3-082-517 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Mining in New Zealand - Achilles Gold-Fields, Limited: main shaft and hoist, 1895. 'The property is situated on Skipper's Creek, Shotover River District, Lake County, Otago, and includes several valuable water rights; the extent is 124 acres. The Mine has been worked and in operation for some time, but the above-named Company was only registered as recently as March 15, 1893...A considerable sum, amounting to over £50,000, has already been spent in developing the properties and on the machinery. It is not generally known that investors do not take the same risk in New Zealand as in some other directions, because in regard to a mine such as the above-mentioned, investors have only to go to the New Zealand Colonial Office in Victoria Street, Westminster, to see that the property is a genuine Gold Mine, and has paid in the past. There is every reason that this Mine should do so in the future, especially after the several improvements above mentioned are carried into effect. The views show the 30-stamp Mill, Hoist, Machinery, &c., employed for the working and development of the property'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.