. Railways and other ways: being reminiscences of canal and railway life during a period of sixty-seven years; with characteristic sketches of canal and railway men, early tram roads and railways, steamboats and ocean steamships, the electric telegraph and Atlantic cable, Canada and its railways, trade and commerce . NIAGARA FALLS, CANADIAN OF THE MIST. STEAMER. THE FALLS FROM QUEEN VICTORIA PARK. THE PREMIER OF ONTARIO, SIR OLIVER MOWAT, AND PARTY VISITING CAVE OF THE WINDS. Trade and Commerce. 353 Mr. Green said that a small nugget or two were found in thesame hole, but not enough
. Railways and other ways: being reminiscences of canal and railway life during a period of sixty-seven years; with characteristic sketches of canal and railway men, early tram roads and railways, steamboats and ocean steamships, the electric telegraph and Atlantic cable, Canada and its railways, trade and commerce . NIAGARA FALLS, CANADIAN OF THE MIST. STEAMER. THE FALLS FROM QUEEN VICTORIA PARK. THE PREMIER OF ONTARIO, SIR OLIVER MOWAT, AND PARTY VISITING CAVE OF THE WINDS. Trade and Commerce. 353 Mr. Green said that a small nugget or two were found in thesame hole, but not enough to pay for its cost. The nugget was so smooth that it could be made to shine byrubbing it with the hand. What struck everyone at the firstsight was its smallness compared with its weight, but when at-tempting to lift it you found that you had got hold of somethingas regarded weight, that you had never handled before. Thenugget was placed on a bench in the best possible position forbeing lifted and by placing it against my chest I did manage toraise it from the bench. There was on exhibition, at the sametime, models of the largest nuggets on record, but they all sunkinto insignificance when placed beside the famous nugget ofCanadian Gully. I left for Canada shortly afterwards and never heard howthe big nugget was finally disposed of. QUEEN VICTORIA AND SIR GEORGE E
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