Welcome Stranger nugget was found on…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

ht 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. Welcome Stranger nugget was found on Mount Mollagel, Feb. 9, 1869, weighed 190 pounds, and was worth $45,000. This nugget was raffled for $45,000 at $5 a chance, and was won by a man driving a baker’s cart. It was sold to the bank for its true value and melted. The Welcome nugget was found at Bakery Hill, June 9, 1858. It weighed 184 pounds 9 ounces 16 pennyweights, and was worth $44,- 356; was raffled for $50,000 at $5 a chance, and was won by a small boy in a barber shop. Lady Hotham nugget — named in honor of the wife of the Governor of New South Wales — was found in Canadian Gully, Sept. 8, 1854. It weighed 98 pounds 10 ounces 12 penny- weights, and was sold for $23,557. Uncle Jack nugget, found at Buningorg, Feb. 28, 1857, weighed 23 pounds 5 ounces, and was sold for $5,620. It was found by a runaway sailor, who sold it for the sum named, and spent the money in just four weeks. No-name nugget, found at Eureka, Daul- ton’s Flat, Feb. 7, 1874, 50 feet below the sur- face, weighed 52 pounds 1 ounce and was sold for $12,500.