One of 5 vertical platinum mine shafts in the Kahuterawa Valley dug by Alexander Menesdorffer, circa 1900. The shafts are approximately 5 metres deep, are partially flooded and overgrown with ferns and moss. Each vertical shaft is fenced off from ...

Creator:      Evan Greensides
Place:          Kahuterawa Valley, Palmerston North
Date:          October 23, 2017

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,...

Creator:      Ian Argyle
Place:          Arapuke Forest Park
Date:          circa 1919

One of two horizontal platinum mine shafts in the Kahuterawa Valley carved out by Alexander Menesdorffer circa 1875. The mine is located at the northern end of the Toe Toe Loop and is approximately 7 metres in length and is partially flooded, w...

Creator:      Evan Greensides
Date:          October 23, 2017