Waiuta past and present:
By Sophie
Waiuta is a ghost town. It was abandoned when one of it’s gold mines collapsed. Waiuta had reached to a limit 600 people and dropped in to 30 in a month after the it collapsed. Many fled but some people stayed. Now Waiuta has old fallen gold mines and contaminated water.
History:
Waiuta was founded on November 9 in 1905 on King Edwards VII’s birthday. Waiuta's Blackwater Shaft mine collapsed on July 9 in 1951. The mine had fallen and started to flood inside. Many people did not have jobs anymore so they were forced to leave the town.
Facts:
Now most of the abandoned houses are just chimney’s, parts of houses with no roof and others are just bricks. The river and stream water had become contaminated with deadly chemicals. Three years ago the Department of Conservation spent $3.6 million dollars to decontaminate areas with contaminated water.
People still go up to Waiuta for the walks, for the history and the experience at a New Zealand West Coast ghost town.
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