I was checking in the book "Over North" in Sierra County---didn't see anything on Crystal Lake Granite Quarries or Wester Granite & Marble Co.--- I saw some newspaper articles on big finds in Gold Country--- Thought I would post a couple. "Big Nugget from Poker Flat" Frank Descombes took out of his clain the creek (Big Canyon Creek) a few day ago, a piece weighing eleven ounces. The next day he found a piece worth $30.00. The ground has already been worked twice but is paying well this season. Sierra Democrat 10/1/1859 Hurrah! for the Gravel Hill Company of Gibsonville, Today one of the Company while at work in the claims found a gold bearing boulder and tried to stow it away in the claims. The third time he tried to lay it up on the wall and failed, it being covered with clay, he concluded to get water and wash it off to see what made it so heavy. The first dash of water revealed the glittering ore very rich. The boulder is work $1,500.00. In the Nevada Tunnel at Newaark very rich gravel has been struck, which yielded $12.00 to $15.00 to the car-load. The Mountain Messenger 5/16/1863 Gold & Quartz Boulder from Monte Cristo A quartz boulder weighing 48 pounds thickly interspersed with gold was taken from the claims of Byington and McMann (or McMahon) a few days ago. The Mountain Messenger 2/7/1863 jo