Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1893 — Gold in Dig Lumps. [ARTICLE]

Gold in Dig Lumps.

The biggest lump of native gold ever found was in the Hill End Mine, New South Wales. It was 4 feet 9 inches high and weighed 040 pounds. It was worth #148,000, and the owners were living on charity when it was found. Welcome Stranger nugget was found in Mount Mollegel, Australia, weighing 190 pounds, and was worth #45,600, It was raffled for SIO,OOO at #5 a chance, and was won by a man driving a baker’s cart. He sold it to a bank. The Welcome nugget, was found in Bakery Hill, Australia. It weighed 184 pounds, 9 ounces, 10 pennyweights and was worth #44,356; was raffled for #50,000 at #5 a chance, and was won by a small boy in a barber shop. Oates and Delson nugget was found in the Donnelly gold field in 1880, in the roots of a tree, weighed 189 pounds and sold for #50,000. The Leg of Mutton nugget, named from its shape, was found at Ballarat at a depth of sixty-five feet. It weighed 134 pounds 11 ounces, and was sold for #33,380. Lady Ilotham nugget—named in honor of the wife of the Governor of New South Wales—was found in Canadian Gully. It weighed 98 pounds 10 ounces and 13 pennyweights, and was sold for #33,557. No-name nugget, found in Canadian Gully, Ballarat, at a depth of twentyfive feet, weighed 84 pounds, 3 ounces 15 pennyweights, and was sold for #2O- - No-name nugget, was found in Canadian Gully, at eighteen feet below the surface, weighed 93 pounds, 1 ounce, 11 pennyweights, and sold for #22,350.