27 OZ. NUGGET
OLD DIGGER’S LUCK KALGOORLIE FIND. Kalgoorlie, Aug. 24. Attracted to Kalgoorlie after an absence of over 20 years, by the Back to the Goldfields carnival, which opened to-day, an old Kalgoorlie digger, Jim Rowan, aged 81. picked up a 270 z. slug of pure gold yesterday on an old alluvial patch known as the Six Mile, on the edge of the Golden Mile ridge, near Kamballie. Rowan had been away in Victoria tor over n score of years, and when the carnival was arranged ne decided to revisit old scenes and old mates. “I have always said that there is pjentv of gold to be found around Kalgoorlie. There is more there, and I’m going to get it.” Rowan has sent for his sons in Victoria to ioin him The nugget is almost of the purest gold, with only a little dirt attached to it.
It is expected to clean up at 260 z.. and is valued at £llO.
Tlie discovery has given rise to much speculation amongst the old diggers, and caused a mild sensation
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 31 August 1927, Page 8
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17927 OZ. NUGGET Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 31 August 1927, Page 8
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