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Ore values were erratic. High returns came in 1909 when three tons of ore averaged 151 ounces of gold per ton. In 1947, an even more spectacular find was a single nugget worth 2,200. The average metal content of ore mined since 1901 was ounces of gold and ounces of silver per ton.