You will get chained to a log until someone will free you by paying the bail money to get you out.
it was 5 pounds. it might not seem like a lot but back then it was.AJM
The diggers were fined.
WHAT IS A MINER'S LICENCEA miner's licence is a licence when a miner has to get so he can dig.If he was caught he has to spend a lot of time in jail. A miner's licence lasted 1 month, and the cost of it was 30 shillings but then it turned into 1 pound.
Mining without a miner's licence.
Mining without a miner's licence.
From licence shops
they wacked them
a miner's licence only lasts one pound and its very expensive but a miner's right only lasts 4 years and its way cheaper than a miner's licence
The troopers would hurt them badly or even throw them off the goldfields but let his family stay if a digger was found without a gold licence many times he could be sentenced to death
No, a miner did not need a license to mine. He needed a claim to mine. Mining someone else's claim could get you killed, and more than a few miners were killed for their legally acquired and held claims.The above answer does not refer to conditions in Australia.In Australia, miners did need a licence in order to mine or even just pan for gold. Licence checks were regularly carried out, and those without a licence were fined or arrested. After the Eureka Stockade in 1854, as goldfields conditions were examined, the Miner's Right eventually replaced the licence. This was cheaper and was not accompanied by the relentless, intrusive licence checks.
Pre 1966 it was ten shillings
By getting a miner's licence and pegging out a claim.
Master Miner happened in 1983.
Manic Miner happened in 1983.