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Gold
in New Zealand
Generally, different zones offer distinctly
different aspects for interested groups to experience.
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A mineral that started the nation. Gold has been found in three main areas of New Zealand. With its discovery came the massive Gold Rushes of the 1860s and its prosperity launched many modern settlements and industries. While travelling, we witness the land and water movements and learn how these work together to accumulate this precious metal.
Studies We explore the different extraction methods made for various conditions involving: sluicing, dredging, panning and chemicals. Illustrated lectures, museums, tours and information centres give us the opportunity to speak with locals involved with the industry see the machines involved. We see the fortunes and the losses that destroyed many livelihoods. Enthralling stories help us see the frailty of life. Desert and Adventure Zone explore the difficulties of the residents and the forces that drove them. We can visit old ghost towns that litter the areas where gold rushes came and went. In the South Island we see dying towns and others that are surviving and changing with its fortunes. In some places guests pan for their own gold and they keep the fruits of their efforts. This enables us to understand the properties of this valuable metal that helps us understand some extraction methods. See Shantytown
Mining and Milling Zone
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