Gold Mining At Waihi 1878 1952

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  • : $37.50 NZD
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  • : Waihi Historical Society
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  • : January 1978
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  • : New Zealand
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  • : Hardback with dust jacket
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Barcode CIR1596762866
CIR1596762866

Local Description

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.