SOUTH AFRICA.
Transvaal's New Mining Law.
Gold Mining Rights Vested in tne Crown.
Press Association. — Telegraph.— Copyright. Received March 28, 8.45 a.m.
LONDON, March 27,
The new Rand gold law vests the sole right of mining for gold in the Crown, but the right of mining for the baser metals vested in the owner of the land on which they are discovered, who is granted 50 claims free. The Government may proclaim private land to be a Crown mining area without the owner's consent, and may also erect public batteries and smelting works. Only whites will be allowed to trade on the mines, and the coloured population will not be allowed to Require any rights under the gold law, nor to reside on a goldfield except in bazaars, locations, or mining compounds.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXII, Issue 12427, 28 March 1908, Page 5
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132SOUTH AFRICA. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXII, Issue 12427, 28 March 1908, Page 5
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