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New Zealand, West Coast

Reefton

West Coast quartz town

Old dump ground Inferred from historyRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Old bottlesOld bottles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

West Coast quartz-reef gold town, first place in NZ with electric street lights

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old workingsTailings, remote alpine ground.

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