VPRS 5956 Mining Warden's Mining Leases Issued, Creswick Mining Division

This series consists of a mining leases issued by the Mining Warden for the Creswick Mining Division within the Ballarat Mining District.In their administrative role Mining Wardens were required to receive and register applications for various mining leases and licences in their area. The types of lease and licence applications which could have been registered include:- Gold Mining Leases (often known simply as Mining Leases) from 1859- Mineral Leases from 1861- Mineral Search Licences from 1862- Gold Mining Leases on Reserved Land from 1873- Property Leases from 1885- Tailings Licences from 1897- Petroleum Prospecting Licences from 1935- Petroleum Mineral Leases from 1935.It is not certain that all of these types of lease or licence were registered by the Wardens.To 1915 lease or licence applications were submitted firstly to the District Warden and then forwarded to the Mines Department in Melbourne. From 1915 applications were required to be submitted direct to the Department and from there were forwarded to the Warden.These particular leases were transferred to PROV by the University of Melbourne Archives which had originally received them as part of the E.J Semmens Collection.Mining lease application files maintained by the Creswick Warden are to be found in VPRS 5956, however, it is unknown whether any relate to the leases in this series.

本数据集收录巴拉腊特矿业区（Ballarat Mining District）内克雷西克矿业分区（Creswick Mining Division）的矿业监护官（Mining Warden）核发的各类矿业租赁契约。
根据行政职责要求，矿业监护官需接收并登记其辖区内各类矿业租赁及许可的申请。可登记的租赁与许可申请类型包括：
- 1859年起的金矿租赁契约（通常简称矿业租赁契约）
- 1861年起的矿物租赁契约
- 1862年起的矿物勘探许可
- 1873年起的保留土地金矿租赁契约
- 1885年起的物业租赁契约
- 1897年起的尾矿处理许可
- 1935年起的石油勘探许可
- 1935年起的石油矿物租赁契约

无法确认上述所有类型的租赁与许可均已由矿业监护官完成登记。1915年之前，租赁与许可申请需先提交至区域矿业监护官，再转送至墨尔本矿业部；1915年起，申请需直接提交至矿业部，再由该部转送至矿业监护官处。

本数据集收录的这批租赁契约最初由墨尔本大学档案馆（University of Melbourne Archives）作为E.J·塞门斯藏品（E.J Semmens Collection）的一部分接收，后移交至公共记录办公室（PROV）。

克雷西克矿业监护官留存的矿业租赁申请档案可在VPRS 5956中查阅，但无法确认其中是否存在与本数据集收录的租赁契约相关的文件。