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Goldmining: sluiced terraces of period 1870-1890 near St Bathans,
Central Otago. |
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Goldmining: pattern of water races (leats) under snow near Nevis
River, Central Otago. |
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Another Nevis photo. |
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Goldmining: carefully
stacked tailings (boulders) line the wastewater channels beside a sluiced
face at Northburn, Central Otago. The gravels of the terraces have been
sluiced away and large stones have been stacked to guide the tail races
and the settling boxes |
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Hayes Engineering
Works, near Oturehua |
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Goldmining: a wider view of the Northburn
tailings |
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Goldmining on the
Kyeburn River. The gravels of the terraces have been sluiced away and
large stones have been stacked to guide the tail races and the settling
boxes. |
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Totara Estate
Centennial Park, near Oamaru, historic meat industry farm and
slaughterhouse. This is where the first sheep were slaughtered and frozen
for export, revolutionising the New Zealand economy. The slaughter house
and freezing chamber is at lower right of the distinct grassed quadrangle.
Behind is Sebastopol Hill and the Brydone Memorial. |
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Shotover River, view
looking north on the upper reaches. It is part of The Branches Station.
The edges of the terraces have been sluiced for gold. |
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Upper Shotover River,
part of The Branches Station, near Queenstown. |
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Upper Shotover River. |
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Muddy Terrace, upper
Shotover River, part of The Branches Station. Some features of an
intricate pattern of water races, dams, agricultural enclosures (post
1880?), house sites and sluiced faces can just be detected. |
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Skippers (an abandoned
goldmining township) in the middle reaches of the Shotover River. |
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Sluiced terraces on
the middle reaches of the Shotover River |
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Sluiced terraces on
the middle reaches of the Shotover River |
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Sainsburys Terrace and pipeline bungy, Shotover River. |