Gold nugget stolen
A half-ounce gold nugget was stolen from a house in ' Buchanans Road, Sockburn, yesterday. The nugget, shaped like a bean with a slight hoHow in the middle, was found on the West Coast about 15 years ago and was worth about S7O. 1 It was about three-quarters of an inch long and one) quarter of an inch thick. The owner used to search: for gold in his spare time. A 1900 Queen Victoria: half-crown and a 100-year-old gold pocket watch with a; I gold chain, worth about $2OO i iwere also taken from the; house
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33514, 20 April 1974, Page 16
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