REMARKABLE GOLD NUGGETS. 279 



' 52.— Found at Kingower, Victoria, in April, 1861. Gross weight, troy, 

 281 ozs. 17 dwts. 



53. — Found at EvanY Gully ,\Kingower, Victoria. 



54. — Found in Victoria, produced^ when melted 161 ozs. 14 dwts. of 

 gold, containing 97-4 per cent, pure gold. Date of discovery, 1855. Gross 

 weight, troy, 281 ozs. Specific gravity, 5-3. Assay : Gold per cent., 97"4 ; 

 Carats c. grs. 234§. Estimate weight of pure gold, 1594249. 



55. — Found at Jones's Creek, Victoria, in 1856. Gross weight, troy, 

 281 ozs. * 



56.— Found at Daisy Hill, Victoria, in Jan., 1856. Sold for 1,0191 = 

 74s. Id. per oz. Gross weight, troy, 275 ozs. 3 dwts. 18 grs. Specific 

 gravity, 14.05. Estimate weight of pure gold, 2594 2' 12. 



57. — Found at Golden Point, Fryer' Sj, Creek, Victoria. Gross weight, 

 troy, 264 ozs. 



58. — Found at Browns Diggings, Victoria, a fine nugget. Sold for 

 1,022Z. 4s. 6d., or 3/. 17s. 7d. per oz. Date of discovery, 23rd Oct., 1856. 

 Gross weight, Troy, 263 ozs. 8 dwts. 



59. — Found at Kingower, Victoria, within 4 feet of the surface, in 

 May, 1856. Gross weight, troy, 260 ozs. 



60. — Found at Mount Korong, Victoria, in May, 1856, at 1-J foot below 

 the surface. Valued at 1,000Z. Gross weight, troy, 255 ozs. 13 dwts. 



61. — Found at Gongo Soco, Minas Gereos, Brazil, gold and quartz. 

 Raised from the mine of the late Imperial Brazilian Gold-Mining Associa- 

 tion. Date of discovery, 1832. Gross weight, troy, 242 ozs. 



62. — Found at Mount Blackwood, Victoria, on the surface of the ground. 

 Composed of gold, quartz, and oxide of iron. Date of discovery, 1855. 

 Gross weight, troy, 240 ozs. 18 dwts. Specific gravity, 6.57. Estimate 

 weight of pure gold, 16748. 



63. — Found at Yandoit, Castlemaine, Victoria, within 20 feet of the 

 surface. A solid lump of gold. Date of discovery, 1860. Gross weight, 

 troy, 240 ozs. 



64 — Found in the Ural Mountains, Russia. Gross weight, troy, 240 

 ozs. 



65. — Found at White Hills, Maryborough, Victoria, in 1856, at a depth 

 of 12 feet, a solid lump of gold. Gross weight, troy, 236 ozs. 



66. — Found at Kingower, Victoria, within half an inch of the surface, 

 Feb., 1861. Gross weight, troy, 236 ozs. 



67. — Found at Cabarras County, North Carolina, United States. Gross 

 weight, troy, 233 ozs. 6 dwts. 



68. Found at Kingower, Victoria, on the surface of the ground by a 

 prospecting party, in May, 1860. It was covered with green moss. When 

 freed of quartz and moss, weighed 188 ozs. 15 dwts. Gross weight, troy, 

 230 ozs. 



69. — Found at Carson's Creek, Stanislaus River, California, August, 

 1850. The property of the Bank of England. Gross weight, troy, 

 219 ozs. 



