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== Macetown Ghost Town==
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[[File:Mace.jpg|framed|right|Macetown]]Macetown is an abandoned town at the center of a gold mining landscape along the Arrow River in Central Otago. Mining was of both alluvial deposits and quartz reefs. Mining extended from the 1860s to the 1930s and the residential occupation extended over the same time. Remains of mines and mining are found over a wide area. The town has a few remaining buildings set in a landscape of exotic trees surviving from the period of occupation<ref>Archaeological survey of the Arrow River and Macetown, Otago Peter Petchey 2008 DOC Science Publications</ref>.
  
== Macetown ==
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The town itself is now an historic reserve.
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[http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=216336043717624464386.0004a4d06ed285d6554fd&ll=-44.867261,168.82199&spn=0.007786,0.01929&z=16&iwloc=0004a4d076fcdd357fe62 Macetown on Google maps]
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== References ==
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== External Sources ==
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Maintenance of buildings and structures in Macetown Reserve,Central Otago
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John B Gray 2006 DOC Science Publications http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/drds250.pdf
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http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/historic/by-region/otago/macetown/
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Archaeological survey of the Arrow River and Macetown, Otago Peter Petchey 2008 DOC Science Publications http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/Macetownentire.pdf
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:44, 4 August 2013

Macetown Ghost Town

Macetown
Macetown is an abandoned town at the center of a gold mining landscape along the Arrow River in Central Otago. Mining was of both alluvial deposits and quartz reefs. Mining extended from the 1860s to the 1930s and the residential occupation extended over the same time. Remains of mines and mining are found over a wide area. The town has a few remaining buildings set in a landscape of exotic trees surviving from the period of occupation[1].

The town itself is now an historic reserve.

Macetown on Google maps

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Wikipedia
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References

  1. Archaeological survey of the Arrow River and Macetown, Otago Peter Petchey 2008 DOC Science Publications

External Sources

Maintenance of buildings and structures in Macetown Reserve,Central Otago John B Gray 2006 DOC Science Publications http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/drds250.pdf

http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/historic/by-region/otago/macetown/

Archaeological survey of the Arrow River and Macetown, Otago Peter Petchey 2008 DOC Science Publications http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/Macetownentire.pdf