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The Largest Gold Nugget Ever Found Weighs as Much as an Adult Man
The world’s largest ever gold nugget, discovered in 1869 during the Australian gold rush, remains a symbol of extraordinary ...
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“The Welcome Stranger” Nugget, Found Near Dunolly, in Australia
Mr. Birkmyre says: “The gold of this nugget, from the crucible assays, I found to be 98'C6 per cent of pure gold. It thus contains only 1-75th of alloy, composed chiefly of silver and iron.
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Uncovered by a metal detector, huge gold nugget sells for $612,500
An Australian couple was searching for gold using a metal detector in the Kalgoorlie Goldfields in 1979 when they uncovered the largest gold nugget found in the region in the previous 50 years.
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FOUND LARGEST GOLD NUGGET.; Death of Samuel Hawkins Napier, Whose Pick Once Dug Up a Big Lump.
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GIANT GOLD NUGGETS FROM A MONTANA GULCH.; Three Reported Found, the Biggest Weighing Forty-two Pounds, and Worth $10,000.
The nugget is said to be the largest of three found at the same time by Thomas Ramon and Joseph Lefebre. Ramon deposited at the United States Assay Office at Helena two weeks ago a gold nugget ...
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Uncovered by a metal detector, huge gold nugget sells for $612,500
An Australian couple was searching for gold using a metal detector in the Kalgoorlie Goldfields in 1979 when they uncovered the largest gold nugget found in the region in the previous 50 years. Coming ...