Official catalogue of the British section.

Great Britain. Executive Commission, Philadelphia International Exhibition (1876)

Date:: 1876

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Credit: Official catalogue of the British section. Source: Wellcome Collection.

417/856 (page 407)

Collection of Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils, illustrative of the Geology, Mineralogy, and Mining; Resources of Victoria, exhibited for and on behalf of the Government, by R. Brougrh Smyth, F.G.S., F.L.S., Assoc. Xnst. C.E., Secretary for Mines and Chief Inspector of Mines for the Colony. Older Igneous or Plutonic Rocks. Granites, porphyries, &c. Newer Igneous or Volcanic Rocks. Older Basalt. (Age between eocene and older pliocene tertiary). Newer Basalt. (Age from pliocene tertiary to recent). Aqueous Rocks. Lower Palaeozoic. Lower Silurian. (Including rocks of this age metamorphosed by contact with granite and other igneous rocks). Upper Silurian. (Including rocks of this age metamophosed by contact with granite, &c. Upper Palaeozoic. Mesozoic—Carbonaceous. Tertiary. Collection of Mineral Specimens. Economic Collection. Auriferous Quartz. Fac-similes of Gold Nuggets Found in Victoria. The Beauty Nugget weighed 242 ozs. It was discovered at a depth of 9 ft. from the surface, in Kangaroo Gully, Bendigo, in the year 1858. The gold was 22*2f carats fine. The Platypus nugget weighed 377 ozs. 6 dwts. It was found in Robinson Crusoe Gully, Bendigo, in a pillar of earth in a deserted claim. The claim was situated in shallow alluvium, and the nugget was discovered in March 1861. The gold was 22*11 carats fine. The Viscount Canterbury nugget was found in John's Paddock, Berlin Diggings, at a depth of 15 ft. from the surface, on the 31st May 1870. It weighed 1,105 ozs. The gold was 23 • 3 carats fine. The Schlemm nugget was found at Dunolly on the 11th July 1872, at a depth of 3 ft. beneath the surface. It weighed 538 ozs., and is estimated to contain 60 ozs. of quartz. Nugget (not named) found in Broomfield's Gully, Creswick, on the 8th August 1872. It weighed 24 ozs. 3 dwts., and was got at a depth of 100 ft. below the surface. The Kum Tow nugget weighed 718 ozs. 5 dwts. It was found on the 17th April 1871 in Catto's Paddock, Berlin Dig- gings, at a depth of 12 ft. 6 in. below the surface. It was found by a party of Chinamen. The gold was 23-3 carats fine. The Viscountess Canterbury nugget was found on the 3rd October 1870 at Berlin. It was discovered at 6 ft. 6 in. beneath the surface, and weighed 884 ozs. 10 dwts. The gold was 23 • 2| carats fine. The Crescent nugget was found on the 2nd April 1872 at a depth of 2 ft. beneath the surface. It weighed 176 ozs. 8 dwts., and was discovered at Berlin. Nugget (not named), found at Creswick, in the Key Com- pany's mine. It weighed 32 ozs., and was found in January 1871. The Oldham nuggets, found at Turton's Creek, in April 1873. They weighed respectively 2 ozs. and 36 ozs., and were got at a depth of 2 ft. beneath the surface. The gold was 23- £ carats fine. The Spondulix nugget was found in November 1872, at Eureka Gulley, Jordan's, near Dunolly. It weighed 130 ozs., and was estimated to contain 29 ozs. of quartz. Discovered at 8 ft. beneath the surface in a quartz-vein. The Alma 1 nugget was found'on the 14th April 1873, at Maryborough. It weighed 125 ozs. It was discovered at 120 ft. beneath the surface. The gold was 23-1 carats fine. Nugget (not named) found in Broomfield's Gully, Creswick, on 12th August 1872. It weighed 46 ozs. 15 dwts., and was got at 100 ft. in depth. Nugget (not named) found at Creswick in the Red Streak Lead, on the 31st August 1872. It was discovered at 180 ft. below the surface, and weighed 30 ozs. 1 dwt. Nugget (not named) found at Buninyong, on the 21st July 1875. It was discovered at 73 ft. below the surface, and weighed 58 ozs. 5 dwts. The gold was 23 - J carats fine. Nugget (not named) found at Upper Boggy Creek, on the 9th September 1873. It was discovered at 4 ft. below the surface, and weighed 29 ozs. The Needful nugget was discovered at 12 ft. beneath the surface, in Catto's Paddock, Berlin Diggings, on the 10th May 1871. It weighed 246 ozs. 16 dwts., and the gold was 23*3 carats fine. The Alma 2 nugget was found at Maryborough, on the 14th April 1873, at 120 ft. beneath the surface. It weighed 15 ozs. The gold was 23-1 carats fine. The Eldorado nugget was found at Smythesdale on the 26th August 1873, at 155 ft. beneath the surface. It weighed 170 ozs. The Lothair nugget found at Chines, at 307 ft. beneath the surface, on the 11th July 1875. It weighed 77 ozs. 6 dwts. The gold was 23 *2§ carats fine. Nugget (not named) found at Sandhurst, in Crusoe Gully, on the 13th July 1875. It was discovered at 3 ft. beneath the surface, and weighed 46 ozs. Nugget (not named) found at Creswick, at 150 ft. below the surface, on the 28th April 1874. It weighed 53 ozs. The gold was 23-3 carats fine. Nugget (not named) found at Ballarat in the Golden Reef Claim, at 200 ft. beneath the surface. It weighed 31 ozs. 5 dwts. The Welcome nugget was found on the 11th June 1858, at 180 ft. beneath the surface, Bakery Hill, Ballarat. It weighed 2,195 ozs. Economic Minerals. Acadia Catherine Gold Mining Company, Sandhurst.—Sped' mens of Golden Stone, from the Arcadia Catherine Mine.]