MOUNTAIN WATER AND RIVER GOLD - John McCraw. The gold mining era was the most important period in the 150 year history of Central Otago. Roads were formed and water races constructed for gold mining and the irrigation that would lead to the prosperity that would follow. Alluvial gold mining and water are inseparable. Water races were used to sluice gold, then water under high pressure to loosen the gold-bearing gravel. Water became an important chattel fought over in the Warden's Courts, and later there was the struggle to install an effective domestic water supply. John McCraw details the establishment and growth of Alexandra, in Central Otago in this authoritative and fascinating book.

MOUNTAIN WATER AND RIVER GOLD (320 pages) - John McCraw / ISBN 0 908562 04 7, $39.95, PAPERBACK (normal retail) Pre-publication price (due 15.9.00) $29.95.

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