✨ Gold-mining lease applications
Superintendent's Office, Nelson, 14th December, 1865.
IN conformity with the provisions of the Gold-mining Lease Regulations, published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 15, of 1866, it is hereby notified that it is intended to GRANT LEASES for Gold-mining purposes, on Crown Lands within the District of the Golden Bay Gold-fields, specified in the following applications :—
| Name and Address in full of Applicants. | Style under which it is intended to conduct the Business. | Extent of Land applied for. | Minimum number of Men to be employed by the Lessee. | Amount of Capital proposed to be invested. | Proposed mode of working the Land. | Precise locality. | Term for which Lease required. | Time of commencing Operations. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. R. P. | £ | |||||||
| William Cook, Robert Besgrove, Peter Poulson. | Cook and Co. | 3 0 0 | For the first month three men. Subsequent, when in full work three men. | 250 | Ground Sluicing and Drive. | Quartz Ranges Collingwood. | Fifteen years. | Immediately upon granting of lease. |
| William Simmons, Richard Simmons. | Simmons Bros. | 3 2 0 | For the first four months two men. Subsequent, when in full work three men. | 100 | Ground Sluicing. | Quartz Ranges Collingwood. | Fifteen years. | Immediately upon granting of lease. |
| John Andrews, Walter Shaw, Ernest Trone. | Andrews & Co. | 5 0 0 | For the first four months three men. Subsequent, when in full work three men. | 400 | Ground Sluicing, Deep Face. | Quartz Ranges Collingwood. | Fifteen years. | Immediately upon granting of lease. |
| Joseph Forsyth. | Joseph Forsyth | 1 2 0 | For the first month two men. Subsequent, when in full work six men. | 500 | Ground Sluicing, Deep Face. | Wilson's Terrace, Slate River, Collingwood. | Fifteen years. | Immediately upon granting of lease. |
OSWALD CURTIS,
Superintendent.
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1868, No 60
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🌾 Intention to grant gold-mining leases in the Golden Bay Gold-fields
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources14 December 1865
Gold-mining, Lease application, Crown Lands, Golden Bay, Collingwood, Quartz Ranges, Slate River
9 names identified
- William Cook, Applicant for gold-mining lease
- Robert Besgrove, Applicant for gold-mining lease
- Peter Poulson, Applicant for gold-mining lease
- William Simmons, Applicant for gold-mining lease
- Richard Simmons, Applicant for gold-mining lease
- John Andrews, Applicant for gold-mining lease
- Walter Shaw, Applicant for gold-mining lease
- Ernest Trone, Applicant for gold-mining lease
- Joseph Forsyth, Applicant for gold-mining lease
- Oswald Curtis, Superintendent