La région du lac Bleu à St Bathans, dans le centre d'Otago, en Nouvelle-Zélande. Le lac a été formé par des mineurs qui transaient à travers la roche pour atteindre l'or.

• Contributeur: Brian Hartshorn / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2B5JTHC
• Taille du fichier: 34,9 MB (1,9 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 4288 x 2848 px | 36,3 x 24,1 cm | 14,3 x 9,5 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 6 février 2020
• Lieu: St Bathans Central Otago South Island New Zealand

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The Blue Lake at St Bathans in Central Otago, New Zealand. The lake was formed by miners sluicing through rock to get at the gold. They completely removed the 120 meter high Kildare Hill and eventually created a hole 168 metres deep. From the 1880s the miners used htdraulic lift technology to remove the water and gravels to extract the gold.Mining was halted in 1934 as the pit was getting too close to town and the hole filled with water. The surrounding minerals give the lake its blue colour. Some mining relics can be seen around the lake. Eventaully erosion took its toll and some of St Bathans slipped down the hillside and was abandoned.

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