Gold on the Dunstan
By: John McCraw.
Publisher: Square One Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Dunedin, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Gold mines and mining -- New Zealand -- Central Otago District -- History.; Alexandra (N.Z.) -- History.; Central Otago District (N.Z.) -- History.
Description: Gold on the Dunstan provides the fullest history yet of over a dozen different diggings in the outlying parts of the Alexandra district, from Campbell Creek to Little Valley, from Fraser Basin to the Manor Burn and from Bald Hill Flat to the Waikerikeri Valley. here is also an account of coal mining at Dairy Creek; a new look at the saga of Feraud and the Clyde water supply, and description of the mining along the 'West Bank' of the Molyneux' with its intriguing herring-bone tailings.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-307) and index.