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[Golden Crown Stamper Battery , Golden Crown Street, Thames.]

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Date

[ca. 1868]

Artist

John Barr Clark Hoyte (1835-1913)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/35140730

Description

Shows the stamper battery established on the Golden Crown claim in Thames, about 1868. Features a single-storey building with a tall chimney. Other smaller buildings, likely to be miners' dwellings, and roadways are established on the hills behind. A flagpole bearing two flags stands to the right side of the painting. The scene is dotted with figures, all male

Gold was first discovered in Thames in 1867. Thames soon had 693 stamper batteries pounding quartz rock as part the gold extraction process and by the 1880s, logging had also been established in the area

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Thames Goldmine, Waikato, New Zealand

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Mountains
Mining

Category

Buildings & Architecture

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