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The Manawatū Journal of History: Issue 12

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Margaret Tennant

p. 5 To bridge or not to bridge...? / Jill White

p. 17 Money for my boy: the story of Katherine Wilson's will / Dorothy Pilkington

p. 25 The final battle / Simon Johnson

p. 35 An indeterminate sente...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2016

Platinum Mine, Kahuterawa Valley

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

Entrance to mine, Hardings Park

Entrance to 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 vertical mines that was dug and now lies in Hardings Park, an area owned by the Pal...

Creator:      Brian Way
Place:          Hardings Parks, Kahutarawa
Date:          2019

Mine entrance, Hardings Park

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 P...

Creator:      Brian Way
Place:          Hardings Park, Kahutarawa
Date:          2019

Mine entrance, Hardings Park

Entrance to 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 P...

Creator:      Brian Way
Place:          Hardings Park, Kahutarawa
Date:          2019

Mine entrance, Hardings Park

Entrance to 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 vertical mines that was dug and now lies in Hardings Park, an area owned by the Pal...

Creator:      Brian Way
Place:          Hardings Park, Kahutarawa
Date:          2019

Mine entrance, Hardings Park

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 Nor...

Creator:      Brian Way
Place:          Hardings Park, Kahutarawa
Date:          2019

Mine entrance, Hardings Park

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 Nor...

Creator:      Brian Way
Place:          Hardings Park, Kahutarawa
Date:          2019

Mine entrance, Hardings Park

Looking up to the entrance of 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 vertical mines that was dug and now lies in Hardings Park, an area...

Creator:      Brian Way
Place:          Hardings Park, Kahutarawa
Date:          2019

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