Show ORIGIN OF GOLD NUGGETS united states geologist says finding of huge pebbles does not indicate large vein in a rugged ragged out of the way region on the ocean side bide of the coast ranges in monterey SIon terey cout county ity california gold nuggets have bare 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 ter of fact prospectors however have sought to find the veins from which such masses of gold loosened by the weather were washed into the stream beds their search has not been successful cess ful and J M hill a united states geologist of the deportment department of the in gerior in a report just published suggests that the nuggets came from rich superficial pockets in very small veins and that no large and rich deposits are likely to be found by deep mining the coast ranges of california unlike the sierra neada are not rich in gold and the occurrence of these large nu nuggets does not necessarily Ind lente the ex existence tence of a rich deposit of gold ore |