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Here gold-bearing quartz from the Blackwater Mine was pounded to powder by heavy stamps and cyanide tanks were used to get the finest particles. The plant operated from 1908 until 1938. A 2.5 hour return track takes you from the old Waiuta town site to the river's edge where you can easily see these large cyanide tanks and machinery foundations.