278 REMARKABLE GOLD NUGGETS. 



ozs. 15 dwts., and both about 30 feet from No. 3. Date of discovery, Feb., 

 1853. Gross weight, troy, 368 ozs. 



39. — " The Brenan Nugget," found at Meroo Creek, Turon River, N.S.W., 

 embedded in clay, twenty-four yards from No. 4, measures 21 inches in 

 circumference. Sold in Sydney, 1851, for 1,1 561. Gross weight, 30 lbs. 

 6 ozs. 



40. — Found by a negro, in the Province of Choco, New Granada, 

 South America. His master presented it to the Cabinet of the King of 

 Spain. Date of discovery, 1793, Humboldt. Gross weight, troy, 364 ozs. 

 11 dwts. 



41. — " The Victorian Nugget," found in the White Horse Gully, Bendigo, 

 Victoria, close to No. 43. Bought for presentation to the Queen by the 

 Colonial Legislature, who paid l,Q50l. = 4l. 17s. per oz. Its surface was 

 partly encrusted with quartz and oxide of iron. Date of discovery, 20th 

 Sept., 1852. Gross weight, troy, 340 ozs. 



42. — Found at Bendigo, Victoria, in 1854. Gross weight, troy, 338 

 ozs. 17 dwts. Specific gravity, 1309. Estimate weight of pure gold 

 314-3. 



43. — " The Dascombe Nugget," found at Bendigo, Victoria. Bright and 

 free from quartz. It was found close to No. 41, amongst gravel, about 

 a foot from the surface. Sold in London, 5th Nov., 1852 (it then weighed 

 330 ozs., 15 dwts.) for 1,500Z., or 41. 10s. 8d. per oz. This was the first 

 largest mass of solid gold found in the British Empire. Date of discovery, 

 Jan., 1852. Gross weight, troy, 332 ozs. 



44. — Found at MTvor, Victoria, with smaller gold, weighing 35^ ozs., 

 of which nuggets, weighing respectively, 11^ ozs., 11 ozs., 6J ozs., and the 

 washdirt remaining, would yield 1 oz. gold to the load. Date of discovery, 

 1857. Gross weight, troy, 328 ozs. 



45. — Found at MacCallum's Creek, Victoria. Gross weight, troy, 326 

 ozs. 10 dwts. 



46. — Found at Miask, Ural Mountains, Russia, near to the surface. 

 Weight 10-117 kilogrammes (15,432-3 grains troy=l kilogramme, Professor 

 Miller, Fhil. Trans., 1856.) Date of discovery, 1826, Humboldt. Gross 

 weight, troy, 325 ozs. 5 dwts. 



47. — Found in the Mines of Eastern Siberia ; weight, 24 lbs. Russian, 

 (6,320 grains troy=l lb. Russian.) Date of discovery, 24th April, 1852, 

 Tegoborski. Gross weight, troy, 305 ozs. 



48. — Found at Baycito, California, at a depth of 54 feet. This was the 

 largest nugget as yet found in California. Date of discovery, Sept., 1858. 

 Gross weight, troy, 300 ozs. 



49. — Found at the M'Intyre Diggings, Victoria, at a depth of 6 feet, 

 in Aug., 1861. Gross weight, troy, 300 ozs. 



50. — Found at Kingower, Victoria, by two men in shallow sinking, in 

 1852. Gross weight, troy, 288 oz. 



51. — Found at Bendigo, Victoria, in 1854. Gross weight, troy, 282 ozs. 

 2 dwts. Specific gravity, 5-25. Estimate weight of pure gold, 162-16. 



