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Waihi

Boom town, New Zealand.

About Waihi

Town in the Waikato area of New Zealand.1

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An example ofArrowtownAnother boom town in New Zealand: Arrowtown.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q498833 (Waihi)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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