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ARMY BAND (circ. 1938).
Back Row: Lou Callagher - Marcel Morrell - Jean
Callagher - Hazel Brock - Marjory Caddy - Bernie Callagher - Laurie Hill -
Charles Malcolm. Front Row: Tom McKenzie - Ernie
Martin - Bert Lindsay - Selwyn Smith - John Hill - Jim Brock.
Brass Bands of Paeroa
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A sketch plan of the Karangahake area shoeing the
features mentioned in the article. (not to scale)
Talisman Mine - Karangahake
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General view of the area of the Karangahake Mt. that was
mined by the Talisman Coy. Talisman battery and the power houses are
shown. The top of the aerial ropeway is in the upper centre at the level
of the No. 8 Level. Photo 1909.
Talisman Mine - Karangahake
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Waitawheta Gorge.
Typical of the difficulty of access to the workings. Tramway to Woodstock
Shaft and Crown Mine on left.
Talisman Mine - Karangahake
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No. 8 Level
Talisman Mine. Buildings include blacksmith’s and carpenter’s
workshops and change and cook houses. The timber will be used underground.
Tramway on left to aerial ropeway. Road access from Mt Road on the right.
(1913)
Talisman Mine - Karangahake
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Waitawheta Gorge. Entrance to Woodstock shaft. Boiler
House supplied steam for the pump in the Woodstock shaft. (1913)
Talisman Mine - Karangahake
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The 560 HP steam
engine which drove most of the Battery machinery. The concrete foundation,
driving arms and wheel shaft can be seen at the present time. Photo 1909.
Talisman Mine - Karangahake
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Section of Woodstock Pump Chamber, showing method of
excavation. The timbers would not have been in position at the stage of
excavation shown.
Talisman Mine - Karangahake
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Woodstock Shaft
chamber, late 1960s. Note the remains of the pump. The person in the
centre, background gives an idea of the scale.
Talisman Mine - Karangahake
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Rev. W H Wilson
A Century of Anglican Clergy in Paeroa
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Albert Reed’s Home - Battery
Flat, Karangahake - 1898.
Albert Reed's Residence Site License
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Copy of the "License For
A Residence-Site" issued to Albert Reed on 9 March 1897.
Albert Reed's Residence Site License
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Location of mining related
features, and the Treasure Island Reef, on the headland north of Waihi
Beach.
Sinking on the Treasure Island Reef
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Section through the main shaft
and crosscut of the Mine.
Sinking on the Treasure Island Reef
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An incidental view of the
northern headland at Waihi Beach, circa 1905-10, showing the Waihi Beach
Goldmining Company’s shaft headframe and associated powerhouse with its
twin chimney stacks. The nearby hut (directly above the figures) may have
served as a blacksmith’s workshop and assay house.
Sinking on the Treasure Island Reef
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Entrance to the main adit at
Oukori Bay, July 1996. The adit, which extends for about 110 metres along
an east-west trending quartz vein, was probably opened up between 1894 and
1902. Photo: Lloyd Homer.
Sinking on the Treasure Island Reef
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Jonathan Brown’s sketch map,
drawn in or prior to 1870, showing the area of his party’s applied-for
prospecting claim. This area, which measured about 6 x 7 miles, possibly
included the site of present day Waihi and Martha (Pukewa) Hill. Had Brown
and his associates explored that far inland (and perhaps noted the
existence of quartz reefs there), or simply drawn an arbitrary line as
their boundary? This may be one of the oldest surviving maps of the
Ohinemuri district. Reproduced with permission, National Archives,
Wellington (AP 2, 1764/73).
Discovery of Gold at Waihi Beach
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Re-produced above is a 1935
docket for stock sold by W Manning to J Walls, butcher of Paeroa.
Early Meat Sales
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Looking north, the bridge as
originally built. The bow stringers of the 50-foot truss were of 70lb
double headed iron rail which had come from Canterbury where, years
earlier, it had been used on the Great Northern Railway of Canterbury 5
foot 3 inch gauge line. The truss was similar in construction to other
foot bridges.
Hill Street Railway Crossing
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Looking from the Hill Street
side after the bow string truss had been replaced with a girder span. Note
the ramped approaches on both sides.
Hill Street Railway Crossing
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