The handbook of New Zealand mines

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Wellington : Govt. Printer, 1887
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW ZEALAND. SKETCH MAP OF NEW ZEALAND SHOWING PRINCIPAL MINERAL LOCALITIES. 2
HANDBOOK OF NEW ZEALAND MINES 5
GENERAL GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND. 7
PREFACE. 9
CONTENTS. 15
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 17
PART I. GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, AND ANTIMONY MINING, Etc., IN NEW ZEALAND. 19
MAP OF THE MIDDLE ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND. indicating extent of MINERAL WORKINGS. 1886. 25
HANDBOOK OF NEW ZEALAND MINES. 26
TUAPEKA WARDEN’S DISTRICT. 41
DUNSTAN WARDEN’S DISTRICT. 63
WAKATIPU WARDEN’S DISTRICT. 75
MOUNT IDA WARDEN’S DISTRICT. 103
MAEREWHENUA WARDEN’S DISTRICT. 122
HINDON WAEDEN’S DISTRICT. 124
OREPUKI AND LONGWOOD DISTRICT. 127
WEST COAST (MIDDLE ISLAND). 132
JACKSON’S BAY AND OKARITO WARDEN’S DISTRICT 187
HOKITIKA WARDEN'S DISTRICT. 192
GREY WARDEN’S DISTRICT. 216
INANGAHUA WARDEN’S DISTRICT. 226
BULLER WARDEN’S DISTRICT. 258
NELSON. 284
COLLINGWOOD WARDEN’S DISTRICT. 299
WEST WANGANUI DISTRICT. 308
WANGAPEKA WARDEN’S DISTRICT. 310
MARLBOROUGH. 316
WELLINGTON. 324
AUCKLAND. 327
HAURAKI WARDEN’S DISTRICT. 331
ECONOMIC MINERALS. 404
NEW ZEALAND GOLD. 415
HINTS TO PROSPECTORS. 418
IMPROVED MINING APPLIANCES. 429
ROCK-BORING DRILLS. 437
BALL DREDGER. 442
GOLD EXPORTED FROM NEW ZEALAND. 446
MINERAL ORES EXPORTED FROM NEW ZEALAND. 447
GOVERNMENT WATER-RACES ON GOLDFIELDS. 448
WATER-RACES CONSTRUCTED BY MINERS. 449
MINING MACHINERY. 450
MINERS EMPLOYED ON GOLDFIELDS. 451
RATE OF WAGES ON GOLDFIELDS. 452
PRICES OF PROVISIONS AND LIVE STOCK ON GOLDFIELDS. 453

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