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Terawhiti gold mine

Terawhiti gold mine

Terawhiti gold mine

In the 1870s and 1880s, prospectors looked for gold – in the veins of quartz in the greywacke rocks at Cape Terawhiti. However, very little gold was found. This is the entrance to the Golden Crown gold mine in 1881.

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Alexander Turnbull Library , E. R. Williams Collection
Reference: 1/2-140357; G
Photograph by William Williams

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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