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Conference Paper

Author
Thornton, G. G.
Title
Gold Mining Structures in New Zealand
In
9th National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Proceedings
Imprint
Institution of Engineers, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, 1998, pp. 17-23
ISBN/ISSN
1858256843
Url
https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.545125614343064
Abstract

The period covered is 1861-1952. Gold mining was confined mainly to the Coromandel and Hauraki regions in the North Island, and the West Coast and Central Otago in the South Island. Gold mining structures in New Zealand were predominantly of timber and corrugated iron with occasional use of concrete, especially in foundations. The paper outlines the use of poppet heads, stamp batteries, cyanide tanks, pump houses, dams, races, flumes, water wheels, hydraulic sluicing and dredges. This latter was a New Zealand development of international importance. Pump houses were not universal. Long water races were built in difficult country and, on the West Coast, had extensive timber fluming over steep gullies. Hydraulic sluicing often relied on these for water. Stamp batteries were commonly powered by water wheels and varied from three stamps to 200 stamps. Gold mining produced economic gains, stimulated immigration, and developed major engineering industries.

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