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.