'Devil's Ear' gold nugget of over 13.227lb - 6,664 Kg found on Friday 13th in Irkutsk mine.(SiberianTimes).
As soon as Siberian workers set eyes on the find - the largest ever at the Ukhagan mine in the Irkutsk region's Bodaybinsky district - they called it the Devil's Ear.
'The nugget was found on Friday 13 June', said a statement by local officials. 'The weight of 6,664 gram also favours secrecy and the shape is very similar to a pointy ear. So miners immediately called the find 'The Devil's Ear'.'
Surprisingly the find was initially thrown away, thanks to an overzealous sifting machine. A worker levelling the mining debris found the treasure.
Now there is added excitement at the Siberian mine. Such finds rarely come singly.
'If there is one, there will be a second and it is possible that very soon the Devil's Ear will have a brother,' said the local administration statement
Sergey Kozlov, Ugakhan director, said: 'The nugget was found in a new mine that according to preliminary estimate doesn't have that much gold.
'But the miners are very hopeful that an old saying 'one nugget never walks alone' will work for them again.
'First we will have to check the dropouts more carefully - to see what else the clever equipment threw away!'
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