Author: BARBER, Laurie
Title: No Easy Riches - A History of Ohinemuri County, Paeroa and Waihi: 1895-1985.
Description: Ray Richards Publisher & Ohinemuri County Council, 1985. 24.5 x 19 cm. 216 pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. lllustrated in b/w. - Ohinemuri County [New Zealand] is a squat county of only 624 square kilometres and about 5000 residents. It is situated below Thames County and its two flat extremities are separated by a mountain backbone. - For all that it contains a past and present goldfield of considerable proportions - the Martha Reef alone produced gold worth (at the time) over $ 56,000,000 - Ohinemuri County is not a rich man's county. [...] - [Flap] - Spine dustjacket sunned, some foxing on verso dustjacket and top edge, otherwise a good copy

Keywords: new zealand; golddigging; goldrush; goldmine 0908596235


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