The San Francisco call., 1898-01-23

The Blanch Barkly nugget, which was exhibited at London, weighed 146 pounds troy, or 1752 troy ounces. It was found at Kingowa, Victoria, and was melted in London in August, 1858, yielding gold to the value, of &69O0 about S34, 4,525.
 The Precious, found at Berlin, Vic toria, Australia, weighed 1921 troy ounces.
 In July, 1851, a very large nugget was found in a pile of quart at Meroo Creek, fifty miles from Bathurst, New South Wales. It was in three pieces, but was considered to be of the same origin, and is reckoned as one mass. It was found by a native boy. who saw the glitter of some exposed portion. The total weight was 100 pounds troy, or 1921 troy ounces.
 A mass of gold mixed with quartz and mundic was found in 1858 at Ban ondang, near Orange. New South Wales. After the quartz and sulphide of iron were removed by hammering the gold weighed 120 pounds. Being melted at the Sydney mint 1t yielded little over 11S2 ounces of gold, STA fine, and valued at G43S9.
 The Ural nugget, found in 1S42 in the valley of Taschku Targunka, near Miask, Russia. is now preserved in the Museum of Mining Engineers at St. Petersburg. Several others were found near the same locality of less size. It weighed ninety-six pounds troy, or 1152 troy ounces
 The Viscount Canterbury, found at Berlin, Victoria, Australia, weighed 11O5 troy ounces.
 In November. 1854, a mass of gold was found at Carson Hill, Calaveras County, which weighed 195 pounds troy, or 2240 troy ounces. valued at $4S,534. This is the largest piece of gold ever found in the State.
 was taken from the Monumental quartz mine, Sierra County, which weighed losb ounces troy, the value of which was es timated at S3000 It was placed on eX- hibition at Woodward's Gardens.
 Mir. Strain, found nugget near ear Knapps ranch, a half Hisnt mile east or T,ic5 GG7 weighed over fifty. pounds avolrdupolhs; t oh: When broken up it yielded gold 10 the A i nugget wa was found at sullivan's Creek, Tuolumne County, in the year 1s49 which weighed 40S ounces troy; cal
 Tn 1S55. at French Ravine, Sierra Coun- ty, nugget was found which weighed 532 ounces; value. S1O, 100:
 In 1S67 at Pilot Hill, Fl Dorado Coun- ty. a powder of gold quartz was found which sold for $SO0O
 In 1851, at French Ravine, Sierra Coun- ty, nugget was found which weighed 552 ounces; value, $10000.
 In the year 1867. at Pilot Hill, Fl Do- rado County, powder of gold quartz was found which sold for $S000
 
 worth s6500.
 In 1858 mass of gold weighing 2S3 ounces and valued at $5265 was found at Columbia, Tuolumne County.
 A nugget found at the same place 8 few days later was worth S6000.
 In 1850 a piece of gold quartz was found in Sierra County worth $4S93.
 A Frenchman found nugget near Co., lumbia worth over S5000. The next day he went insane and was sent to Stock ton The French Consul recovered the money and sent it to his family in France.
 A gold nugget was found near Kelsey which sold for S4700
 In 1876 J. D. Colgrave of Dutch Flat found a white quartz powder containing over S5760 gold
 A nugget said to have been pure gold was taken from the American River and was sold for S4204
 At Smith Flat, Sierra County, in 1884, a 14O-ounce nugget was found. worth $2716.
 One found in Fl Dorado County worth S3500 is now in a museum in France
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