[Editor: This Miner’s Right was issued to Ernest Victor Gerloff, in South Australia, on 10 July 1923.]
[Handwritten and stamped text has been rendered in italics.]
No. 1745 South Australia [Schedule B.
Miner’s Right.
Date 10th July, 1923
Issued at the Mining Office for the District of Adelaide
to E. V. Gerloff
of Mount Gambier under the provisions of “The Mining Act, 1893.”
To be in force until the 10th day of July, 1924.
Fee paid, 5s. [signature]
Warden or Mining Registrar for the District of Adelaide
R. E. E. Rogers, Government Printer, Adelaide.
Source:
Original document
Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 175 mm. (width), 132.5 mm. (height).
The printer’s details were printed on the left side of the Miner’s Right.
The front of the Miner’s Right has a coat of arms near the top, with a lion on the left and a unicorn on the right.
The front of the Miner’s Right has been stamped in the top-left corner, although only part of the stamped message is visible on the holder’s copy of the document: “[?]t Office: South Australia”.
Ernest Victor Gerloff (born 1897) was a branch manager for Gerloff Limited, and subsequently a manager for the firm of H. H. Bodley; he was the son of Ernest Adolf Gerloff.
See: 1) “Concerning people”, The South Eastern Times (Millicent, SA), 29 September 1925, p. 3 [Gerloff, Limited]
2) “Obituary: Mr. Ernest Adolf Gerloff”, The Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA), 25 August 1931, p. 1
3) “Notice to trappers” (advertisement), The Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA), 18 December 1947, p. 10 [H. H. Bodley]
4) Genealogy SA
(birth record: surname: GERLOFF; given names: Ernest Victor; gender: M; father: Ernest Adolph GERLOFF; district: Grey; book/page: 601/452; birth year: 1897)
No. = an abbreviation of “Number”
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