238 x 182 mm. A view looking along a rough track in a valley which leads to mine workings and buildings, with a figure standing beside the road in the middle distance. The Thames area, which lies south-east of Auckland on the Coromandel Peninsula, was the scene of a gold rush in 1867. This picture shows the Shotover Reef, the first important reef to be found in the area, which was discovered by William Hunt in August 1867 and which in 1871 produced nearly £2,000,000 worth of gold.