Good Nuggets of Australia

(mining the gold in deposit where the veins (thin layers of gold contained in rock) are weathered. A single, small- to- medium sized gold nugget could turn a poor miner into a rich man and nugget discoveries could turn under- worked fields or empty farmland into thriving tent village with thousands of miners looking to locate the next "big one". Some of these places where gold was found over 150 years ago are towns today. Many of the largest gold nuggets ever formed on Earth were found in Australia. In fact, eight out of the top ten were found there. The welcome nugget was by far the largest nugget ever found when it was discovered. It was found when it was discovered. It was found in June 1856 by a team of approximately 20 miners at Bakery Hill, Ballarat. It was dug out of a tunnel at a depth of 55 metres. The welcome nugget weighed 69.98 kilograms, and it was melted down a litter over a year later, in 1859. Despite its size, the Welcome's fame short lived.