A BIG NUGGET.
FOUND IN ROSS TOWNSHIP.
By Telegraph—Press Association. 1 HOKITIKA, September 11.
A nuirget of gold weighing 114azs, and valued a .£450, was'discovered a few days ago in the Ross borough, within a chain of the goldfields claim. Cwo men, named Sharp and Scott, were working on a small piece of an abandoned field, near Donnelly's creek, where they picked up a co&ple of small nuggets. They were encouraged to continue operations when they came on a large lump, which is about the size of a turnip and contains little quartz. The nugget was bought by the Bank to day, and it is proposed to name it after the Minister for Mines.
"THE HON. KODDY."
WELLINGTON, September IJ. The Mayor of Ross telegraphed today to the Minister of Mines (Mr R. McKenzie that a gold nugget weighing over 100 ounces was found in a claim adjoining the Ross Goldfields mine. A request was made that the nugget should be named "The Hon. Roddy." The Minister agreed to the suggestion re the name.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9593, 13 September 1909, Page 5
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174A BIG NUGGET. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9593, 13 September 1909, Page 5
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