Charles Ring - Coromandel Town, North Island, New Zealand
S 36° 44.446 E 175° 30.114
60H E 366249 N 5932838
A bridge located on Rings Road, Coromandel Town, dedicated to Charles Ring.
Waymark Code: WM8Q36
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 04/30/2010
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In 1852 some Aucklanders offered a reward of £100 for the discovery of a payable goldfield near Auckland. When the reward was increased to £500, a sawmiller named Charles Ring claimed it after he found golden flakes in his pan at Driving Creek, near Coromandel town. His find led to only a small patch of alluvial gold – by April 1853 less than £1,200 worth had been won. But even a small strike attracts prospectors, and if the original strike fails they search again. Prospectors found little until quartz reefs were uncovered in the hills of Coromandel Peninsula in the early 1860s
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Location: Road side - Coromandel Town
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