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Largest golden nugget ever found weighed as much as an adult man
During the Australian gold rush, the world’s largest nugget was found by miners originating from the UK. On 5 February 1869, ...
The New York Times7y
FOUND LARGEST GOLD NUGGET.; Death of Samuel Hawkins Napier, Whose Pick Once Dug Up a Big Lump.
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The Charlotte Observer on MSN5d
Gold miner had hope as NC site ran dry. Then he hit a big ‘rock’ 129 years ago
Jacob Shinn’s optimism was rewarded when he hit something hard while digging on April 9, 1896. The big “rock” — later ...
The Express Tribune15d
China reports record 1,000-tonne gold find in addition to $80bn reserves discovered last year
Chinese geologists have clamined the discovery of a 1,000-tonne gold deposit in Liaoning province, in what may be one of the world’s largest known ... Gold nugget weighing 6.6kg (14lb) found ...