Prospecting.
» (by telzqbaph.) Wblletotoit, September 1L Tbe principal provisions of the Mining ActAmendmenfc WU introduced by Mr Cadman, deal with the issue of extended prospecting and tunnel licenses, the object being to facilitate proepectingia
prospecting licenses may be Issued for a term of two years over an area not exceeding 640 acres, not including the bank or bed of any river. The holder of these licenses is given the ex* elusive right to search for all metals and minerals, except coal, on the area comprised, on condition that he carries on vigorous and continuous operations, pays certain fees, extends the minimum amount annually, and reports every discovery to the nearest warden. The area comprised in tunnel prospecting licenses shall not exceed 300 yards on each side of a tunnel along the whole of its proposed length. A number of amendments in-the Mining Act are proposed, several of them dealing with dredging for gold in rivers.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6358, 12 September 1895, Page 3
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