Gold dredging - New Zealand - Waikato Region
Harrison, J.W. fl 1909 :Plan of central S.S.B.C. [ms map]. James Langford, applicant. J...
Date: 1909
By: Harrison, John William, 1855-1925
Reference: MapColl-832.15gbfd/1909/Acc.9490
Description: Drawn on a New Zealand Survey Department template, depicting a survey plan as application for a mining claim by James Langford in block V Coromandel survey district. Shows area of Sterling dredging claim in the Coromandel Harbour, Albion extended SSBC and old central SSBC, an area of 50 acres. Covering letter attached to map from the surveyor JW Harrison to the goldfield's warden, Coromandel, dated 30 September 1909 (numbered 15234), Reference number MapColl-832.15gbfd/1909/Acc.9490. Received, examined and approved at the Survey Office 2-6.10.1909. 'Entered on GM block V Coromandel S.D. RFK 6/10/09. '15234'. 'To Mr T K Thompson, 2.10.09'. 'Adopted from plan 7568 TRJN/25.' Template map : 'Mining plan template'. New Zealand Survey Department, 18--. Quantity: 1 map(s). 1 letter. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on card, scale [1:3 960], 49 x 48 cm.
Dredging for gold on the foreshore at Thames
Date: [ca 1900-1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001556-G
Description: Gold dredging on the foreshore. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Dredging for gold. Thames. NZ. 1151D Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches