Bernhardt Otto Holtermann With His 630-Lbs Gold Nugget
Bernhardt Otto Holtermann was born in Germany in 1838. He was a prospector who owned part of a claim in which rich gold veins were found after dry digging for years. He left for Sydney, Australia in an attempt to avoid service in the military. He spent years on end digging and was mostly unsuccessful. There was even a time when he blew himself up when the blasting powder exploded prematurely. This photo shows him right next to a huge “nugget” and was taken by an unnamed photographer right before he got elected to be a member of the St. Leonard’s parliament in 1882. He died on the age of 47.
