REMARKABLE GOLD NUGGETS. 275 



the produce being 1,363 ozs. 18 dwts. of gold. Value, about 5,500Z. Date 

 of discovery, 1857. Gross weight, troy, 2,952 ozs. 



7. — Found by a party of four, at Burrandong, near Orange, N.S.W., at a 

 depth of 35 feet, when pounded with a hammer it yielded 120 lbs. of gold, 

 for which 5,000Z. were offered. Melted at the Sydney Mint, when it 

 weighed 1,286 ozs. 8 dwts. ; after melting, 1,182 ozs. 7 dwts. ; loss, 8 per 

 cent. — fineness, 87 - 4 per cent., the standard weight of gold being 1,127 ozs. 

 6 dwts. Value 4,389Z. 8s. lOd. The gold was mixed with quartz and 

 sulphuret of iron (mundic). Date of discovery, 1st Nov., 1858. Gross 

 weight, troy, 1,286 ozs. 8 dwts. Assay : Gold per cent., 87 , 40 ; Carats 

 c. grs. 20-3§. 



8. — " The Lady Hotham Nugget," found near Canadian Gully, Ballaarat, 

 Victoria, at a depth of 135 feet. It contains much quartz and sulphuret of 

 iron, but is a fine specimen. From the same hole, there were obtained 

 upwards of 220 lbs., in smaller nuggets. The value of gold, therefore, 

 from this claim, was not less than 13,000Z. Date of discovery, 8th Sept., 

 1854. Gross weight, Troy, 1,177 ozs. Specific gravity, 6 - 093. Estimate 

 weight of pure gold, 755"0. 



9. — Found at Miask, Ural Mountains, Russia, at a depth of 9 feet ; 

 weight, 87 lbs. 92 zolotniks Russian, (Tegoborski) ; 36 - 025 kilogrammes 

 (Humboldt). In bulk it is almost exactly half of an imperial gallons 138 

 cubic inches. Its supposed value, at 22 carats (British Standard), con- 

 taining 833 per cent, alloy, is 4,508Z. 19s. 3d. Preserved in the Museum of 

 Mining Engineers, at St. Petersburgh. Date of discovery, 7th Nov., 1842. 

 Gross weight, troy, 1,158 ozs. 



10. — Found at Canadian Gully, Ballaarat, Victoria, by a party of three, 

 who also obtained No. 12 in the same claim, in a drive at a depth of 60 

 feet, amongst quartz, boulders, and washing-stuff, containing an ounce to the 

 tul) — its length, 20 inches by 8-fr, and 5 inches thick. The first blow of the 

 pick led the miner to suspect it had struck gold ; with the second, the 

 pick stuck in the mass. The gold is finely intersected with quartz. The 

 estimated value of both No. 10 and 12 — 7,500^. Date of discovery, 20th 

 Jan., 1853. Gross weight, troy, 1,117 ozs. 11 dwts* 



11. — Found at Blackman's Lead, Maryborough, Victoria, at a depth of 

 5 feet. Sold in Melbourne, in 1855, for 3,250Z. Melted by me in the same 

 year. Date of discovery, June, 1855. Gross weight, troy, 1,034 ozs. 

 5 dwts. Specific gravity, 8 - 58. Estimate weight of pure gold, 833 - 14. 



12. — Found at Canadian Gully, Ballaarat, Victoria. This mass was 

 found two days after the discovery of No. 10, in the same claim and tunnel, 

 and within 10 feet of No. 3 — length; 12 inches, by 6 in breadth, and 6^ 

 inches thick, being somewhat in the shape of a pyramid. This is a very 

 fine specimen, consisting of much gold, with remarkably white quartz. 

 The two working diggers continued at work nearly a fortnight, when they 



* This Nugget, and No. 12, valued without taking the specific gravity, there being 

 some litigation relative to the division of the property. 



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