| Collection |
Marlborough Province - down the decades from early days |
| Description |
A black and white photograph mounted on a green matt showing a stream of water running down a hill with a sluice pipe crossing the stream. Three men stand on the right of the stream. "All Nations Wakamarina" is typed in white on the front bottom right.
On the back written in Allen Hale's hand, "Photo taken 1900. John Brown, Edward Nelson; Fred Mayo (Manager), Girdwood."
Immediately beneath this in a different hand, "Copied March 1990, Graham Brooks has neg[ative]".
A scan of this photograph is to be used in the Changing European History Gallery 2 display in commemoration of the Marlborough Provincial 150th anniversary on 1 November 2009.
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Caption 11
The All Nations sluicing claim in the Wakamarina, 1900. Shareholders watch the operation in action. The area was worked intermittently from 1864. Water was piped down to the claim from a supply point probably hundreds of metres upstream. Supported on a primitive slatted bridge, the pipeline crosses the stream. At the tapered nozzle, or monitor, a miner directed the pressured water jet on to the terrace face, at left. The spent water then carried the loosened gold-bearing gravels towards the viewer. This, and the main stream, then poured through the recovery box, known as a 'Long Tom'. 2009.067.0013
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| Year Range from |
1900 |
| Object ID |
2009.067.0013 |
| Object Name |
Photograph |
| People |
Brown, John
Nelson, Edward
mayo, Fred |
| Place |
Wakamarina |
| Title |
All Nations Wakamarina |
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