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worth, say, 500,000,000 sterling, which, reckoned at 

 $5 to the pound, would give us $1,500,000,000. Of 

 this the mines in the colony of Victoria have produced 

 considerably more than one-half. 



Immense nuggets have been found in past years, 



THE GOLD NUGGET, " WELCOME STRANGER," 



Found near Dunolly, 1869. Weight, 2,248 ounces ; value, about $50,000. 



some of them upon the surface. Above is a cut of a 

 large one, which, like many others, has an interesting 

 history. 



In many cases poor men, who have been reduced 



