Sixty-nine pound gold nugget dug up in the Australian gold fields

A large gold nugget was dug from a mine in Ballarat, Victoria at a depth of 160 feet.  Dubbed the "Kohinor Nugget," it weighed sixty-nine pounds and was later sold for $16,686.  This was nowhere near the record for the Australian gold fields.  The "Welcome Nugget," found at Bakery Hill, Victoria on June 9, 1858, had weighed in at almost 185 pounds.  (By John Osborne)
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"Great Gold Nuggets," Natural Science News, May 4, 1895, 53-54. 
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