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simon  
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Does anyone know if old mining records are online?

specifically i would like to research where and when claims were held, along with any possible info related to that claim and it's workings, eg. amount of manpower, gold officially recovered etc.
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Ive been trying to do the same thing i tried the national archives in dunedin but could only find the wardens court records which are useless. past papers website has alot of interesting articles and has alot of gold returns on there.
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The crown minerals websight has some info on it core sample,s etc not sure how far there records go back though.
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ha ha i got stuck at the same spot. i found the book, Economic Geology of New Zealand by G.J. Williams, has the best summary of ore volume/yield results, but only about NZ hard rock mines not alluvial claims.
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In theory it should have drill hole,s and what they got from them not just hard rock stuff as even dredge operators have to file anual and"accurate !! " reports to CM.
But for the purpose of historic info well thats a good question .....like gogold mentioned papers past is a start but you would think there is a better place to look up than news clip,s perhaps a call to the local museum mite shed some light ?
even the 80,s when seemly the last gold rush was on and who was were would be good to find out.
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http://www.tandfonline.c...loi/tnzg20?close=1#vol_1

Try a search in this, may have some stuff of interest.
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I Will Try Frankb!
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Or try some Maps online at: Auckland Library Online Map Search
Teknetics T2 11" DD
"You Can't Handle the Truth" www.disclosureproject.org
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simon  
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thanks guys for the links. enough material there to keep me reading all winter.
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the mining office in Dunedin burned to the ground a quite some time ago, when there was a mines department, and with it went all the records.
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here's a zoomable map of hectors geology map of otago (1864):

http://www.library.otago...nz/hocken/hector/map.php

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