630 POUND Gold Specimen found in Australia with 3000+ Ounces of Gold

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@gamerhutton Жыл бұрын

This might not really sound true but im related to the man who found the nugget my grandma's mum had the nugget before giving it to the Sydney museum. I also have 9 of his photographs he took back before he found the nugget.

@garrymercer757 Жыл бұрын

I wish this was accurate but it is not. They were mining the hope mine when they found gold. The mines owner had already arranged to sell it to another syndicate but holterman heard about a find from the workers and rushed off to offer the owner a higher price which was accepted. Then the specimen appeared. While it was not the largest nugget supposedly as victorians will tell you, the specimen actually was not carefully removed and lumps of pure gold broke off and those were larger than the welcome stranger itself. I was in these mines as a lad on hawkins hill. Holterman funded beyer to travel nsw in a caravan to make photographic documentary of the goldfeilds life. These were on glass slides which were found in Holtermans mansion in north sydney and are now in the state library. You can see them in the book gold and silver. His mansion had a giant stain glass window of him and the nugget. He became a politician and his home later became a girls school

@Longtack55 5 жыл бұрын

The severe-looking dude in the centre of the pic at 1:38 is my Great Grand-uncle Richard Ormsby Kerr. Bernhardt Holtermann (2nd from our left) was the mine manager and was a very wealthy man. If you wish to see some outstanding wet-plate photos of the era go to this link www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/holtermann-collection

@lovingcousin1 9 жыл бұрын

:O I can't get over how calm this guy looks. I would be jumping around like a grasshopper if I found something like this. Great video!

@jfkaid7011 7 жыл бұрын

lovingcousin1 Probably because it took cameras back then like 4 minutes to take the picture so they never know when the picture is actually been taken, can you imagine standing there for 4 minutes with the same smile lol

@justinpartington9220 6 жыл бұрын

Hey do you live near KINMOUNT ITS NEXT TO COUSIN FUCK.....?

@TheBigMclargehuge 4 жыл бұрын

Just forever, hopping and jumping and never stopping?

@garrymercer757 Жыл бұрын

He didnt actually find it. He was in town when it was found. His partner found it. Unfortunate for the poor lad who had just sold them the mine. An adjacent mine had thin gold over the roof and they rolled it off the roof like rolling up a carpet

@garrymercer757 Жыл бұрын

@@jfkaid7011 actually holterman funded beyer with a mobile camera caravan processing unit to travel to goldfeilds around hill end and gulgong to document them. They are in the state library but you can see them in a great book called gold and silver

@someotamatonewithayoutubea9478 5 жыл бұрын

I would just buy all food in the market and NEVER go to work 🤣

@bayopulungan984 Жыл бұрын

Luar biasa bosq semangat terus

@Tony-og5up 6 жыл бұрын

Workers alerted him that they had found a large deposit of gold, and it was HIS DISCOVERY? How the fuck so?

@motherhoodsbeauty9279 3 жыл бұрын

They did him dirty.

@Isagorn1 7 жыл бұрын

I know of a few more mines that have produced very large nuggets in Wales. A little fact they hated miners in North Wales who liked gold. They only trusted dumb workers. One such chap was put to work down a shaft at Clogau goldmine hacking out a lode of gold five inches thick with a hammer and chisel . He cut out the gold and put it in a bucket that was hauled up the shaft. Was reported to me that they hauled up 6 buckets worth. In the book The Goldmines of Merioneth by by G W Hall he records a record by Gwynfynydd goldmine of 3042 oz of gold got from one third of a ton quartz. The Dolfrrwynog mines with gold veins of half a inch thick produced some very big nuggets.