Australian Joint Stock Bank, Gulgong

1872
Glass photonegative

Miners usually stored their gold in the local bank. The Mudgee Guardian, 26 September 1871, recorded:

Through the courtesy of Mr. Stewart, the Manager of the Joint Stock Bank, at Gulgong, we were yesterday shown a nugget weighing 38 oz 3 dwts 20 grs [12 kg]. This is the largest nugget found at Gulgong. It was found in a block claim between No. 1 and the Prospectors' on Happy Valley at a depth of 130 feet; it is of pure gold without any admixture of quartz.