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Date: 1923-[ca 1930]

From: Divis, Joseph, 1885-1967: Photographs of New Zealand gold mining

Reference: PAColl-9540-1

Description: Photographs taken in Washington and New York, USA. People establishing the Alexander Mine, West Coast. Views of Waiuta. Waiuta people. Portraits of women. In some cases there are prints on both sides of the mount. Quantity: 54 b&w original photographic print(s) stereographs.

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).

Date: [Circa 1880s to 1912]

By: Divis, Joseph, 1885-1967

Reference: PA1-o-531

Description: Very clear views of West Coast gold and coal mines (mainly in the Reefton subdivision), and mining towns, taken by unidentified photographers, except for one of "Wondrous Waiuta New Zealand" Jos. Divis Photo (p 27). Views on various roads include the Reefton to Blackspoint Road, Reefton to Westport Road, the Buller Gorge, the Maruia Road alongside the Inangahua River, Progress Road, and fording a river near Progress Mill. Images relating to mines include a winter picture of the old Wealth (of Nations) waterwheel covered in icicles; and gold batteries at various stages of development. Gold mines include the Progress Mine, Wealth of Nations Mine, Welcome Mine, the Mountain Battery at Boatman's Creek, the Blackwater Mine and the Globe Mine. Coal mines include views of Lanky's Creek Coal Mine, and the Lanky's Creek to Energetic coal tramway showing new bridges and coal miners. One photograph (p 9) shows several men "beach combing" for gold on the West Coast. There are a number of articles in The West Coast Times, Otago Witness and Otago Daily Times talking about the success or otherwise of seeking gold by this method in the 1860s to 1880s (see Papers Past paperspast.natlib.govt.nz, search under "beach combing" "west coast") Inscriptions: Album page - "To Messrs E & A Spencer with best wishes from D Turnbull, Reefton, N.Z., 13/10/1911, 2/6/1912" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark grey cover, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 19.0 x 27.5 cm

Date: [ca 1920]

By: Divis, Joseph, 1885-1967; Nathan, Simon, 1943-

Reference: PAColl-9969

Description: Stereoscopic photographic print of the gold mining town of Waiuta, West Coast, showing the township and Blackwater Mine's south shaft (top right) taken by Joseph Divis about 1920. Also a glasine sleeve labelled 'Jos. Divis Photographer Stereoscopic work a speciality'. Envelope printed about 1930 when Divis was trying to make a living as a photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Information about photograph and glasine envelope from a note provided by donor Simon Nathan and housed at PAColl-9969. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) (Stereograph). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera (Glasine sleeve). Provenance: Donated by Simon Nathan, Wellington, 2012 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2054: Nathan, Simon, 1943-: Research papers.

Date: 1896-1957

By: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd

Reference: MS-Group-1132

Description: Records of the Company, consisting of reports, general and London correspondence, files on industrial relations and unions, legal documents, some minutes, mine manager reports and other papers. The records relate to both the Blackwater and the Consolidated mines, and there are some files on Progress and other subsidiary mining companies. Also included are the business and private correspondence and diaries of David Ziman. Source of title - Supplied The Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd, a quartzite-crushing gold extraction operation, was founded in 1896, in Reefton, by David Ziman from the purchase of the Globe, Progress, Wealth of Nations and Golden Fleece gold mining companies. Quantity: 28 box(es) (430 folders). 4 volume(s). 9.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Detailed listing available.. Plans of Blackwater Mine at 76-083-06/01

Date: 1912

From: Inangahua Gold and Coal Miners' Industrial Union of Workers : Records

Reference: MSY-0114

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 2008 - 2011

From: Nathan, Simon, 1943- : Research papers

Reference: Series-5180

Description: Series comprises of research material compiled by Nathan for his 2010 biography `Through the eyes of a miner: the photography of Joseph Divis' Quantity: 4 folder(s).

Date: 11 February 1914 - 12 March 1914 - 23 December 1919 - 20 April 1923 - 1 July 1957 - 8 July 1957 - 16 December 1957

From: Thompson, Charles Herbert, 1890-1969: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-12180-1

Description: Folder of papers relating to mines and mining, comprising: - Report on Mount Radiant Mine, typescript by James Park, Professor of Mining Engineering, University of Otago, dated 11 February 1914. - Testimonial for Thompson, by R R Morrison, the manager of 'The Blackwater Mines Limited' mining company, dated 12 March 1914, on letterhead. - Printed 'Prospectus of the Westport-Charming Creek Coal and Timber Company, Limited', dated 1919. - Typescript headed 'The Westport-Stockton Coal Company Limited', dated Ngakawau, 20 April 1923. - Correspondence and balance sheet relating to 'The Stockton Co-operative Association Limited', including letters from John Lavery to Thompson, dated 1 July 1957, and 8 July 1957, relating to shares held by Thompson in the company liquidated in 1957. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, typescript, and printed matter.

Date: 1979-1980, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11673

Description: Transparencies of industrial structures in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (type of structure and sometimes name of owner/company/building) and location. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title transcribed from item. Most slides are not dated. Arrangement: The second of two boxes of slides labelled 'Industrial'. Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case, and slides of similar structures were grouped together. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1974-1975, 1980-1981, 1997, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11674

Description: Transparencies of industrial structures in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (type of structure and sometimes name of owner/company/building) and location. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title transcribed from item. Some slides are not dated. Arrangement: The second of two boxes of slides labelled 'Industrial'. Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case, and slides of similar structures were grouped together. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1974-1975, 1978, 1980-1981, 1994, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11676

Description: Transparencies of industrial structures in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (type of structure and sometimes name of owner/company/building) and location. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title transcribed from item. Some slides are not dated. Arrangement: The second of two boxes of slides labelled 'Industrial'. Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case, and slides of similar structures were grouped together. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1975, 1978, 1980, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11677

Description: Transparencies of industrial structures in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (type of structure and sometimes name of owner/company/building) and location. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title transcribed from item. Most slides are not dated. Arrangement: The second of two boxes of slides labelled 'Industrial'. Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case, and slides of similar structures were grouped together. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1978

Reference: PAColl-6989

Description: Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-068958 to 068968 and 069024 to 069057 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: French, Derek : Photographs of Waiuta, West Coast taken by Joseph Divis

Reference: PAColl-4796-04

Description: Waiuta township looking south. The building on the skyline (top right) is the hospital. Photographed by Joseph Divis some time in the 1930s. The hospital building was still standing in 1968 according to Dereck French. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16 x 20.4 cm

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: French, Derek : Photographs of Waiuta, West Coast taken by Joseph Divis

Reference: PAColl-4796-07

Description: Gold battery known as 'Snowy River Battery' south of Waituta, West Coast. Photographed by Joseph Divis some time in the 1930s. Gold in quartz form was carried by bucket line and tipped into a large bin in the building at the centre. The quartz was crushed by means of stampers. This battery closed down in 1939 and was rebuilt above Waiuta. (Information from Derek French 1968.) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.9 x 21.6 cm

Date: [ca late 1930s]

From: French, Derek : Photographs of Waiuta, West Coast taken by Joseph Divis

Reference: PAColl-4796-13

Description: Buildings associated with the north shaft of the Blackwater Mine, Waiuta, looking north, West Coast, New Zealand. The winding room is on the right. Photographed by Joseph Divis circa late 1930s. According to Derek French north shaft was also called \"Pro\" which was short for \"Prohibition.\" This was an electrically driven plant which was commissioned in April 1936 and operated until July 1951. Shaft below headframe at left was reputedly New Zealand's deepest, plumbed 879 metres to a point approximately 300m below sea level. Source of descriptive information - Date and historical note (relating to the electrically driven plant, dates, and plumbing level) from Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16 x 20.4 cm

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: French, Derek : Photographs of Waiuta, West Coast taken by Joseph Divis

Reference: PAColl-4796-08

Description: West end of Waiuta township looking south. Photographed by Joseph Divis some time in the 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16 x 20.4 cm

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: French, Derek : Photographs of Waiuta, West Coast taken by Joseph Divis

Reference: PAColl-4796-27

Description: Remains of Snowy River Battery township, Waiuta, after a bush fire had destroyed some of the houses. Photographed by Joseph Divis some time in the 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16 x 20.4 cm

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: French, Derek : Photographs of Waiuta, West Coast taken by Joseph Divis

Reference: PAColl-4796-14

Description: View of Waiuta township. The bowling club and green can be seen forground right, and on the left can be seen the tower associated with the Blackwater Mine's south shaft. Photographed by Joseph Divis some time in the 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16 x 20.4 cm

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: French, Derek : Photographs of Waiuta, West Coast taken by Joseph Divis

Reference: PAColl-4796-03

Description: Waiuta township under snow, looking south east. The hotel is at centre bottom. Miners (red) huts at centre top. Miners hall, centre left. Photographed by Joseph Divis some time in the 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.4 x 15.6 cm