Gold Nuggets and flakes [alluvial gold]

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Gold Nuggets and flakes [alluvial gold]

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New Zealand has been a significant source of gold since the 1860s, when many miners flocked to the newly discovered goldfields of Otago and Westland in the South Island. Later, mining activity was focused on the rich gold-bearing rocks of the Coromandel (North Island) and Reefton (inland West Coast of the South Island) areas, where large-scale mining continues today. A shining exampleThis large gold nugget was found on the Otago goldfields, probably about 1870. It is part of a collection of ...

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Date created

1860s

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/64994

Related subjects

gold / realia / Arrowtown / West Coast / New Zealand

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