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  • Ohinemuri Regional History Journals1964 - 2012
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  • Historic TextsOld publications
      • Waihi Borough Council Diamond Jubilee Booklet 1902-1962
      • KARANGAHAKE the years of the gold 1875 -1935
      • Diamond Jubilee of the Ohinemuri County 1885 - 1945
      • Karangahake School and District 70th Jubilee 1889-1959
      • Mining and Ore Treatment at the Talisman Mine 1911
      • Horahora Hydroelectric Works Reports
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      • Bange on the Waihi Borough
      • History Waiorongomai GoldfieldA.G. Matheson
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      • Royal Standard Mine
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      • Isdale on Owharoa
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Ohinemuri and Waitawheta Rivers 360°
Waitawheta Suspension Bridge 360°
Karangahake Railway Bridge 360°

Silverton Image

Silverton Locomotive 1895-1902

Note the full ore cart in front of the loco, and another beside it, presumably on a siding. The man in front of the smoke stack is telling us he is a carpenter, holding a saw and what looks like a wood plane.

Waihi Arts Centre and Museum Association, Hinton album.

Silverton Battery Site
Silverton Locomotive 1895-1902

Contents

  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Prospecting Waihi
  • Two Companies Would Start to Mine Martha Hill
  • The First Martha Battery (started May 1882)
  • Waihi Battery (started June 1882)
  • Martha (Extended) Battery March 1883
  • Silverton Battery June 1891
  • Union Battery 1899
  • Time Line
  • Sources
  • Images
  • Map

Research Articles

  • Royal Standard Mine

  • Coal Mines

  • Waihi Street Names

  • Waihi Gladstone Gold-mining Company Battery

  • Waihi Municipal Water Supply Dams

  • Heritage on the Hauraki Rail Trail Cycleway

    • Waihi Dredging Plant
    • Low Level Water Race - Victoria Battery
    • Tramway to Victoria Battery
    • Cyclists and Walkers
  • Waihi Mill Stream Heritage

  • Isdale on Owharoa

  • Silverton Battery Site

  • Water-Power Dams

  • Samuel and Ellen Chalton, Netherton

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