Tookey Mine, Thames, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealandi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Tookey Mine | - not defined - |
| Thames | Town |
| Thames-Coromandel District | District |
| Waikato Region | Region |
| New Zealand | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 7' 52'' South , 175° 32' 19'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Thames | 7,136 (2014) | 0.8km |
| Ngatea | 1,151 (2011) | 17.2km |
| Kerepehi | 537 (2011) | 18.8km |
| Paeroa | 3,994 (2011) | 28.5km |
| Whangamata | 4,253 (2011) | 30.0km |
Located between the foreshore and the Caledonia Mine. While the Caledonian uncovered a rich bonanza, the golden lode cut out virtually at Tookey's border. (Lake Wakatip Mail, 1874) gives a summary of the mine from its inception in 1868 to 1874, albeit with creative licence, it encapsulates how the dreams of prospectors, miners, shareholders can be dashed, and that nearby rich mines are no guarantee the lease you have invested your life savings will contain any gold. (Some grammar changes, and editing has occurred with the following quote)
'Tookeys is an unhappy sort of mine. It has existed on great expectations, principally owned in Sydney, where a large number of shares were skillfully palmed off during the height of the Thames gold mania a few years ago.
It has been persistently worked under the most depressing circumstances, on the belief that the lost lead of the Caledonian would one day be found in Tookey's.
What remains is a prosaic hole in the side of the bare hill, some ugly machinery, and sombre buildings, clay and crumbling stone, sloppy mud, bespattered timbers, and incessant pumping to keep the water down.
Parties of men work eight hour shifts digging out load after load of worthless dirt. There is no glittering caves, no cubes of crystal quartz all seamed with gold. Tookeys has sickened the heart by its long course of hope deferred, patience, and faith in its future, as an infatuation which has been the sole support of scores of proprietors, bounding their hopes to the phantom of good fortune.'
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