SOUTH ISLAND.
Valuable Nugget Found. A nugget of gold weighing 114 ozs, and valued at £450, was discovered a few days ago in the Ross Borough, within a chain of the Ross goldfields claim. Two men. Sharp and Scott, were working a small piece of abandoned ground near Don nelly’s Creek, where they had picked up a couple of small nuggets, and were en couraged to continue operations when they came on a large lump, which is about the size of a white stone turnip, contain ing a little quartz. The nugget was bought to-day, and it is proposed to name it after the Minister for Mines.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 11, 15 September 1909, Page 5
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107SOUTH ISLAND. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 11, 15 September 1909, Page 5
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