New life for one of New Zealand's oldest gold mines
The Martha Underground Mine is part of OceanaGold's Waihi Operation, in the town of Waihi on New Zealand's North Island. First operated in 1879, the mine was one of the world's greatest gold mines back in its day, until a drop in the gold price saw the mine gate shut in 1952. By then, 175km of tunnels had been driven into the quartz of ...