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Golden Crown Mine

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The Golden Crown mine in Thames New Zealand has a unique combination of restored mine, stamp battery, mill and steam engines all on the one site. 0:00 Golden Crown Mine 1:33 Underground Mining 3:55 Geology 4:57 Stamp Battery 9:30 Mercury Retort 10:44 Wilfley Tables 11:29 Ball Mill 11:47 Berdan Pan 12:08 Cyanide 12:29 Steam Power 13:34 Steam Boiler 14:24 Steam Engines Photo Credits: Halcyon Mine Photo https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2014/12/thames-nz-halcyon-goldmine-karaka-creek.html John Stewart MacArthur By Elliott & Fry according to verso jsmacarthur-X-007v on flickr - recto jsmacarthur-X-007r on flickr, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44335847 Charles Ring Photo The Cyclopaedia of New Zealand, Vol 2, Auckland Province. Christchurch: Cyclopaedia Company Limited, 1902 The New Zealand Insurance Company Limited. Bold Century. Auckland: The New Zealand Insurance Company Limited, 1959. Alluvial Miners Photo https://madonnewzealand.com/collectables/nostalgic-new-zealand/new-zealand-business-industry/mining-industry/1458087-photography-historical Caledonian Mine Photo https://collection.waikatomuseum.org.nz/objects/28275/caledonian-gold-mine-thames-nz Great Depression By Unknown author or not provided - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17057587 Treaty of Versailles By William Orpen - Imperial War Museum Collections: Website Webpage, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67169784 Gold mining batteries Moanataiari ATL Alexander Turnbull Library Collection PAColl-7395-1

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