Newspapers across Australia reported the sensational discovery at Larkinville. The Golden Eagle, a nugget which roughly resembled a bird with outspread wings, was a triumph for the men who dug for gold with pick and shovel. The Golden Eagle nugget weighed 1,135 ounces, and in 1931, the Larcombe’s received an offer of £6,000 from a buyer. He’d found a fortune in one big piece of gold. “Sluggo,” Jim called out. The diggers on the field ran over. “They were like a flock of sheep with four or five dingoes behind them,” James said. He struggled to carry the nugget in his arms. ![]() He’d unearthed a heavy slug of gold from a hole in the road. Two days later, Jim uttered a joyous yell. Jim admitted to knowing nothing about prospecting but he would have a go. Young Jim had left his heavy work of supplying wood to the State Battery at Coolgardie, which was an ore-crushing facility run by the Western Australian Government for use by prospectors and miners. James’s 16 year old son, Jim, joined him on the field.
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