Gold mining

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Image: Gold Nuggets

Gold Nuggets

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Gold mine

Gold mine

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Cyanide vats, Waihi

Cyanide vats, Waihi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: A gold miner's cottage at Waihi

A gold miner's cottage at Waihi

Auckland Libraries

Image: The Grand Junction gold mine at Waihi, 1910.

The Grand Junction gold mine at Waihi, 1910.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Sand elevating wheel, Waikino gold mining battery

Sand elevating wheel, Waikino gold mining battery

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Two goldminers and their tools

Two goldminers and their tools

Auckland Libraries

Image: GOLDMINING IN NEW ZEALAND: METHOD USED FOR SAVING FINE GOLD IN THE RIVER AT CHARLESTON, WEST COAST, SOUTH ISLAND

GOLDMINING IN NEW ZEALAND: METHOD USED FOR SAVING FINE GOLD IN THE RIVER AT CHARLESTON, WEST COAST, SOUTH ISLAND

Auckland Libraries

Image: Hydraulic gold mining, St. Bathans, Otago, NZ

Hydraulic gold mining, St. Bathans, Otago, NZ

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Looking South over Kaniere Dredge and tailings ... (5528/5556)

Looking South over Kaniere Dredge and tailings ... (5528/5556)

V.C. Browne & Son

Image: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911 :Gabriel's Gully, Otago

Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911 :Gabriel's Gully, Otago

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: NEW ZEALAND'S ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING INDUSTRY: A VIEW OF THE BLUE SPUR AND GABRIEL'S GULLY SLUICING CLAIM, OTAGO, SHOWING ALL THAT IS LEFT OF A HUGE MOUNTAIN

NEW ZEALAND'S ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING INDUSTRY: A VIEW OF THE BLUE SPUR AND GABRIEL'S GULLY SLUICING CLAIM, OTAGO, SHOWING ALL THAT IS LEFT OF A HUGE ...

Auckland Libraries

Newspaper

MR. GABRIEL READ'S REPORT. (Otago Daily Times, 15 November 1861)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

GABRIEL'S GULLY. (Otago Daily Times, 14 December 1861)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

GABRIELS GULLY. (Tuapeka Times, 10 January 1894)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

GABRIEL'S GULLY. (Timaru Herald, 19 November 1894)

National Library of New Zealand