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By: Doug Bolitho4th Jul 2023 7:48PMThe photo has no dates attached to it - somebody else has added the last para of comments when the photo was uploaded. Doiug Bolitho

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GOLDEN FLEECE BATTERY, BLACKS POINT.ca.1876 - 1883.

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DescriptionGolden Fleece battery - Alymer (Aylmer, 'Snow') Bolitho recorded "The battery was sited on Murray Creek; the quartz for treatment came around the hill on the left, and across the high trestle to be deposited at the top of the battery for gravitation down through the treatment processes. The mining operations were on the left as you first entered the village. Coal was brought from further up Murray Creek. In later years it fell into repair and became dangerous with children playing on it, and so Dad (Joseph Bolitho Snr) and his brothers were given the task of blowing it up, setting charges around each leg. What a sight to see it come down, and we had firewood for years."
The Golden Fleece Quartz Mining Company operated from around 1876 to 1883. There was also a nearby Golden Fleece Extended Quartz Mining Company around this time. Over the seven years, the Golden Fleece company paid out 55 000 pounds in dividends to shareholders. It closed when it ran out of capital to further develop the mine.

John Rosanowski
Manager of the this battery was Andrew Watson (of the well-known Watson family) for Ziman's Consolidated Goldfields company. Cyc of NZ says the battery was built in 1900. (The Golden Fleece mine was in operation from 1876 and in the 1880s was merged with the Ajax mine.)
Date of Photo1876 - 1883.Map^[1]ContributorDoug Bolitho

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Location (city or town)Murray CreekBLACKS POINT

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Category TagGoldminingMenuBy Topic | Working Life | Mining (Gold)By Location | Reefton

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Date Created1st July 2023CommentsDennis Gibbs
Was the owners name Jason?

John Rosanowski
Manager of the this battery was Andrew Watson (of the well-known Watson family) for Ziman's Consolidated Goldfields company. Cyc of NZ says the battery was built in 1900. (The Golden Fleece mine was in operation from 1876 and in the 1880s was merged with the Ajax mine.)

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