All done up in their best, the Jones children (Betty, Jim, Bill, Amy,
Myrtle, Ron on the trike, Irene and Joyce) would have been a delight to
any Mum's eye.
Joseph Divis
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Waiuta
Today Waiuta is a West Coast ghost town. But from 1906 to 1951 it was the company town for the South Island's largest gold mine and home to 600 people. The superb photographs of Czech immigrant Joseph Divis provide a fascinating glimpse of Waiuta in its heyday. Read the full article
Page 1 - Waiuta through the eyes of a miner
Today Waiuta is a West Coast ghost town. But from 1906 to 1951 it was the company town for the South Island's largest gold mine and home to 600 people. The superb photographs of
Page 2 - The Blackwater mine
A small prospecting group discovered a gold-bearing quartz reef in the upper reaches of Blackwater Creek, a tributary of the Grey River, on 9 November
Page 3 - The town of Waiuta
As more houses were built, Waiuta started to look less like a mining camp. It always had the appearance, though, of a frontier town dominated by wood and corrugated
Page 4 - From boom to bust
The outbreak of the Second World War led to a gradual decline in the number of
Page 5 - Joseph Divis, Waiuta's photographer
Biography of Waiuta photographer Joseph
