Appendix to the Journal of the House of Representatives C-3A 1899

Appendix to the Journal of the House of Representatives C-3A 1899
This photograph shows the Coromandel ranges between Coromandel town and Kennedy’s Bay in 1898 with the Hauraki mine in the foreground, and Bunker’s Hill, Blagrove’s, Kapanga and Tokatea behind. The Kapanga was the deepest mine in the Coromandel goldfield, going down to 200 metres below sea-level. At the nearby Scotty’s claim a 140 metre shaft was sunk, but returns there never exceeded expenditure and it was closed in 1900. It is evident that there was little concern for the environmental impact of goldmining at the time.