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  2. Coromandel Gold Rushes - Wikipedia

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    A group of Auckland businessmen offered a reward of £100, increased to £500 for the finding of gold in the Auckland region. The Auckland Provincial Council then offered £2000 for the finding of a goldfield in the Hauraki region south of Auckland, though southerners like the Otago Daily Times regarded the potential Coromandel goldfields as a "Complete Hoax".

  3. Gold touches new high to hold above $2,700 per ounce

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    Spot gold also rose to a new high north of $2,690 per ounce. Year to date, gold is up more than 30%, beating out the S&P 500’s gain of 22% and making it one of the best-performing commodities of ...

  4. Mining in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Mining in New Zealand began when the Māori quarried rock such as argillite in times prior to European colonisation. [1] Mining by Europeans began in the latter half of the 19th century. New Zealand has abundant resources of coal, silver, iron ore, limestone and gold. It ranked 22 in the world in terms of iron ore production and 29th in gold ...

  5. Gold touches new high, silver surges as metals 'momentum ...

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    Gold touched new highs while silver soared above $34 per ounce amid investor expectations of lower interest rates. ... Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo Finance. Show comments ...

  6. Christopher Reilly - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Reilly (sometimes spelt Riley) was an Irish gold prospector who participated in the Otago gold rush in New Zealand in the 1860s. [1] In 1862, Reilly discovered gold on the Clutha River with Horatio Hartley. The location was proclaimed as the Dunstan goldfield on 23 September 1862. [2] [3]

  7. Otago gold rush - Wikipedia

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    The Otago gold rush (often called the Central Otago gold rush) was a gold rush that occurred during the 1860s in Central Otago, New Zealand.This was the country's biggest gold strike, and led to a rapid influx of foreign miners to the area – many of them veterans of other hunts for the precious metal in California and Victoria, Australia.

  8. Category:New Zealand gold rushes - Wikipedia

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  9. Charles Sew Hoy - Wikipedia

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    Choie Sew Hoy (Chinese: 徐肇開; 1836–1901) also known as Charles Sew Hoy was a New Zealand merchant, Chinese leader, gold-dredger and a New Zealand Business Hall of Fame laureate. He was born in the village of Sha Kong in the Poon Yu District (now part of Baiyun District, Guangzhou) of Guangdong Province, China in about 1838. [1]