Australian Gold Rush Tales of Blanch Barkley Nugget and Two Cornish Miners
In early Australian goldfields tale narrates Samuel Napier and brothers digging at Kingover when a strike yields a nugget worth 525000 pounds. It also recounts Cornish miners John Deason and Richard Oates seeking fortune near Molinque, facing years of failure and starvation before hardship ends in bleak circumstances.
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Blanche Barkley
Samuel Napier
Charley
Robert Ambrose
Bendy
Victoria Gold Dells
John Deason
Richard Oates
Alah
Molinque
Cornwall
Monster Australian Nuggets Sparked Global Gold Fever
A colonial tale recounts giant Australian gold nuggets from the fifties era, including the Welcome Stranger weighing two hundred weight and valued near 250 000. Ballarat discoveries followed by another massive find, fuelling worldwide excitement and rushes to England with prized treasure.
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Austraiia
Nated Kerr
Ballarat
England
Nadarat
Celal
Remarkable California gold find linked to Oliver Martin chunk
A tale recounts Oliver Martin and Flower in California who after toil and a drowning storm uncover the enormous Oliver Martin Chunk, a 151 pound gold nugget that becomes the nucleus of a million-dollar fortune. The nugget is celebrated as the largest on the American continent and gains world fame.
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Alngoverten
California
Oliver Martin
Martin
Flower
Starvathon
Cassell
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Walcome
Donnie
Cleveland
Our
Kabo
Dimity Coutis
Asle
Columbia Yarns
Columbia Germantown
Columbia Saxony
Columbia
C. Thos. Kemp
Frederi
Efi
Doll Bros
Ifaver Young
Market Street
Frederick, Md
the Ebert Hardware CO
West Patrick Street
Sargent
GEM Food Chopper
Ernest Helfenstein
West
Patrick Street
Edwin Devilbibs
Aros Urber
John N. Geary
Devilbiss & Urner
Insurance
Doll & Allaugh
Frederick, Ma
Jas. E. Doll
South Market Street
Citizen National Bank
Hbbon
Columbus Knott
Besant & Knots
Carty’s Furniture Store
B. Rosenour & Sons
Market and
Patrick Streets
Bennett
City Opera House
Bargalas
Tess
America
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland
Kate Gittinger
Mask
Frederick
Fahrney
Ney
Farrnney
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