Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913 :[Golden Crown Stamper Battery , Golden Crown Street, Thames. ca 1868]

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Title

Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913 :[Golden Crown Stamper Battery , Golden Crown Street, Thames. ca 1868]

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Shows the stamper battery established on the Golden Crown claim in Thames, about 1868. Features a single-storey building with a tall chimney. Other smaller buildings, likely to be miners' dwellings, and roadways are established on the hills behind. A flagpole bearing two flags stands to the right side of the painting. The scene is dotted with figures, all male Gold was first discovered in Thames in 1867. Thames soon had 693 stamper batteries pounding quartz rock as part the gold extraction ...

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Image

Date created

1867 - 1870

Creator

Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/35140730

Locations

Thames

Related subjects

Gold mines and mining / New Zealand / Waikato Region / Mining engineering / Cities and towns / Dwellings / Equipment and supplies / Thames

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