Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-01-10 | Page 7 | Big Piece Virgin Gold

ana iiECEiIN1 Monster Nugget of Yellow Metal at Helena MELTED AT ASSAY OFFICE It Was Taken Out of the Difjgius in Alder Gulch It Weighed 8218 Ounces Troy Weight and Its Value Was Something Like Fourteen Hundred Dollars An Effort Made by Helena Bank to Buy It for Exhibition Ex-hibition Purposes but Agreement as to Price Could Not Be Reached Helena Mont Jan DA gold nugget that weighed SIMS ounces troy weight was melted nt the United States assay office today It was the largest piece of virgin gold ever received at the local ns fiay office of the Government and probably prob-ably one of the largest nuggets cy < r found In the world Js ejcact value had not been ascertained nt a lato hour this afternoon hut he rxpertw at tho assay office said It would ho about 51100 The nugget was brought to the assay office by Thomas Raymond who In formed Assayer B II Tut m hot ho had taken It out of the diggings In Alder gulch An effort was made by n local bank to buy It for exhibition purposes but an agreement could not he reached ns to terms since Its Intrinsic ialuo could not he known until It had boon assayed