The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-04

!! 0UYv World have prouuceu i~fbe
H{I vield Of romances, nearly All
a. which turn directly or IN
III directly upon the queer and ac-
VI Sascover1es Of gold nuggets The
- - more plentiful than the
.s1c ri thousands upon thousands
p. 1s.s1rsfs. ranging in value from W
"a Of dollars. and even up to
n <S-~ eyoo 40. have been found from
X y tine,
~. - to.tsnees the chains Of cir
I . .1<-.s~ rbich led up to the discovery
n $500 Sor1unea. both small and great,
-, - full Of the romance OF
Ss.:x = a Is possible to imagine.
sS~ worfh thousands OF dollars have
&SS 6een kicked about and tram
~. - for years until by some curious
\. ,6S6nee persons utterly inexperf IN
~ Svekof1es Or mining have stumbled
K ~ 49,. oicked them up ana reaped In
" <%~ 1iona bewiIdering rewards. There
z5 ,.~sencss even of men being abso-
7<15 f1eked into fortune men who but
Z x<S 800 yvenkuesses and indiscretions
/! S4.x epneraiiy lead 20 failure would
seSs - a. piodding and toilng in the
s..Ss1s n wurk from which nothing more
4 Ss* 4 tara subsistence could have re-
27sA ~ the fact OF their own per-
Ssr113v ~ the fact that they were dis
si from employment and turned
11S - wander ~ senni-tramps through
4 r. m mining regions. they have neen
1S6S3 Is wealth which was beyond their
i5SS lresrns. This applies not merely
~ Alscovery If great Jumps OF gold
&315H nave realized large sums. but to
~ Noeoyery ~ pockets and mines which
& 1lo1 n princeiv fortunes.
900 Jefferson Hurley. member OF
< - hnerican Institute Of Mining Engi-
1900 ana 81 tho American Geographical
b 11I. ms just published 4 little book
y = 3v-four pages. which IN . con-
$50 form gives not only very valuable
~ concerning the worlds gold
co1so. past and present but also the
- iaets. 40 far a. they could be as
Sn1peo. about nearly all Of the great
& S11 Gndinr within the last century.
" harvest nuggvt ~ which the world
RI ~ hnowiedge.'' says Mr.. Hurley,
Z - f0und II FIN End, New South
vT01a b Messrs. Dyer and Mailman. II
u1orPo6 four feet nine inches IN length.
- ret three inches In width. and
4 S31rroc1 four inches IN thickness 1t
~ " e1A,0oo. At the time OF finding
4 1oerp Bysr and Haitman had ex-
1s1 their capital ana were practically
~ - charity II 10 said that the
DoDvtfy - unnerved one OF the partners
UIXX -
80 ieng period.
~ past or the world has been so
X U~oo h the yield Of nuggets NJ Vic
~ O. many discovered In the early
- ~ record has been preserved. but
f0lR 10 IN list Of finds was COM
S ~ N William Hirkmyre. an Australian
y nVof n high standing. Among the
III - vAlnabis finds recorded Ia that Of
- Vr1e6me Stranger. which occurred
19N Z mlie west Of the village Of Molla-
- y ~ neiGhhorhood Of Dunolly. on
l1sonsy ~ 1880 This worid-famed mug
mU1e found BY two pudiiers. John Dea-
"a ~ Richard Oates. on the extreme
41ula ~ the patch Of auriferour alluvl-
- within two feet Of tho bedrock
99o1foue), In loose, gravelly loan II
(. Nlod upon stin, red clay. and was barely
4vxeQ With earth: In fact. II was In
- mi made by the nuddlers cart the
NoaS9t vas noticed, II measured about
W1y-cnt Inches In length and ten
- IN thickness, and though mixed
- qeaFts the great body Of the We'll
- Stranger was In solid gold.
dAe lucky finders conveyed X to their
~ ond heated II In tho FIRE, IN order to
~ ~ Of the adhercnt quarts, and thus
teeeeed les weight before taking It to the
AL q pnnolly. They also detached and
0W 70 their friends number OF speci-
- eud pieces OF gold before the mug
~ fot Into the hands OF the bank man
een The melted gold weighed 2 .2Gs or
aW u gr,, and contained only LIS Of
eiioy. which was composed chiefly OF
liver and Iron. so that s.6g per cent OF
Me nuxGcf was pure gold. Including the
tetss given away TO their friends by the
eaasrs the nugget yielded ESQ or. equiv
80! % Ans o. OF pure gold. It's value ut
a Et.s. q. A.
sslsheorhood OF Dunoiiy was nj that time
Utmost unprospected country. Very
eaw gold was characteristic OF the To-
%Au. many large nuggets being found
uHsi ana near the spot whore the Well
sems stranger was discovered two mug
9n " IN or. and 80 OK, respectively.
~ unesrthec soon afterward.
me welcome nugget. found by n
10y OF sxenty-four Ell Bakery HILL Bal
snt on June IL, fSss. was rod by the
assostrsrs In Ballard. for sSe.soo. and.
~ nftng exhibited for q season In Met
.anfns WAS again disposed OF for yssa rs
snen wetshcd s.i5s or. so that the price
raaAsned vas 81 per ounce. This nugget
~ found At depth OF $50 feet. IL was
spFassntiy wsterwcrr, contained about
pounds Of quartz, clay and oxide OF
W. AND measured 70 inches In length, IL
1850 n breadth and inches In depth.
welcome was melted In London In
embss iSs. and contained % % per
~aN u pare sold The other large mug
- sae weighing go on. and the other
g, we're unearthea In the Immediate
sH'ANS three years before.
sae blanehe Barkley nugget u.7C or
swth Of the value Of saLsss. was found
party OF four al Klnxowncr at a
Wh 81 thirteen feet and Within i've or
ww % holes that wern dug three
before Previous &c sts being melt
ses nugget was exhibited In Mel
ns AMI At the Crystal palace. London.
$3.50 Was an ohleet OF great interest.
.1s . iss bulk. brightness and sollasty.
- W some time the fortunate owners
800 Az average OF $3.50 week gate re-
sse On assay Il yielded &.sS per cent.
. ssao'hef party ~ four IN the Canadian
-ss haaAfat at a depth 81 sixty feet.
$50 go = nagEss Weighing 1879 oa. Just
81. snsaslh.hg a nuggei ct - es Two
~ 80 party had been In the colony no,
$50 'aNn three months when they re.
$500 $500 Y England with their prfxe. which
$500 ~. shen G1.sso. Near the same gully.
september s 1854, nugget 81 gold
ssins LII on. Il dwt. was found, aad
49, we same hole upward OF 20 hounds