miner's right

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


the licence to dig for gold.See quotation.

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `The Miner's Right,' p. 1:

«A miner's right, a wonderful document, printed and written onparchment, precisely as follows.»

[A reduced facsimile is given.]

Ibid. p. 106:

«You produce your Miner's Right . . . The important piece ofparchment, about the size of a bank-cheque, was handed to theCourt.»

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