OLD DIGGER’S LUCK.
LARGE NUGGET FOUND. PERTH, 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 ridge, near Kamballie. Rowan had been away in Victoria for over a score of years, and when the carnival was arranged he decided to revisit old scenes and old mates. “I have always said that there is plenty of gold to be found around Kalgoorlie. There is more there, and I’m going to get it.” The nugget is almost of the purest gold, with only a little dirt attached to it. It is expected to clean up at 260z.', and is valued at £llO. The discovery has given rise to much speculation amongst the old diggers, and caused a mild sensation. Crowds gather around the shop window of G. R. Addis, in Hannan Street, where the nugget is displayed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 237, 3 September 1927, Page 5
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