Author(s): Les Wright

West Coast

First published in 1993. This is a copy of the third printing.

This book outlines the history of the Big River quartz gold mine and tells the stories of some of those who lived and worked in this remote and inhospitable region.

The Big River gold mine was located south of Reefton on New Zealand’s West Coast of the South Island. Intensive mining started in 1882 and carried on for 60 years, quite a long time in mining circles.