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| − | [[File:Mace.jpg|framed|right|Macetown]]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 DOC Science Publications</ref>. | + | [[File:Mace.jpg|framed|right|Macetown]]Macetown is an abandoned town at the center of a gold mining landscape along the Arrow River in Central Otago. 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 DOC Science Publications</ref>. |
The town itself is now an historic reserve. | The town itself is now an historic reserve. | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 15 June 2011
Macetown Ghost Town
Macetown
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
- ↑ Archaeological survey of the Arrow River and Macetown, Otago Peter Petchey 2008 DOC Science Publications
External Sources
Maintenance of buildings and structures in Macetown Reserve,Central Otago John B Gray 2006 DOC Science Publications http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/drds250.pdf
http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/historic/by-region/otago/macetown/
Archaeological survey of the Arrow River and Macetown, Otago Peter Petchey 2008 DOC Science Publications http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/Macetownentire.pdf
