MAP
Park, James, 1857-1946 :Terawhiti Gold Fields ; Plan of Terawhiti Gold Field showing position of new find on Perseverance Co's lease [ms map]. To illustrate report by James Park, F. G. S. from surveys by E. H. Beere, [1883?]
- Date
- 1883
- By
- Beere, Edward Holroyd, 1843-1906
- Reference
- MapColl-832.47gbfd/[1883?]/Acc.24131
- Description
The larger of the two maps is of named claims in the Terawhiti Gold Fields. Names include Welcome, Eureka, Wealth Lower, Wealth Upper, Enterprise, Duke of Wellington, Golden Crown, Success, Caledonia, Scotia, Phoenix, Albion and Lady Gordon. The incline tramway between Albion Battery and the Lady Gordon claim is drawn, as are sites of houses, a machine site and Dowsett's Store. Includes streams. Tracks are marked between the gold fields. No reference key is provided.
The second map is an enlargement of the Welcome and Eureka old claims with the new find marked along the Reef Creek. The company's name, Perseverance, is written across this map. A track leads to the Lower and Upper Wealth claims and Darkies Creek runs between them and the Enterprise claim.
Scale of larger map [1:3 960]. Scale of smaller map [1:7 920]
Other Titles - Plan of Terawhiti Gold Field showing position of new find on Perseverance Company's lease
Quantity: 2 manuscript map(s) on one sheet.
Physical Description: Pencil and coloured pencil on parchment, encased in plastic, coloured, 74.7 x 86.6 cm.
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- Photocopying not permitted
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 2 manuscript map(s) on one sheet, Manuscript maps, Pencil and coloured pencil on parchment, encased in plastic, coloured, 74.7 x 86.6 cm.
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