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French, Derek : Photographs of Waiuta, West Coast taken by Joseph Divis
Date: ca 1910, ca 1930s
By: Divis, Joseph, 1885-1967; French, Derek, active 1968
Reference: PAColl-4796
Description: Photographs of the gold mining town of Waiuta, West Coast. Comprises scenes of the township, miners, mine shafts and batteries, chiefly taken (1930s?). One image taken in 1909. Photographed by Joseph Divis between 1909 and ca 1939. Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/2-031557 to 031563, 051759, 059926, 067501 to 067503, 072209, 084282, 084286, 092027, 0092709, 094289 to 094296. Quantity: 28 b&w copy photographic print(s).
View of Waiuta township, West Coast, New Zealand
Date: 1906
From: French, Derek : Photographs of Waiuta, West Coast taken by Joseph Divis
Reference: PAColl-4796-26
Description: View of Waiuta Township. Dirt road with people on it and on bank below it. Group of people in distance on the right standing in front of a two gabled building. Photographed by Joseph Divis in 1909. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16 x 20.4 cm
Poppet heads at Waiuta, a goldmining town
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
Miners' huts at Waiuta, a goldmining town
Date: [between 1900-1930]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: PAColl-3057-1-06
Description: Scene at Waiuta, a goldmining town in Inangahua County, showing a row of miners' huts, with a small railway line in front. Photograph taken by William Archer Price between 1900 and 1930. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Waiutu Mines huts. No. 425E Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11 x 16.5 cm
Miners' huts at Waiuta, West Coast
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
Miners' huts, Waiuta, West Coast
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