Explore / Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand, West Coast
Waiuta
Blackwater quartz-mine ghost town
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
GoldAlso reported: eyes-only: mine headgear, mill ruins, townsite relics.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
NZ's most intact gold ghost town, the Blackwater mine ran 1905-1951 until the shaft collapsed, houses, hospital site, swimming baths and the Prohibition mill remain in the bush
DOC and Friends of Waiuta document the townsite and mill relics in detail, everything is left in place as an outdoor museum
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Arsenic contamination around the Prohibition mill siteOpen shafts, remote gravel road
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.