The Golden Reefs: an Account of the Great Days of Quartz-Mining at Reefton, Waiuta and the Lyell by Darrell Latham.
Increasingly difficult to source, this 1984 first edition from Pegasus Publishing is a hardback in exceptional condition, with a counterfeit dust jacket. There are no inscriptions or markings in this book, just some discoloration on the endpapers and a smudge or two as shown in the photos.
After the exciting era of the West Coast alluvial gold rushes was over came the 'quartzmania' as men tried to wrest a fortune from the hard quartz reef of the Coast. This is the story of that mining effort.
This book describes the period of European discovery, the important mining ventures at Waiuta, Boatman's, Larry's Creek, The Lyell and Crushington and the fluctuating fortunes of the mines in the region.
500 pages
Illustrated
145 x 220mm