Location 330
Location #330 - Chair (Clutha River)
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Address

Area

Cornish Point

Description

Location #330 - Chair (Clutha River) About 800m downstream from the junction of the Kawarau and Clutha rivers.


Still Standing

No


This location is now under Lake Dunstan

Construction Details

Unknown

Location Type

Other


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Interested Parties

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Group Date Description
1 c1929 The Cornish Point Gold Mining Company Details

Notes

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Note Date Short Description Note Text
3153 c1929 General notes. The Cornish Point Gold Mining Company was a Dunedin based syndicate formed to tunnel for gold on Cornish Point. To gain access to the site for their workers and materials, they constructed a chair from below the Cromwell railway area across to Cornish Point. The company operated for around 6 years, and employed up to 6 workers, until returns proved too low and work was suspended in 1935.

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