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source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

ty, at the “hotel Lynch” on Saturday. He was tried on the charge of impersonating an officer, on Monday, but was released, as the wrong charge was preferred against him. Mr. Morgan may not acquire much fame or riches as an officer, but he has undoubtedly learned something. B. B. Lewis, one of the old-time Silver City boys, who is mining in California, returned last week from a trip to the old country. During his absence a 16 pound chunk of pure gold was found in the gravel near his mine, at Alleghany City, California. Another chunk weighing 44 ounces was also found at the same place. An- other Silver City boy, Harry Apple, who is mining in the same camp, took out $22,000 from a quartz lead adjoining Mr. Lewis’ prop- erty during his absence. Evidently the old gold camps of California are not yet worked out. Doctor Stovall, of Deming, was in the city Wednesday. ( 116 ) Big Gold Nuggets From the Mineralogists Monthly. The largest piece of gold in the world was taken from Byer & Haltman’s gold mining claim, Hill End, New South Wales, May 10, 1872. Its weight was 640 pounds, height 4 feet 9 inches; width, 3 feet 2 inches, average thick- ness, 4 inches; worth $148,000. It was found embedded in a thick wall of blue slate, at a depth of 250 feet from the surface. The otvners of the mine were living on charity when they found it.