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from Bathurst, and 29 miles from Mudgee, New South Wales. It 

 was in three pieces when discovered, though generally considered 

 as one mass. The aboriginal who discovered these blocks " observed 

 a speck of some glittering substance upon the surface of a block of 

 the quartz, upon which he applied his tomahawk, and broke off a 

 portion." One of the pieces weighed 70 lbs. avoir., and gave 

 60 lbs. troy of gold ; the gross weight of the other two about 60 

 lbs. each. These three pieces, weighing ljcwt., contained 106 lbs, 

 troy of gold, and about 1 cwt. of quartz. In the same year 

 another nugget, weight 30 lbs. 6 ozs., was discovered in clay, 24 

 yards from the large pieces ; and in the following year, also near 

 to No. 4, there were found two nuggets, weighing 157 ozs. and 

 71 ozs. 



Gross weight (troy), 106 lbs. ; 1,272 ozs. 



No. 2. A model of what is said to be the first large nugget 

 found in New South Wales is to be seen in the Australian 

 Museum, Sydney. Found in Ophir Creek. 



No. 3. A nugget weighing 26 ozs. was found at Bingera in 1852. 



No. 4. Found by a party of four, on 1st November, 1858, at 

 Burrandong, near Orange, New South Wales, at a depth of 35 ft. ; 

 when pounded with a hammer it yielded 120 lbs. of gold, for 

 which £5,000 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, £4,389 8s. lOd. The gold 

 was mixed with quartz and sulphide of iron (mundic). Assay, 

 87*40 per cent, gold = 20 car. 3| car. grs. 



Gross weight (troy), 107 lbs. 2 ozs. 8 dwts. ; 1,286 ozs. 8 dwts. 



No. 5. Found at Kiandra, Snowy Biver, New South Wales, 

 October, 1860. 



Gross weight (troy), 33 lbs. 4 ozs. ; 400 ozs. 



No. 6. " The Brenan Nugget." Found in Meroo Creek, Turon 

 River, New South Wales, embedded in clay; measures 21 inches 

 in circumference. It was found 24 yards from No. 1. Sold in 

 Sydney, 1851, for £1,156. 



Gross weight (troy), 30 lbs. 6 ozs. ; 364 ozs. 11 dwts. 



No. 7. Found at New Chum Hill, Kiandra, Snowy Biver, New 

 South Wales, July, 1861. 



Gross weight (troy), 16 lbs. 8 ozs. ; 200 ozs. 



No. 8. Found at Kiandra, Snowy Biver, New South Wales, 

 March, 1860. 



Gross weight (troy), 13 lbs. 4 ozs. ; 160 ozs. 



