Mining Lease Notices




AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

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"Grand Trunk" and "Specimen Hill" Claims;

lease dated 26th May, 1870.

THE Her Majesty’s Gold Mining Company, Registered;
15 years’ lease of 5 acres, 3 roods, 19 perches;
17 men’s ground; bounded by the "Great Extended,"
"Loch Erin," "Australasian,"
"Prince of Wales" and "Erromanga" Claims;
lease dated 9th May, 1870.

THE Manukau Extended Gold Mining Company,
Registered; 15 years’ lease of 6 acres, 1 rood 36 perches;
19 men’s ground; bounded by the
"National," "Anglo Saxon," "Golden Crown Extended,"
"Try Again," "Italian" and "Black Prince" Claims, Waiotahi Creek; lease dated
31st March, 1870.

THE Murphy’s Hill Gold Mining Company Registered;
15 years’ lease of 3 acres, 3 roods, 22 perches;
bounded by the "Nil Desperandum," "Morning
Bell," "Perseverance" and "Victory and Albion"
Claims; lease dated 25th June, 1870.

THE Royal Charter Gold Mining Company Registered;
15 years’ lease of 5 acres 2 roods 25 perches;
17 men’s ground; next to the "Central Star" Claim, Karaka Creek; lease dated 23rd
March, 1870.

THE Venus Gold Mining Company, Registered;
15 years’ lease of 2 acres 1 rood 25 perches;
7 men’s ground; bounded by the "Southern Enterprise,"
"Bachelor’s," "Hand-in-Hand,"
"Waitemata," "Nonpareil" and "Black Prince"
Claims, Waiotahi Creek; lease dated 27th July, 1870.

LOWTHER BROAD; 15 years’ lease of 15 acres 2
roods 35 perches; 46 men’s ground; situated
within the Township of Shortland, adjoining
"Hannah & Co’s" Claim and the "New Zealand"
Company’s ground; lease dated 30th May, 1870.

THOMAS BRUCE and JOHN CAMPBELL; 15 years’
lease of 13 acres 1 rood 38 perches; 39 men’s
ground; adjoining the "Malta Cross," "Royal
Saxon," "Brissenden’s Lease," and "Jewellers’
Shop and Wheel of Fortune" Claims; lease
dated 31st March, 1870.

THOMAS BRUCE and JOHN CAMPBELL; 15 years’
lease of 15 acres 1 rood 30 perches; 45 men’s
ground; next the "Malta Cross" Claim; lease
dated 23rd April, 1870.

DENNIS BRADY; 15 years’ lease of 2 acres 36 perches;
7 men’s ground; adjoining the "Conqueror"
and "President Lincoln Extended"
Claims; lease dated 9th May, 1870.

CHARLES DAVIDSON; 15 years’ lease of 10 acres,
1 rood 33 perches; situated on the Karaka Creek,
next to Person’s Lease and Vickery’s Machine
Site; lease dated 17th February, 1870.

CHARLES ALBERT HASZARD; 15 years’ lease of 1 acre
2 roods 13 perches; 5 men’s ground; bounded
by the "Red White and Blue," "Ballarat,"
"Jamaica" and "Starlight" Claims; lease
dated 19th March, 1870.

TIMOTHY HAYES, JOSEPH HARDY JEFFERSON, JOHN
DOOLEY, EDWARD CLARK HENLEY, and JOHN
CLARKE; 15 years’ lease of 2 acres 3 roods 33
perches; 9 men’s ground; situated at Tinker’s
Gully, adjoining the "Jenny Lind," "Tararua
Hall," and "British Empire" Claims; lease
dated 7th April, 1870.

JOHN LUNDON; 15 years’ lease of 8 acres 2 roods
38 perches; 26 men’s ground; situated on the
ridge between the heads of Wiseman’s and
Fiery Creeks, next to the "Mount Wellington"
Claim, and comprising the "Ahipara," "Awannui"
and "Rata" Claims; lease dated 5th April, 1870.

CONNOLLY LEETCH; 15 years’ lease of 4 acres 3 perches,
situated within the Township of Shortland, next

to the "Pacific" Claim; lease dated 13th January, 1870.

CONNOLLY LEETCH; 15 years’ lease of 10 acres 2
roods 26 perches; partly situated within the
Township of Shortland, and bounded by the
"New Zealand," "Waterloo," "Shortland,"
"Marquis of Argyle," "Eclipse," "Jewellers’ Shop"
and "South Pacific" Claims; lease
dated 13th January, 1870.

CONNOLLY LEETCH; 15 years’ lease of 7 acres 3 roods
38 perches; situated within the Township of
Shortland, bounded by the "Jewellers’ Shop,"
"Lord Ashley Extension," "Mount Pleasant,"
"Star of the South," "Nil Desperandum,"
"Morning Bell" and "North Pacific" Claims;
lease dated 13th January, 1870.

HECTOR McKENZIE; 15 years’ lease of 1 acre 3
roods 39 perches; 6 men’s ground; adjoining
the "Morning Bell" and "Primrose" Claim;
lease dated 20th May, 1870.

DANIEL JOSEPH O’KEEFE; 15 years’ lease of 13 acres
3 roods 10 perches; 41 men’s ground; situated
on the Collarbone Creek, bounded by the "Kerry,"
"Rickard’s," "Paparoa," "Try Again," Collar-
bone Prospect," "Buckland" and "Bank of
New Zealand" Claims; lease dated 6th
February, 1869.

THE Argyle Gold Mining Company, Registered;
15 years’ lease of 3 acres 2 roods 6 perches;
11 men’s ground; adjoining the "Lord Nelson,"
"Paisley Rose" and "Happy Go Lucky" Claims, Karaka;
lease dated 14th April, 1870.

THE Punga Flat Gold Mining Company, Registered;
15 years’ lease of 3 acres 3 roods 30 perches;
11 men’s ground; bounded by the "Maiden City,"
"Ruby," "Hopeful," "South Pacific,"
"Dumbarton" and "Papakura" Claims, Punga
Flat; lease dated 19th March, 1870.

THE Southern Cross Gold Mining Company, Registered;
15 years’ lease of 11 acres 1 rood 2
perches; 33 men’s ground; bounded by the
"Auckland" and "Berkley Castle" Claims, and
the Moanatairi Creek; lease dated 14th April, 1870.

COROMANDEL GOLDFIELD.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 7th February, 1871.

It is hereby notified that, in pursuance of sub-section 3 of section 35 of the Regulations for the granting of Mining Leases, re-entry has been made by the lessor upon the ground demised by the leases hereinafter described, and the lessees’ estate therein determined, and that the lands therein mentioned are now open for occupation.

Plans may be seen at the Engineer’s Office, Coromandel.

THOMAS B. GILLIES,
Superintendent.

SCHEDULE.

THE Harp and Shamrock Gold Mining Company,
Registered; 15 years’ lease of 9 acres 2 roods 28 perches; 28 men’s ground; adjoining the
"Perseverance," "Dauntless," "Golden Crown No. 2," and "Tokatea" Claims; lease dated 14th April, 1870.

PATRICK O’NEILL; 15 years’ lease of 7 acres 2 roods 35 perches; 23 men’s ground; bounded by the
"Lallah Rookh," "Pride of the Hill," "Young American," and "Pride of the Pukewhau"
Claims; lease dated 6th July, 1870.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1871, No 3





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Mining Leases for Various Claims

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
7 February 1871
Mining Lease, Gold Mining, Coromandel, Shortland, Karaka Creek, Waiotahi Creek
16 names identified
  • Lowther Broad, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • Thomas Bruce, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • John Campbell, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • Dennis Brady, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • Charles Davidson, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • Charles Albert Haszard, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • Timothy Hayes, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • Joseph Hardy Jefferson, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • John Dooley, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • Edward Clark Henley, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • John Clarke, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • John Lundon, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • Connolly Leetch, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • Hector McKenzie, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • Daniel Joseph O'Keefe, Granted 15-year mining lease
  • Patrick O'Neill, Granted 15-year mining lease

  • THOMAS B. GILLIES, Superintendent