Places

Date: [1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001891-G

Description: View of the Energetic Mine near Inangahua, part of the Wealth of Nations Mine Ltd. Photograph taken by William Archer Price Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Energetic Mine. [No.] 529.E. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001812-G

Description: View of the Wealth Battery near Inangahua. Photograph taken by William Archer Price Other - Other: Note on back of file print reads "Wealth Battery, someone thinks this is "Progress"." Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Wealth Battery. No. 396.E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001813-G

Description: View of the Waiuta Battery near Inangahua. Photograph taken by William Archer Price Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Waiuta Battery. No. 431.E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001896-G

Description: View of the quartz (gold) mining township of Progess Junction at the foot of Globe Hill, Inangahua County. Photograph taken circa 1910s by William Archer Price Other - Formerly identified as Globe Hill. Source of descriptive information - Progress Junction identified by Library client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Globe Hill. [No.] 267E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001894-G

Description: View of the Globe Hill Mine near Inangahua. Shows the Progress, or 'B', shaft. Photograph taken by William Archer Price circa 1910. Identification of, and information about, the Progress, or 'B', shaft, is from Library client, 2007 The Progress, or 'B', shaft was sunk by the London based Consolidated Goldfields of NZ after they took over and amalgamated the Globe and Progress mines in 1896. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Globe Hill. [No.] 294E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001741-G

Description: Scene at Waiuta, Inangahua County, which was centred on the Blackwater gold mine. Shows two rows of miners' huts, probably prefabricated. Each of them has a front door, one window, a small verandah in front, and a chimney. Photograph taken by William Archer Price circa 1910. Formerly identified as Blackwater. Confusion arosed because Waiuta was centred upon the Blackwater gold mine, and was sometimes referred to as Upper Blackwater. The 'Red Huts' were built circa 1908 by Blackwater Mines Ltd for single workers, and were sold as farm huts etc when the mine, and town, closed in 1951. Source of descriptive information - Information about Waiuta, Blackwater, and 'Red Huts' from Library Client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Miners' huts. Blackwater. No. 408.E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [between 1900-1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001743-G

Description: Scene at Blackwater, Inangahua County, showing the Blackwater dredge, with native forest behind. Photograph taken by William Archer Price between 1900 and 1930. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Blackwater Dredge. No. 436.E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [between 1900-1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000116-G

Description: Scene at Waiuta, a goldmining town in Inangahua County, showing the poppet heads. Photograph taken by William Archer Price between 1900 and 1930. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Poppet heads. Waiuta. No. 1234B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [circa 1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000560-G

Description: View of the Big River Battery at the gold mining settlement called Big River in the Buller District. The battery is left of centre. An aerial tramway delivering quartz from the mine to the battery is above. Buildings immediately left of the battery building are a blacksmith's shop and workshop. The small building in line with the battery is the assay room. There is a cyanide plant at left, with sands from the battery awaiting cyanide treatment in the foreground. Photograph taken by William Archer Price, ca 1910s. Source of descriptive information - Details about this photograph from Library client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Big River. Battery. [No.] 672E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000019-G

Description: View of the Energetic Mine near Inangahua, part of the Wealth of Nations Mine Ltd. Photograph taken by William Archer Price Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Energetic Mine. [No.] 636.E. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [between 1900-1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001742-G

Description: Scene at Blackwater, Inangahua County, with two rows of miners' huts, probably prefabricated. Viewed from the side, showing each one has a water tank, with a chimney on the far side. Photograph taken by William Archer Price between 1900 and 1930. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Miners' huts. Blackwater. No. 413.E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [circa 1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000559-G

Description: View of the Big River Battery at the gold mining settlement called Big River in the Buller District. Photograph taken by William Archer Price, ca 1910s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Big River. Battery. [No.] 671E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001895-G

Description: View of the Globe Hill Mine near Inangahua, photographed by William Archer Price circa 1910. Shows the old Globe shaft. The old Globe shaft became known as the Progress Mines Ltd 'A' shaft after Consolidated Goldfields of NZ took over and combined the Globe and Progesss mines in 1896. It was about 200m from the Progress or 'B' shaft seen in 1/2-001894. The old underground mines were being opencast by Oceana Gold Ltd in 2007. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Identification of Globe shaft, and Historical Notes, from Library client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Globe Hill. [No.] 292E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001740-G

Description: Scene at Waiuta, Inangahua County, which was centred on the Blackwater gold mine. Looks up at a row of miners' huts, probably prefabricated. Each of them has a front door, one window, a small verandah in front, and a chimney, with a water tank on the side away from the fireplace. Photograph taken by William Archer Price circa 1910. Source of descriptive information - Huts originally identified as being at Blackwater. Waiuta was centred upon the Blackwater Mine and was sometimes referred to as Upper Blackwater. Library Client has identified them as being four miles away at Waiuta (April 2000). See also `Waiuta' by Gerald Morris page 13. Source of descriptive information - Information about 'Red Huts' from Library client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Miners' huts. Blackwater. No. 407.E The 'Red Huts' were built circa 1908 by Blackwater Mines Ltd for single workers, and were sold as farm huts etc when the mine, and town, closed in 1951. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001810-G

Description: View of the main street in the gold-mining township of Waiuta. Shows houses surrounded by picket fences on both sides of the street. Photograph taken by William A Price in 1910. The building on the left was incorporated into the Empire Hotel in 1915. Source of descriptive information - Date, and information about the building incorporated into the Empire Hotel, provided by Library client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Waiutu. Main Street. 465E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches