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The Sunken Gold Rush Town Drowned Under A Lake | Heritage Rescue (2023x26)

Udgivelsesdato: Feb 28, 2023

Brigid Gallagher visits Cromwell in Central Otago, New Zealand to help revitalize the historic mining town's museum. In 1862, gold was discovered below the Junction by two miners, Horatio Hartley, and Christopher Reilly. Once the word of a gold strike was out, there was an influx of thousands of miners to the area.