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Description

Looking into one of the mines dug by Alexander Menesdorffer (and others) who sought platinum in the Kahutarawa Valley area from the late 1800s.

This is one of the horizontal mines that was dug and now lies in Hardings Park, an area owned by the Palmerston North City Council.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
IMCA Digital Archive
Date
2019
Digitisation ID
2019P_IMCA-DigitalArchive_027346
Format
Born Digital

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Taxonomy

Tags
kahutarawa,
mining,
platinum mines,
prospecting,
spiders,
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