The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10
S0WE BIG CHUNKS OF GOLD.
~ FOUND IN CALIFORNIA THAT
WE'RE WORTH 4 FORTUNE.

nuncesr anu was W oFth 3osSEo
Do,larS-LOts OF Nuggets Worth
Wore Than 5000 Dollars.
from the New York Sun.
20 ANGELES. Cal. Jan. Z7.-"That story
ina sun about the finding OF e gold
-.--.- in The mining regions of Pata-
-, worth $500" said Col. 7. P. Brooks
-, has been a gold miner in California
- arizona for forty-hve years. seems
. :, rave made a great connection among
i - miners down in South America, but
.,.- was only a boy Of nugget by the
~ o. many that have been taken out
i ..-es sarch and rocks in California. Dan
Il r7ir who died Of delirium tretnens. in
,l IL Los Angeles several years ago.
,.ss the Iuckiest man ever knew OF
..,-5 Of in getting suddenly rich twice.
70 dag -wo chunks of solid gold out
- he gravel as simply and easily as
--s- rolls q stone out OF the hillside. The
t-st Nugget was found in June. 1856. in the
pgbv Belle claim. north of Plumas. It
mas as large as a mans head and was
combined with water-stained quartz. c.
r. Hcrungton's brother in Sacramento.
/ ,or.bt il for $1,000 cash down. In the fall
/ efts-l. HI was placer mining on his own
s,e3unt in Dutch Flats. and by hunky.
ne washed out another nugget Of gold
and Quartz about the size and shape OF a
horses hoof. He quit work and went
right down TO Frisco. where he got Sl4.2J9
or his lucky ind. He had spent every
dime OF his little fortune in SIX months.
ard went back to hard work in the noun
tains again. But that ended his streak of
luck and he never made over SO IN any
one day after that; more often 50 or 50 a
day. and sometimes not q dime"
The Miners Association Of California
has among its great mass Of literature
connected with the gold industry and the
development of mining operations in this
state many interesting facts CONCERNING
his nuggets of gold. The largest NUGGET
ever found In this state was that known
as the Oliver Martin Chunk. 1t weighed
Isl pounds and ounces. The precious ore
aylBG d+gd uhieu: shrdlu shrdluuu uu
was mixed with white quartz, and il was
sold after having been converted into
bullion for 1920. Hundreds of pictures
have been made of the golden mass. and
an the schoolboys in California are ex-
nect5d 20 know the weight, size, and value
Of the famous nugget. There are bronze
fac-smiies Of the chunk in many min
eral collections in museums in Eurcpe
and America. The nugget was found near
Camp Corona in Tuolumne county. in
Central California. The date Of the hndinc
w Nov IS. 1S54
s. tin. nov r-frar Who bod rot o--an
the proyerbial dollar to his name. and =
companion, haA4r4 JCAn r4JWSr. we're
tramplng on their way up country TO new
dlgglngs. They camped one night in a
mountain canon, when a sudden and ter
rife rain storm came up in the darkness.
The wafer in the canon stream suddenly
rose. The miners attempted to climb the
BILL but the flood overlook them and both
were carried down the stream. Flower
was drowned, but Martin, though severely
injured, escaped. While trying to bury his
companions body by the roots of an up-
lrred tree, Martin discovered the rich
nugget that bears his name. He was too
weak 10 move il. He attempted to reach
come neighborng miners, but tainted from
exhaustion, and was found on the trail BY
mem. When able to walk some weeks
Ater Martin took them to the spot and
me nugget was removed. Martin made
the nugget the basis of a large fortune,
cades
In August. 1863. w. A. Parish, A. Wood,
) Wnstead. F. n. L. Clsvering and Harry
WI Tner were partners in the Monumental
claim, near Sierra Buttes, in Sierra county
In The last week Of that month they dis
covered a gold nugget which weighed
L5S ounces troy. II was sold to R. B.
Woodward Of san Francisco, who paid for
It @l636.52 for exhibition purposes. 1t was
nVr rIHH . m
from it.
The biggest nugget of gold ever found
II 'shasta county was discovered in the
sprng of 1870. One day three Frenchmen.
Two o. whom were named Oliver Long
enamp and Fred Rochon. drove into the
Old town of Shasta in search of a spot
70 nine They happened to have some
BUSINESS with A. Coleman, a dealer in
hardware and notions. The three asked
a-m where was a good place TO mine He
earelassly pointed in a northerly direc-
non and said: GO over to Spring creek"
Ihey took his advice, located a claim on
lh5 creek some eight miles north of Red
eng, and few days later one of the
fFenchmen picked UP a nugget of gold
Faiued at $500. Ten years later miner
named Dent Young found a $3.50 nugget on
TAT creek, near where the Frenchmen
found their famous chunk.
4't-lld2s tuOuSu one OF the TlcneSJ min
ing counties in California, has yielded few
.alnable nuggets. The largest was found
Oy Chinaman near the mouth of Mel
soa creek, and was worth $3.50. miner
atL-zabethtown named Archie Little. dis
covered $500 nugget, and Messrs. Hays
ana oteadman found one above Mohawk
..,dAey near the county line, that weighed
- ounces, and was worth Sc, 200.
sierra is justly famed for its valuable
masses Of gold, found both pure and
11Aeo with quartz. George Fl. Norman and
frank Aman found near Gibsonviile in
-oo' nugget that weighed over 100 ounces
ana was worth 81, 100. In 1851. at French
Navine, lump of quartz and gold to-
setLer was discovered from which $500
~ goa was taken. In 1855 in the same
.a'.Ao still more valuable nugget Of
so'1 and quartz was found, and from it
N"YY was obtained. At Minnesota in the
s4lla county, a nugget that weighed 26j
ounces was found. This was valued at
%1y.' At French Ravine in 1850 mass OF
~ and quartz was picked up that
TEe.sned 263 ounces and was worth $4,S93.
I'll $40 a splendid nugget of gold was dis
1o'eteu in the Rainbow mine at ALE
which wss Immediately shipped 10
;H5oolU9oa and was there sold for $2St00. III
o. too chunk Of gold that weighed ninety
I've pounds and six ounces was discovered
81 tAe same county.
~ Placer county in 1853 Edward Gil
IL