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An article written by Ian Argyle about the Hungarian, Alexander Menesdorffer, who prospected for platinum in the Kahutarawa Valley, near Palmerston North from the late 1800s.

Some of the the mines he and others dug, both horizontal and vertical, can be found on PNCC land, at Hardings Park off the Sledge Track.

Identification

Object type
Multi-Page Document
Digitisation ID
2019Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_027343
Title
"The Platinum Prospector", the story of Alexanader Menesdorffer
Relation
IMCA Digital Archive
Format
Paper
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

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Creation

Created By
Place
Arapuke Forest Park
Date
circa 1919

Object rights

Credit Line
Ian Matheson City Archives

Taxonomy

Tags
hardings park,
kahutarawa,
mine shaft,
platinum mines,
sledge track,
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