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Mining Colony, Bill Bensley Landscape, Nz Scenery, Mining Quarry, Gold Mines, Abandoned Mining Town, Central Otago, Old Abandoned Buildings, New Zealand South Island

On the banks of the spectacular Kawarau Gorge, the Goldfields Mining Centre is an historic reserve, protected by the Department of Conservation (DoC). It depicts the life and working conditions of Otago's early goldminers. There's a wide range of machinery and mining techniques to show how the early miners extracted gold from this rich field. The extraordinary stamper battery linked to the goldmine; the California sluice guns and numerous examples of hand-operated tools provide a complete…

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