The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-05-26
THE LARGEST NUGGETS
Where They Were Found, By Whom
 Found and Their Values

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 exciting work: not inireQucutIy t is more work than excitement: it iS only Co a favored few that nuggets oi any size reveal themselves.
 The largest nugget m the world was found m New South Males. lt was worth SI4S,ooo. lt was { feet Q inches long. B feet 3 inches wide and | inehes m thickness throughout.
 The great find" was unearthed at a small mining camp called Hill End Two men. Eyer and Haltman, were Ihe discoverers. Strange Co say, they had lost all their money seeking Tor gold, and at the tune of their discovery were without a penny. deeply n debt and almost on the verge oi despair.
 Another famous discovery Oi gold in the solid lump was made at Bakery Hiu. near Ballarat Australia, on June IS 1888 lt was discovered by two or three men oi prospecting party ol tNcntv-iour. These men had decided to share. pro rata. everything that was discovered. Consequently the nugget had Co be divided into many portions. Other than this find the prospectors met with little luck Hence the mass oi gold became known as the 'Nei- come" nugget lts value was S52ooo 10 weighed 2.IsQ ounces. lt was dis- covered at a depth oi IS0 feet and was % inches long. I2 inches wide and in- ches m thickness.
 Three years earlier other nuggets oi considerable size had been found near the same spot Indeed, the pick ol a workman had struck within forty eight inches of this very nugget lt had then remainned in the earth for three years. | hundreds oi gold-Seekers passing it by. The largest nugget ever found no | California Is known as the 'Ohver | Martin" which was valued at S227oo and earned SIoooo more through being exhibited
 Oliver Martin. the discoverer, was a dis ssipated" hanger-on around the min ing camps of California. He was re- garded as a tramp by the miners. One stormy night while making his way from Benton's Bar Co Camp Coro- na. over the Grizzly Mountains, Martin and his companion. John Fowler were caught m storm and sought reiuge in an old cabin. This hut was SO situ- ated that the mountain torrents 'oon made it insecure. In trying Co reach a safer position Fowler was druwlcd
 The next day Martin. with pick and shovel began digging a grave tor his companion He had not turned p many spadeiuls of earth before he struck something hard On washing the mud oi this object which vas larger than a mans head. hc ioIli it to be full of glittering particles 10 weighed about SO pounds.
 Martin. w;th the assistance Of an- other miner. had the nugget weighed and valued He made $js 7oo '-1m his lucky stroke.
 Victoria. B. C. has been a great field for nuggets. though few have been found there within recent years. In February. IS60. the Welcome Stran- gel" nugget was found at a place called Moliagul near Dunolly This nugget was 2I inches long, Q inches wide and 10 inches thick. It was composed of almost pure gold On melting, the nugget weighed 2.26S ounces and was valued at the Bank of England at Si7.- 67o.
 This big find was made by two poor puddlerS. John Deacon andRichard Oates. They had not gone seriously into mining. owing Co their poverty. and they never expected Co make more than a bare living
 The finding of Welcome Stranger" was a matter of accident It was i'm bedded m a stiff red clay just below the surface. SO near a road that a wagon was constantly passing over it. Not ten inches away a wagon run out at depth actually below toe spot where the gold was found.
 Not long after the finding of this nugget near Duno' several other dis coyerieS of gold were made near the same spot One weighed II4 ounces.
 The famous Blanche Barkley' mug get. valued Sj4s2s. weighing L74S