Gold Mining at Waihi 1878-1952

Waikato | Secondhand

A knowledgeable account of gold mining at Waihi from the the early sturggles before the advent of the cyanide process, when only a fraction of the gold values could be recovered, to the highly efficient industry it bceamce, with a vast network of drives and stopes reached by shafts over a thousand feet deep. served by two hunded quartz stampers, a workforce averaging 700 men (to as high as 1500), and company plant including everything from private railway to hydro-electrice stations.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : CIR1596762866
  • : Waihi Historical Society
  • : January 1978
  • : New Zealand
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Hardback with dust jacket
  • : 347