The Vulcan Hotel, built in 1882, is a fine example of mud-brick construction. It's a great place to share tall stories over an ale or two, and offers meals and a small amount of comfortable accommodation, but beware.....this fine public house apparently has a resident ghost!br/br/The former gold and coal mining town of St Bathans is found in the Maniototo in New Zealand's Otago region. In 1887 there were around 2000 miners living in the area however now the mining has long ceased. Some of the buildings from that era remain today and little else has been added since, so it's very easy to imagine the town as it was during the gold rush.