Hazeels Terrace, Skippers, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago Region, New Zealandi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Hazeels Terrace | - not defined - |
| Skippers | - not defined - |
| Queenstown-Lakes District | District |
| Otago Region | Region |
| New Zealand | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 43' 33'' South , 168° 42' 50'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Arrowtown | 2,151 (2011) | 24.8km |
| Queenstown | 10,442 (2018) | 34.0km |
| Wanaka | 4,428 (2011) | 34.5km |
Alluvial gold.
David Hazeel like many miners of the time emigrated from Scotland (Dundee) to the Victorian goldrushes (Australia) of the 1850's, and was then attracted to the Otago goldrushes in the 1860's, arriving in Queenstown in 1863. He was initially a storeman for John Angus, Beach Street, Queenstown, before owning the Commercial Hotel, Rees Street Queenstown, advertised in the local paper between between 1864 to 1865. It had the only American bowling saloon in town. He was charged early 1865 with not having his billiard tables licenced. Apparently a fee was placed on each table in hotels to raise revenue for the authorities.
He then moved to the Branches pastoral station homestead, combining farming, with gold mining on what was to become known as Hazeel's Terrace. This is one kilometre north-west of the present The Branches homestead, on the western side of the Shotover River, the terrace bordered on the north by the Flood Burn (creek). This small terrace contains a large area of sluicing along its northern rim bordering the creek. It is the northern most terrace on the Shotover goldfield. It is on private property (The Branches Station).
R. Burns is noted also on the mining application.
Rough, nuggetty gold was found in the Shotover River immediately below the terrace. The river at this point is braided before it congeals into its long rush down Skippers Gorge. The Shiel Burn and Polnoon creeks a few kilometres upstream were also said to contain a few rich patches.
Hazeel also had a store here which closed at some stage between 1881 to 1884. Around this time he moved to Matheson's Farm at Millers Flat, which he occupied for seventeen years. He died in 1909 aged 79.
W.H. Crozier 1890, the Ward brothers 1911, T.H. Robertson 1935 are all mentioned working the terrace. In 1901, the Branches Hydraulic Company bored down finding a deep layer of sand full of water, described as a quagmire, and interpreted as a false bottom, containing gold.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| Au | Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australian Plate
- Haast SchistAccretionary Complex
New Zealand
- South IslandIsland
- Southern AlpsMountain Range
Pacific PlateTectonic Plate
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