Story: Gold and gold mining

Page 13 – External links and sources

More links and websites

  • Green from gold: the rehabilitation of Golden Cross

    A website that provides a history of the mining and restoration of the Golden Cross mine on Coromandel Peninsula.

  • Otago gold

    The Otago University geology department’s account of gold and gold mining in Otago.

  • Explore New Zealand Gold

    A PDF (2.3 MB) published in 2004 by Crown Minerals outlining how to explore for gold in New Zealand.

  • Gold

    A PDF (8.3 KB) published in 2001 by Crown Minerals describing gold mining in New Zealand.

  • Recycling and chemical mobility of alluvial gold

    This paper (PDF, 1.74 MB) by J. Youngson and D. Craw, published in the New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics in 1996, which summarises the occurrence of alluvial gold in Otago.

More suggestions and sources

    • De La Mare, A. J. The Shotover River, the richest river in the world: a history of gold mining on the Shotover River. Arrowtown: Lakes District Museum, 1993.

    • Ell, Gordon. Gold rush: tales & traditions of the New Zealand goldfields. Auckland: Bush, 1995.

    • Latham, Darrell. The golden reefs: an account of the great days of quartz-mining at Reefton, Waiuta & the Lyell. Nelson: Nikau, 1992.

    • May, Philip Ross. The West Coast gold rushes. Christchurch: Pegasus, 1967.

    • Moore, Phil, and Neville Ritchie. Coromandel gold: a guide to the historic goldfields of Coromandel Peninsula. Palmerston North: Dunmore, 1996.

    • Olssen, Erik, and Tom Field. Relics of the goldfields: Central Otago. Dunedin: McIndoe, 1976.


How to cite this page:

Carl Walrond. 'Gold and gold mining', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 9-Nov-12
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/gold-and-gold-mining/sources