
e were tramplng on their way up countI
= to new dlggings. They camped one nigf
0 in mountain canyon, when a sudde
and terrific rainetorm came up IN til
] darkness. The water in the caDy o
stream suddenly rose. The miners d
r pted to climb the hill, but the too
$ overlook then and both were carrie
down the stream. Flower WAS browne
but Martin, though severely injured
escaped.
While trying to bury his companion
body 10y he roots Of az uprcot9d tree
Martin discovered the rich nugget tina
bears his mans. lie was too weak t
move il He attempted to reach SOM
GeIgh coriDg miners, but faint6d from
exhaustion, ard was found on the trai
| by them. W hen able to walk, som,
| three weeks later, Martin took them Il
| the spot and the nugget was removed
A-Tt'n made the Nugget the basis Of :
| large fortune tlat he accumulated IL
| The next Two decades.
"a August, 1eC9, W. a Parish, :
! WOOD, j. WinsteEd, +. \. L. Clevering
and Harry warner were partners in The
Monumental claim, near Sierra Buttes,
a Sierra county. Ia the last week OF
that month th,y d.scoveTed d gold mug
get that weighed 1888 ounces troy. Ii
was sold 10 Il. b. Woodward, Of San
Fran cisco, who paid or it 81, 1852, for
eEhlb!tioo purposes. l. was afterward
melted and 81 Col Il was realized from
ii.
The bigsCst Nugget OF gold ever found
N Shasta County wRs discovered in The
spring of 1870. One day three French
men TWO # whom were named Ohver
L. ngchamp and Fred Rochon, drove
INTO he cid town OF Shasta in search of
place to mine. They happened to have
some business with A. Coleman, a deal
er IN hardware and notions. The three
sk,d him where WAS good place to
mine. He caEelsssly poi1t'd in & north
eriy direction and said: Go over 10
Spring Creek"
they took his advice, located claim
81 lsA pruey ht rltizc Of
Rediirg, and few days later one Cf
he Fienchmtn picked up nugget
valued ct 5000. Ten years later a
miner NAMED Dent Young picked up q
1920 nugget on Fiat Greek, usGr where
the Frenchmen found their famous
chunk.
Piumas, though one OF the richest
MIXING counties in California, has yield
wac found by a Chnamsn near the
mouth of Ne,son Creek, and was worth
S2.SUO. \ miner, named Archie Little,
at Elizabeth, discovered 81, $50 nugget.
and Messrs. HAYES and SteadmGn
found one above Mchavk Valley nesr
the county line, that weighed 420 ounces
ard IVES worth 5000.
Sierra is ia thy famed 70, its valuable
masses OF gold, found both pure and
mixed with quartz. George II. Norman
and Frank Aman found near Gibson
VILE in 1867 nugget that weighed 100
ounces aud was worth Sl,700. IL 1851.
at French Ravine, a lump of quartz and
gold together was discovered from
which $1,000 in gold was taken. In 1855
in the came ravine, a still more valuable
nugget of gold and quartz Was found,
ard FROM 1t $4,000 was obtained.
At Minnesota, in the came country,
nugget that weighed 2G6 ounces YVES
fouGd. tbs was valued at $1,000. At
French Ravine, in 1850, mass of gold
and quartz WAS picked up that weighed
263 ouECes and Was worth 81 ,S93. In
1870 d splendid nugget of gold was dis
covered II the Raia bow Nine, near Ale
gheny, wh ich was Immediately shipped
10 London and ibeIe sold for $4,000. In
1861 chunk of gold tat weighed 90
pounds and 6 ounces wss discovered in
the eGme county.
In Placer County, in 1859, Edward
gilbert, in his drift mine, near Butcher
Ralch, twelve miles ON Auburn, found
d nugget of gold aud qua.tz that weigh
ed 20 pounds. Eight pounds of this he
sold for Sc sn ounce, o. 81 ,536, while the
Il pounds were sold at Sl2 an
ounce, SLIPS, making So, 264 for the
nugget. The same man, many years
lat-r. discovered in the same mine an
other valuable nugget. 1t Was 10 inches
long, to 7 inches wide and over an
inch thick. The gold was embedded in
a mass Of crystailized quartz, with clear
cut rorGels, the lides OF which shoue
with great bTilli8ncy. When thoroughly
cleaned il eighed I47 ounces, and was
sent to the San Francisco Mint, where
il brought 1882.
In 1864, near Michigan Bluff, q mug
get OF pure gold, weighing 226 ounces
sud valued az 6l,204, was found. 10
10 July, 1876, j. b. Colgreve, of Dutch
Fiat, found white quartz powder in
the Popular Star Mine which contained
S5,7C0 worth Of gold.
Iu b Dorado County, IN 1853, los
ounc- nugget of gold was discovered
that was valued at $500 Ano her was
found near Kelsey, in the same county,
which sold for S4,700. In 1867, a. Pilot
Hill, bowIder II gold quartz vas found
which yielded $500. This, with sever
al smaller nuGgete, WIS taken from the
Bowlder Gravel claim, near the Pilot
Hill Post Office Several large md val
liable gold nugget we're discovered ia
Tuolumne County. In 1858 mass of
gold weighing 500 ounces vas found at
Columbus. This was valued at s., 635.
At Gcld Hill, in the same county, a
Mr.. Virgin found one weighing $50
ounces and valued ct $500. A French
man 10 Spring Gulch, near Columbis,
IN the came county, found one of almost
pure gold which was worth 5000. The
rich mHss OF gold rendered tbs miner in
sane on the following day, and he wac
sent 10 the Stockton Asylum. The
lump was sold ard the money was sent
to his family in France
Near the Knapp Ranch, half mile
east OF Colun b.a a Nr. Strain discover
ed a large god nugget which weighed so
pounds. After the quartz was crushed
and the gold melted the amount obtain
I'd WAS SS Zoo On SulliVan's Creek in