Story: Northland region
At Puhipuhi, north of Whāngārei, mercury was mined at several sites after 1907. In the 1940s, NZ Mercury Mines recovered and treated mercury for export. Here a worker is shown filling metal bottles with mercury. More recently Puhipuhi’s gold reserves, mined sporadically since the 1880s, have been the focus of attention. In 2005 an Australian company was carrying out exploration and testing.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-194262; F
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