“Gold Mining At Waihi 1878-1952” by J B McAra.

“This is a knowledgeable account of gold mining at Waihi from the early struggles before the advent of the cyanide process, when only a fraction of the gold values could be recovered, to the highly efficient industry it became, with a vast network of drives and stopes reached by shafts over a thousand feet deep, served by tow hundred quartz stampers, a workforce averaging seven hundred men (to as high as fifteen hundred, and company plant including everything from private railway to hydro-electric station. The author describes this unique mining community from first-hand experience. Here indeed is a vein of extraordinary value from New Zealand’s past”.

Hard covered, 352 page book with just jacket published by Martha Press in 1988.

This is an ex library book so has the usual library stamps and marks, however the book is still in very good condition. Dust jacket has a plastic cover.