In Dust Jacket, First Published in 1962 This Second (revised) Edition 1967, end paper maps, Black and White Plates, maps, plans, 560 pages, Published By Pegasus Press Christchurch. A Near Fine Lovely Bright Copy. 'Gold changed New Zealand's West Coast from a no-man's-land to a settled district in three years. But in 1867 it was dotted with townships, crisscrossed with tracks and tramways; its population numbered nearly thirty thousand, its chief port was the busiest in the colony, its annual gold exports averaged over half a million ounces. The gold seemed to everywhere: in creeks, in gullies, in terraces, even on the sea-beaches. Out of nothing sprang Goldsborough and Strafford, Charleston and Brighton. No Town, Candlelight, Pretty Woman's, Swiper's, Deadman's and a hundred other places now forgotten. Queen of them was Hokitika, the bustling Capital. Gold brought an invasion by an army of veterans, the most skilled body of immigrants New Zealand had yet seen. Young, restless, thoroughly colonial, the diggers were always ready to abandon paying ground for the rumour of something better. This book deals mainly with three hectic years- the first time that any part of New Zealand has been given such intense scrutiny over such a short period' Fascinating and desirable history of West Coast Gold.