Story: Otago region
In the 1890s and 1900s large dredges allowed a revival of alluvial gold mining on Otago’s rivers, especially the Clutha. These dredges are 3 kilometres from Cromwell in 1908, by which time returns from dredging were falling.
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Hocken Library, University of Otago
Reference: S09-107a
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