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Ross, New Zealand
Ross is a small town located in the Westland District on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Lying 27 kilometres south-west of Hokitika and 46 kilometres north-east of Harihari, State Highway 6 passes through Ross on its route from Ruatapu south to Pukekura, Harihari, and further south, the Franz Josef Glacier.
==History==
Ross was established in the 1860s, during the West Coast Gold Rush, where it became an important centre for miners.〔(Heritage ) – Ross Goldfields. Retrieved 18 June 2012.〕 At its largest, the town had around 2,500 inhabitants, but the population declined after local goldfields were depleted in the early 1870s.〔(Visitor information ) – Ross Goldfields. Retrieved 18 June 2012.〕 Quartz was occasionally mined on Mount Greenland, a nearby ridge, but little more gold was found until two miners discovered a large 3.1-kilogram nugget in 1909, which was later named the "Honourable Roddy Nugget", after Roderick McKenzie, the Minister for Mines at the time.〔(Ross, The West Coast, South Island, New Zealand ) – Visit New Zealand. Retrieved 18 June 2012.〕 A branch line railway known as the Ross Branch was extended from Ruatapu to Ross on 1 April 1909, serving as the southern terminus of the line owned by the New Zealand Railways Department. However, a lengthy privately owned bush tramway ran south from the railway station to serve logging interests near Lake Ianthe〔Geoffrey B. Churchman and Tony Hurst, ''Railways of New Zealand: A Journey Through History'' (Auckland: HarperCollins, 1991), 193.〕 and a railway extension from Ross through the Haast Pass to connect with the Otago Central Railway was proposed in the early 20th century, but did not eventuate.〔("The Dense Forests and Snow-Fed Streams of the West: Ross to Wanaka via the Haast Pass" ), ''Otago Witness'' (24 January 1906), 57.〕 From the 1940s until 9 October 1962, a Vulcan railcar service operated directly from Christchurch to Ross twice a day. A lack of traffic and expensive maintenance costs meant the line was closed beyond Hokitika on 24 November 1980. Much of the old track bed between Ruatapu and Hokitika can be driven as it serves as an access road for local farmers, and a disused truss bridge still stands north of Ross.〔David Leitch and Brian Scott, Exploring New Zealand's Ghost Railways, revised edition (Wellington: Grantham House, 1998 ()), 60-1.〕
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