A licence to prospect and dig for gold or another mineral.
‘a miner's right must be obtained in order to mine for gemstones in Queensland’
‘He also acted as an agent for Beresford, a land and mining surveyor, and issued miner's rights for prospectors going to the newly discovered Worturpa Goldfield.’
‘I have already issued about 40 miner's rights and I expect there will be over 100 men on the field before the end of the week, and in all probability, I will have to ask for police assistance shortly.’
‘For £1 per year, a miner's right not only allowed miners to dig for gold, but also to vote at parliamentary elections; to elect delegates to local courts which settled mining disputes; and to reside on land claimed for mining purposes.’
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