FIVE-OUNCE NUGGET
Queenstown Miners’ Find Dominion Special Service. Dunediu, May 20. It is many years since a gold nugget of appreciable size was recovered from any of the claims in the Queenstown district, hence some mild excitement was created in mining circles in Queenstown when a nugget weighing ooz 14dwt. was brought Into town on Tuesday by a party of miners working near the outlet of Ballarat Creek in the Shotover. In the parcel they had several other pieces of gold, two of which turned the scale at over an ounce. i The men have not been working very long in this particular claim, which is being operated by hydraulic elevating The paddock from which the return was obtained is about 20ft. deep. The party, which comprises Messrs. A. E. Short, McCallum. Rogers and McDougall, feel confident, that this is only the beginning of a run of luck for them.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 200, 21 May 1936, Page 13
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