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.

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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.