Arizona republican., 1898-04-04
SOME BIG NUGGETS.

With the exception of the Chile mug get, the largest mass of gold on rec ord was found at Ballarat, Victoria. Australia, in 1859. The mass is known as the Sarah Sands" Its weight was 2,6SS ounces. Of all the great Australian nuggets, those from Victoria were the largest and most plentiful.
 Another nugget found at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, weighed 2,217 troy ounces, or about 1855 pounds troy.
 The welcome nugget also found at Bakery Hill, Ballarat. Victoria, in 1858, at a depth of 1SO feet, weighed 2,195 ounces troy. A model of this mag nifcent specimen may be seen in the state museum of California
 The Blanch Barkly nugget, which was exhibited at London, weighed 146 pounds troy, or 1,752 ounces troy. It was found at Kingowa, Victoria, and was melted in London in August, 1858, yielding gold to the amount of e69,1O5. about $345, ,525.
 The Precious, found at Berlin, Vie torla, Australia, weighed 1,621 troy ounces
 In July, 1851, very large nugget was found in a pile of quartz at Meroo creek, fifty miles from Bathurst, N. $. W. 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 1,621 troy ounces.
 A mass of gold mixed with quartz T11IIr Iio
 ondang near Orange N s. W. After the quartz and sulphide of iron were removed by hammering the gold weighed 12O pounds. Being melted at the Sydney mint, it yielded a little over 1,1S2 ounces of gold. STA fina and valued at 94,3S9.
 The Ural nugget, found in 1S42 in the valley of Taschku Targunka, near M1ask, Russia, is now preserved in the museum of mining engineers at St- Petersburg. Several others were 1ound near the same locality of less size. It weighed ninety-six pounds troy, or 1,152 troy ounces.
 The V1scount Canterbury, found at Berlin, Victoria, Australia. weighed 1.105 troy ounces.
 In November, 1854, mass of gold was found at Carson Hill, Calaveras county, which weighed 195 pounds troy, or 2,340 troy ounces, valued at $3S,534. This Is the largest piece of gold ever found in the state of Cali fornia-
 August IS, 1860, a large piece of gold was taken from the Monumental quartz mine, Sierra county, which weighed 1,596 ounces troy, the value or which was estimated at $30,OO0. It was placed on exhibition at Wood wards Gardens, San Francisco. MT. Strain found a nugget near Knapp's ranch, a half mile east of Co., lumbia, Toulumne county. which weighed over fifty pounds avoirdu- pois. When broken up it yielded gold to the amount of $8,5OO. A nugget was found on Sulliyan's Greek, Toulumne county, in the year |, 1849, which weighed 4O8 ounces troy: calculated value, $7,590. In 1855, at French Ravine. Sierra county, nugget was found which weighed 532 ounces: value, S1O.100. In the year 1867, at Pilot Hill. FL dorado county, a boulder of gold quartz was found which sold for s8.- 900. ' T0' MT. Virgin found a nugget on Gold Hill worth $6,5O0
  In 1853 a mass of gold weighing 2S3 ounces and valued at $5,265 was found at Columbia, Toulumne county. A nugget found at the same place few days later was worth s6,OOO In 1850 a piece of gold quartz was found in Sierra county worth $4.S93. A Frenchman found a nugget near Columbia worth over s5,00O. The next day he went insane and was sent to l Stockton. The French consul recov- cred the money and sent it to his fam fly in France
 A gold nugget was found near Kel- sey which sold for $4,700 In 1876, J. D. Colgrave of Dutch Flat found white quartz boulder contain ing over s5,760 gold.
 nugget said to have been pure gold, was taken from the American river and was sold for S4 ,204
 At Smith Flat, Sierra county, in