"Specimens liberally studded with gold": The mining history of a remote Otago Valley

Abstract

Hills dotted with adits and shafts, the moonscape of old sluice workings and the untidy piles of mullock that mark a former quartz mine are all typical elements in a landscape shaped by a gold rush. In Otago the prevalence of such landscapes means that for many places, the full history detailing gold yields, mining enterprises, technologies employed and the miners that worked them, are largely lost or forgotten by locals.