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IT”'*!rml#vlto nr ft h »#»•tea]vetret# dNUGGET FOUND WEIGHS 10 POUNDSdistrict la sure to have h iH MiliPfii.li * *. s1- Vl '*4 i .k giT. _ Jlag mHH#a jSk a j (\ ?if1 Vtdrgpr m1 f* JlIKle«^P-‘iniswoftotoerehanLofheib*heerUsjw '•Iteditm-he■ty?eII*I hhePS\ (bunk of solid gold weighing Lnand three-quarter* pounds avolrdupoi*and valued at somewhere around ,t;?non. w a ■* picked up in Red kw kjcanyon a few miles from Mojave, lad i Thursday by Dave Bowman, an old time placer miner in the lied Rex k district, end taken to L*M Angeles j Baturda v, the Mining News ofBakersfield. Lai. Lan rnderwooi*j well known for man ' ' cars In Kern county, and s rancher tn the Rod Rock country. i in Bakersfield thl* i week and lulls of the big find.No scales wens available and a pair |of balances with a 10 pound hammer was used for weighing at the Under-wood home hater the nugget was weighed in Ashers store at Mojave M p Boag also a miner tn the Red Rock countn wsj* in Bak*rsn*dd the last of the week, and told of seeing| the nugget, although he was unableto give details.According to Mr. Underwood, Have Bowman wan walking along th* aid'' I of a short gulch running out of Red Rock canyon near the head of the canyon and it was while he waslooking around that hlt; saw what pro'.|ed to be a chunk of solid gold as bigas two fist* lying In the bottom ofthe gulch.Several good siged nuggets have come from the Red Rock country in the past but never one so large as (the last one The new* of the findwas not credited n Bakersfield until j verified by Mr \ nderwood. and hascaused lt;onsidert ble r\t itement inrnining circles in the city. KvSherjiff Kelley has churns in the neighbor| hood and other Bakersfield people have interests Placer mining in th-I.ire very scarce and few ihi have been found* -.........-........ 00-........ —Read the Classified Ads• r. ’**00 --ARTHUR L THOMASaeCOMti RANCHERMarch ; IS.-Thomas, former governorlory of Utah, and for mar post ruts ter in this city.Utahn who has become g stockraSalt Like.Vrthft hot #%rn1aarivearjitI! Ofruitgrower and rancher in ( a Mr Thomas has purchased one the finest ranches in the lt;;oi»»*o and will spend much of his there. The ranch cm brae elt;* 1 and is weii improved Itst ntftim* *I kiah. seven!) m»les north Lrancisco Mr Thomas *■ofI growprunes nears zrn pe* and or i**r pm., fruits, in addition to the breeding of fine stock Much hay and gram also will be grown The price paid for the ranch hays not been announced hut it is understood to haw been alarge sum 4 w ?Mr Thomas has been at his ranch for several weeks hut will return to 3alt Lake within a week or ten days It is an noil priced hv mam In rs of hi* family that he will continue to main tain his legal residence her* llis «Arthur L Thomas Jr , will managethe p operty.CASTORIAFor loiats and ChildrenIn Um For Ovor 30 Years41 way* bearsthefcifimature of
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Ogden Standard
Ogden, Utah, US
Mon, Mar 15, 1915
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