Sultans of swing

a party of Māori prospectors discovered gold in the West Coast’s Lyell Creek and the rush was on. At its peak, Lyell boasted seven stores, five hotels, two churches, a school, bank, post office, police station, mining office and, of course, a brewery, along with a number of permanent dwellings. None remain after the old hotel was burnt to the ground in 1963. But gold mining machinery, tunnels and water races have survived, along with the