✨ Gold Mining Lease Application
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PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
BY JOHN WILLIAMSON, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland.
IN conformity to the 20th Section of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” and to the Regulations made under that Act for the granting of Leases for Gold Mining purposes, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a Lease, for Gold Mining purposes, of Crown lands to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless valid objections can be shown against granting such Lease.
Objections to granting such Lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden, at Shortland, within the time prescribed by the aforesaid Regulations.
Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden’s Office, Shortland.
Given under my hand, at Auckland this twenty-second day of November, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.
SCHEDULE.
APPLICATION FOR LEASE.
IN pursuance of the Regulations for granting Leases for Gold Mining purposes on Gold Fields in the Province of Auckland, I hereby make application for a Lease, whereof the particulars are as follow, to be granted to JOHN MILLER, PATRICK C. SCOTT, JOHN CHARLES OWENS, THOMAS STEVENSON, JAMES ROBB, and DAVID LINDSAY.
| Estimated Area. | Number of Years. | Description of Land. | If held under Miners’ Right. Name (if any) of Claim. | Special Description of Easements (if any) required. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 acres. | 15 years. | Quartz reef, situate at Tararu Creek, junction of Tinker’s Gully, and bounded by Tararu Creek, the “Mississippi Company,” “Californian Route Company,” and Tinker’s Gully. | Partly under Miners’ Rights. Claim known as the “Pride of Tararu,” and unoccupied ground adjoining. “Russell’s Machine Gold Mining Company.” | Right of roads and water. |
Dated the 18th day of November, 1869.
JOHN MILLER.
C. J. OWNS.
Documents may be left at Mr. Davidson’s Store, Tararu.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 90
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🌾 Public Notification of Gold Mining Lease Application
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources22 November 1869
Gold Mining, Lease Application, Conqueror Gold Mining Company, Karaka Creek, Thames Gold Field
6 names identified
- John Miller, Applicant for gold mining lease
- Patrick C. Scott, Applicant for gold mining lease
- John Charles Owens, Applicant for gold mining lease
- Thomas Stevenson, Applicant for gold mining lease
- James Robb, Applicant for gold mining lease
- David Lindsay, Applicant for gold mining lease
- John Williamson, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland