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== Macetown Ghost Town== | == Macetown Ghost Town== | ||
| − | + | Macetown is an abandoned town at the center of a gold mining landscape along the Arrow River. Mining was of both alluvial deposits and quartz reefs. Mining extended from the 1860s to the 1930s and the residential occupation extended over the same time. Remains of mines and mining are found over a wide area. The town has a few remaining buildings set in a landscape of exotic trees surviving from the period of occupation<ref>Archaeological survey of the Arrow River and Macetown, Otago Peter Petchey 2008 [http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/Macetownentire.pdf Link]</ref>. | |
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| + | The town itself is now an historic reserve. | ||
[http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=216336043717624464386.0004a4d06ed285d6554fd&ll=-44.867261,168.82199&spn=0.007786,0.01929&z=16&iwloc=0004a4d076fcdd357fe62 Macetown on Google maps] | [http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=216336043717624464386.0004a4d06ed285d6554fd&ll=-44.867261,168.82199&spn=0.007786,0.01929&z=16&iwloc=0004a4d076fcdd357fe62 Macetown on Google maps] | ||
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[[File:Mace.jpg|framed|right|Macetown]] | [[File:Mace.jpg|framed|right|Macetown]] | ||
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{{Wikipedia|Macetown}} | {{Wikipedia|Macetown}} | ||
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== External Sources == | == External Sources == | ||
| − | + | Maintenance of buildings and structures in Macetown Reserve,Central Otago | |
| + | John B Gray http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/drds250.pdf | ||
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| + | http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/historic/by-region/otago/macetown/ | ||
[[Category:Ghost Towns]][[Category:Otago]] | [[Category:Ghost Towns]][[Category:Otago]] | ||
Revision as of 17:14, 14 June 2011
Macetown Ghost Town
Macetown is an abandoned town at the center of a gold mining landscape along the Arrow River. Mining was of both alluvial deposits and quartz reefs. Mining extended from the 1860s to the 1930s and the residential occupation extended over the same time. Remains of mines and mining are found over a wide area. The town has a few remaining buildings set in a landscape of exotic trees surviving from the period of occupation[1].
The town itself is now an historic reserve.
<googlemap lat="-44.873283" lon="168.825188" zoom="16"> -44.873754, 168.825595, Macetown Ghost Town </googlemap>
References
External Sources
Maintenance of buildings and structures in Macetown Reserve,Central Otago John B Gray http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/drds250.pdf
http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/historic/by-region/otago/macetown/
