New Zealand - Gold Mining - West Coast - Sluicing Gold - Circa 1900 - Man and Equipment - Photo Postcard Format #t1410 Mining - gold - The principal New Zealand goldfields were Coromandel, Nelson/Marlborough, Central Otago and West Coast - The two main types of gold mine were: 'hard rock' quartz mines, and alluvial mining which included panning and cradling, sluicing and dredging. - Considerable prospecting and mining was done during the 1930s depression by people who would otherwise have been unemployed. - Many of DOC’s managed historic hut sites date to this era. Reference: read more at https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/heritage/heritage-topics/mining-gold/#:~:text=The%20principal%20New%20Zealand%20goldfields,and%20cradling%2C%20sluicing%20and%20dredging.