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Tom's Baby!, Colorado's biggest nugget!

CP View Member Profile	Feb 24 2007, 01:17 PM Post #1
Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3	Alright! Who said Colorado has small gold!? Well here is a little history from our colorful state! The largest crystallized gold nugget unearthed in Colorado history was discovered in 1887 near Breckenridge by miners Tom Graves and Harry Lytton. The nugget became known as "Tom's Baby," because Graves would carry it around wrapped in a blanket. Originally the nugget weighed 13 lbs., 7 oz., but when it was rediscovered in a bank vault after years of misplacement, it had shrunk to less than 9 lbs. It is now safely on display at the Museum of Natural History in Denver. PHOTO FOR THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN/ STEPHEN M. VOYNICK ‘Tom's Baby,’ the largest single mass of gold ever found in Colorado, was found near Breckenridge. The 102-troy-ounce specimen is on display at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Small gold eh?! CP Attached image(s) -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator www.ColoradoProspector.com IF YOU USE IT, THE GROUND PRODUCED IT! MINERS MAKE "IT" HAPPEN!!

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TWA View Member Profile	Jan 22 2008, 07:47 AM Post #2
Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 127 Joined: 8-October 03 From: Singelton. Western Australia Member No.: 10	Hmmm well thats one. But sometimes there is a freak in natures path, I think that when the glacier activity occured many millions of years ago it may have dragged that one from Australia up to Colorado. Well thats my story and I'm sticking to it.