slumach had "Fist sized nuggets and Raw gold with a little rock shot through it." In jolly jacks lost placer "one of the prospectors who saw the gold described it as course and heavy" in 1903 he died . "the secret of the course , copper - colored nuggets died with him." one story that also parallels the creek i found is, McLeod's missing millions. More @Wikipedia
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