Three miners displaying twelve gold ingots on an upturned crate at the Blackwater Mine in Waiuta. 1932.

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DescriptionThree miners displaying twelve gold ingots on an upturned crate at the Blackwater Mine in Waiuta.

Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1370-U031-17PhotographerNew Zealand HeraldDate of Photo1932Map^[1]External LinkAUCKLAND LIBRARYContributorHeather Newby

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Location (city or town)WaiutaLandmark (Place)Blackwater Mine Organisation (eg business)Blackwater Mine

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Category TagGoldmining

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Date Created8th March 2026CommentsJohn Kerr
I wonder if those balls are amalgum?

Kerry Kerr
John Kerr and is that a copper sheet it’s all sitting on ?

John Kerr
Kerry Kerr Don't think they had aluminium foil back in those days so probably is copper.

Jim Staton
Photo taken on the narrow track between the wilfley table level of the Snowy battery and the "vault", a small hand dug adit about ten foot long up on the side of the bluff towards the two tall aeration tanks. This was the holding vault if you like. It's still there but hard to get too, doors are long gone.

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Three miners displaying twelve gold ingots on an upturned crate at the Blackwater Mine in Waiuta. 1932.

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