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To: E. Charters who wrote (80957)	1/20/2002 7:23:17 PM
From: goldsheet	Respond to of 116764

> The problem in searching the net, is that there were two nuggety mines called the Croesus, one in Australia and one in Canada. True, but I can not find a big nugget from either one of them. One would think that if it existed, the ROM would be bragging about having it ? The photo gold_tutor had on her site (changed after I mentioned it to her) described as the Croesus nugget was actually a replica of the Welcome Stranger Nugget in an Australian museum. Even if the Croesus is 2000 ounces, the Welcome Stranger was bigger before the folks broke it up and melted it. historyhill.com.au Until proven otherwise, the Hand of Faith at 876 troy seems to be the largest still in existence. photo.net And the "Normandy Nugget" at 819oz appears to be second largest: samuseum.sa.gov.au Don't know if you trust Ontario government data, but they show the Croesus mine produced only 14,859 at a 2.786 opt grade in its few years of operation (1915-18,23,31-36) REF: mndm.gov.on.ca

To: E. Charters who wrote (80957)	1/20/2002 7:43:47 PM
From: goldsheet	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116764

Didn't you work for Kerr-Addison ? They were responsible for a good 25% of production in the Kirkland Lake District (nice work) Mine: Kerr Township: McGarry Tons Milled: 40,336,512 Production (oz.Au): 10,457,441 Production (oz.Au): 0.259 Years of Production: 1911,38-96

To: E. Charters who wrote (80957)	1/20/2002 9:32:24 PM
From: Karl Siemens	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Way back when I was in high school, I visited the ROM to see the nugget you mention. I remember hearing that the world's largest nugget had been found in Ontario and was now on display - don't remember the size or location where it was found. I remember seeing it, though, and it was enormous. I also remember that they used to have a piece of mica, mounted in a display on a wall by the entrance, and the mica must have been over 2 metres in diameter. The next time I went back to see it, they said the mineral display was closed for the next 3 years for renovation. It was really diappointing, because when they finished, the nugget was gone and so were a large number of samples - the display area was changed from a terrific scholarly exhibit to a showy exhibit with much less to see.