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[Crown Battery, Karangahake - stamper battery]

[Crown Battery, Karangahake - stamper battery]
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[Crown Battery, Karangahake - stamper battery]
Content partner
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Collection
Auckland Museum Collections
Description

Two miners wielding sledgehammers in front of some heavy stampers. Heavy stampers were used to crush quartz and were mechanised by a belt driven by the flywheel (to the right of the image). Catalogue originally compiled by Tim Walker

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Date created
20th Century
Creator
Margaret White
URL
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1072406
Related subjects
Karangahake (N.Z.) / Photographers--New Zealand / Women photographers--New Zealand / New Zealand Crown Mines Company / Gold mines and mining--New Zealand--Karangahake / Mines and mineral resources--New Zealand / Tools / Miners / Margaret Matilda White

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