Vine, H R : Views of gold mining in Karangahake and Coromandel

The collection covers mining buildings; interior machinery including the use of scales and smelting; miners both at work and posed for the camera; panning for gold; mine railways and the carts used on them; general views of the area; and other houses and buildings in the area. Also included are the building of the power house for the Talisman Gold Mining Company in Karangahake, a gold mine battery possibly in Karangahake, and a coach pulled by five horses possibly in the Karangahake district. The dating is from the vehicles in some of the images and the geographical area is from information in the negative accession register. Photographer possibly H R Vine.

Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-015702, 015704 to 015711 and 015713 to 015774; 1/2-023583 to 023585

Quantity: 68 b&w original negative(s) film. 3 b&w original negative(s) glass.

Physical Description: Film and glass negatives