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Alexanders reef 1925. Album 4 photos. ALSO current photos *PHOTO ALBUM*
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DescriptionPhoto 1. Waterwheel Alexanders reef.
Photo 2. Battery Alexanders reef.
Photo 3. Battery Alexanders reef.
Photo 4. Alexanders reef.
2019 pics show the roaster and cyanide tanks, courtesy Trevor TaylorDate of Photo1925Map[1]
Photo 2. Battery Alexanders reef.
Photo 3. Battery Alexanders reef.
Photo 4. Alexanders reef.
2019 pics show the roaster and cyanide tanks, courtesy Trevor TaylorDate of Photo1925Map[1]
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Location (city or town)Alexanders reef.
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Category TagGoldmining
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Date Created29th July 2020CommentsGlenn Johnston: I wonder if this actually refers to the Alexander group of mines up Alexander River a tributary of the Grey River? There was a pack track from Waiuta and another one over a saddle from the Inangahua River. The date looks about right. The reefs were not called Alexanders but the mine was.
Hamish Gordon: Its further up the road from the snowy river battery
Glenn Johnston: Elaine Bolitho knows plenty about this mining operation. We also have quite a bit on this site about the Alexander Mines.
Ryan Gibbs: https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap?
Bruce Baxter: The hub of the water wheel is still on site . The hub is far bigger than it needed to be , most likely came from the keep it dark at Crushington as it taken to the Alexander from the Inangahua at that time that was the main access I think it's Mrs Mcvicar in the photo . In the early days of the mine it was the Mcvicar , Hallet and Brough families
Maria Delury Smith: My grandfather Will Hallett worked at this mine.
Bruce Baxter: Maria Delury Smith when you see the isolation of the Alexander and what they did to make a living they were incredibly clever and resourceful people .my uncles mother was a Hallet
Michael Delury: Our mum first went to school at the Alexander river it's quite an easy walk in from the road.heading in to where Mcvicars had there farm
Bruce Baxter: Will Hallet on right of photo
Trevor Taylor: You can drive right up to where the Power House was. Not hard going since DOC dozed the track .. only 1 river crossing and your there. Can still see where lots of the gear was. It was the 2nd most polluted area in NZ until a cpl of years ago when DOC did a big clean up.
Glenn Johnston: I wonder if this actually refers to the Alexander group of mines up Alexander River a tributary of the Grey River? There was a pack track from Waiuta and another one over a saddle from the Inangahua River. The date looks about right. The reefs were not called Alexanders but the mine was.
Hamish Gordon: Its further up the road from the snowy river battery
Glenn Johnston: Elaine Bolitho knows plenty about this mining operation. We also have quite a bit on this site about the Alexander Mines.
Ryan Gibbs: https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap?v=2...
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New Zealand Topographic Map - NZ Topo Map
New Zealand Topographic Map - NZ Topo Map
Bruce Baxter: The hub af the water wheel is still on site . The hub is far bigger than it needed to be , most likely came from the keep it dark at Crushington as it taken to the Alexander from the Inangahua at that time that was the main access I think it's Mrs Mcvicar in the photo . In the early days of the mine it was the Mcvicar , Hallet and Brough families
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Maria Delury Smith: My grandfather Will Hallett worked at this mine.
Bruce Baxter: Maria Delury Smith when you see the isolation of the Alexander and what they did to make a living they were incredibly clever and resourceful people .my uncles mother was a Hallet
Michael Delury Our mum first went to school at the Alexander river it's quite an easy walk in from the road.heading in to where Mcvicars had there farm
Bruce Baxter: Will Hallet on right of photo
Trevor Taylor: You can drive right up to where the Power House was. Not hard going since DOC dozed the track .. only 1 river crossing and your there. Can still see where lots of the gear was. It was the 2nd most polluted area in NZ until a cpl of years ago when DOC did a big clean up.
Trevor Taylor: https://www.stuff.co.nz/.../6664.../mine-clean-up-to-cost-3m
Manage
Mine clean-up to cost $3m
STUFF.CO.NZ
Mine clean-up to cost $3m
Mine clean-up to cost $3m
1
Flag Mckenzie: The reef was at the top of the hill behind the power house. Ore was brought down on an aerial bucket line.
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Trevor Taylor: The cable is still there .. just laying in the bush .. goes right down to the creek at the bottom of the valley.
Glenn Johnston: Yes. There were various quite distinct areas that were mined and there are/were several different aerial tramways and pack tracks leading to them. I spent several days locating where things were out of my own interest a few years back and have quite a few photos and notes.
Glenn Johnston: I met a geologist while on the Heaphy Track last weekend and he informed of yet another investigation going on regarding the feasibility of recommencing mining in this area. That will make it the third such study in the the last couple of decades.
Glenn Johnston: At Alexander Mines the various blocks in SW to NE order were Bull Block, North or Permission Block, McVicar Block, Bruno, McKay and Loftus Reef (Mullocky). I've taken the names from a plan drawn by Sid Fry which was in Elaine Bolitho's book Reefton School of Mines.
Jenny Marshall: Glenn Johnston My husband John' Marshalls uncle was Loftus McVicar. Who farmed and mined in there
Glenn Johnston: McVicar's are a major part of the the Alexander Mines history. I think the Bull Block is named after a McVicar dog, whilst McVicar Block and Loftus Reef speak for themselves.
Hamish Gordon: Its further up the road from the snowy river battery
Glenn Johnston: Elaine Bolitho knows plenty about this mining operation. We also have quite a bit on this site about the Alexander Mines.
Ryan Gibbs: https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap?
Bruce Baxter: The hub of the water wheel is still on site . The hub is far bigger than it needed to be , most likely came from the keep it dark at Crushington as it taken to the Alexander from the Inangahua at that time that was the main access I think it's Mrs Mcvicar in the photo . In the early days of the mine it was the Mcvicar , Hallet and Brough families
Maria Delury Smith: My grandfather Will Hallett worked at this mine.
Bruce Baxter: Maria Delury Smith when you see the isolation of the Alexander and what they did to make a living they were incredibly clever and resourceful people .my uncles mother was a Hallet
Michael Delury: Our mum first went to school at the Alexander river it's quite an easy walk in from the road.heading in to where Mcvicars had there farm
Bruce Baxter: Will Hallet on right of photo
Trevor Taylor: You can drive right up to where the Power House was. Not hard going since DOC dozed the track .. only 1 river crossing and your there. Can still see where lots of the gear was. It was the 2nd most polluted area in NZ until a cpl of years ago when DOC did a big clean up.
Glenn Johnston: I wonder if this actually refers to the Alexander group of mines up Alexander River a tributary of the Grey River? There was a pack track from Waiuta and another one over a saddle from the Inangahua River. The date looks about right. The reefs were not called Alexanders but the mine was.
Hamish Gordon: Its further up the road from the snowy river battery
Glenn Johnston: Elaine Bolitho knows plenty about this mining operation. We also have quite a bit on this site about the Alexander Mines.
Ryan Gibbs: https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap?v=2...
Manage
New Zealand Topographic Map - NZ Topo Map
TOPOMAP.CO.NZ
New Zealand Topographic Map - NZ Topo Map
New Zealand Topographic Map - NZ Topo Map
Bruce Baxter: The hub af the water wheel is still on site . The hub is far bigger than it needed to be , most likely came from the keep it dark at Crushington as it taken to the Alexander from the Inangahua at that time that was the main access I think it's Mrs Mcvicar in the photo . In the early days of the mine it was the Mcvicar , Hallet and Brough families
1
Maria Delury Smith: My grandfather Will Hallett worked at this mine.
Bruce Baxter: Maria Delury Smith when you see the isolation of the Alexander and what they did to make a living they were incredibly clever and resourceful people .my uncles mother was a Hallet
Michael Delury Our mum first went to school at the Alexander river it's quite an easy walk in from the road.heading in to where Mcvicars had there farm
Bruce Baxter: Will Hallet on right of photo
Trevor Taylor: You can drive right up to where the Power House was. Not hard going since DOC dozed the track .. only 1 river crossing and your there. Can still see where lots of the gear was. It was the 2nd most polluted area in NZ until a cpl of years ago when DOC did a big clean up.
Trevor Taylor: https://www.stuff.co.nz/.../6664.../mine-clean-up-to-cost-3m
Manage
Mine clean-up to cost $3m
STUFF.CO.NZ
Mine clean-up to cost $3m
Mine clean-up to cost $3m
1
Flag Mckenzie: The reef was at the top of the hill behind the power house. Ore was brought down on an aerial bucket line.
M
Trevor Taylor: The cable is still there .. just laying in the bush .. goes right down to the creek at the bottom of the valley.
Glenn Johnston: Yes. There were various quite distinct areas that were mined and there are/were several different aerial tramways and pack tracks leading to them. I spent several days locating where things were out of my own interest a few years back and have quite a few photos and notes.
Glenn Johnston: I met a geologist while on the Heaphy Track last weekend and he informed of yet another investigation going on regarding the feasibility of recommencing mining in this area. That will make it the third such study in the the last couple of decades.
Glenn Johnston: At Alexander Mines the various blocks in SW to NE order were Bull Block, North or Permission Block, McVicar Block, Bruno, McKay and Loftus Reef (Mullocky). I've taken the names from a plan drawn by Sid Fry which was in Elaine Bolitho's book Reefton School of Mines.
Jenny Marshall: Glenn Johnston My husband John' Marshalls uncle was Loftus McVicar. Who farmed and mined in there
Glenn Johnston: McVicar's are a major part of the the Alexander Mines history. I think the Bull Block is named after a McVicar dog, whilst McVicar Block and Loftus Reef speak for themselves.
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West Coast New Zealand History (31st Jul 2020). Alexanders reef 1925. Album 4 photos. ALSO current photos *PHOTO ALBUM*. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 14th Apr 2026 04:52, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/28200