Show ORIGIN OF GOLD NUGGETS United States Geologist Says Finding of Huge Pebbles Does Not Indicate Indicate Indicate Indi Indi- cate Large Vein In a rugged way the region on the ocean side of the time Coast ranges In Monterey county California gold nuggets have hav been found of such size as to suggest that this was once a favorite retreat of the proverbial goose that laid the golden eggs Mat Mat- ter fact prospectors however have sought to find the veins from which such masses of ot gold loosened by the weather were washed Into the stream beds Their search has not been successful successful successful suc suc- and J. J M. M Hill Hili a n United States geologist of the time Department of the time Interior Interior Interior In In- In a report just published suggests suggests suggests sug sug- that the nuggets came from rich superficial pockets In Iner er very small veins and that no large and rich deposits are lik likely ly to be found by deep mining The Coast ranges of California unlike the tho Sierra Nevada arc not rich In gold and the occurrence of these large nuggets nuggets nuggets nug nug- gets c does oes not necessarily Indicate the existence of a rich deposit of gold ore |