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NTRS 4074 Mining tenement register for mineral claims and residential areas, District B [Darwin/Waggaman Goldfield]

Recording Agency:	Mines Branch [I], Head Office (638); Mines Branch [II], Darwin (642); Department of Mines and Energy (586)
Date Range:	1948 - 1986
Access:	Agreement Pending
Location:	Darwin (NTAC)
Legacy Series Id:

How to Use the Records

The register contains multiple controls - MC 1B-393B and RA 1B-9B

Function / Content

This series consists of one register in four volumes recording applications for mineral claims and residence areas in the Darwin/Waggaman Goldfield District. [District B] Each volume of the register records number of the tenement, the total number of shares, the date of application and registration, the class of holding - in this case mineral claims and residence areas, the area applied for, the area surveyed and the date of the survey, registration fee and rent, survey fee, locality and description of boundaries, date certificate issued, registered shareholder details, details of transfers, details of encumbrances, exemptions and rent. Some entries include the name of the mine, such as Fleur-de-Lys No. 1 and the type of mineral including the names or chemical symbols used for uranium, tin, copper, bismuth, sand, gravel, zinc, wolfram, lead and thorium. Volume four appears to be laid out slightly differently to the other three volumes, but contains the same information. This volume of the register records the number of the tenement, the total number of shares, the locality, the locality description, the date of application and registration, the area registered, the area surveyed and the date, the class of holding - in this case mineral claims, the particular minerals, registered shareholder details, details of transfers, exemptions, rent and details of encumbrances.

Recordkeeping System

One only numerical register in four volumes with MC [mineral claims or RA [residence area] prefix with B [Darwin/Waggaman goldfield] suffix. Volume 2 of the register commences with the record of tenements RA 1B-9B. Records of tenements MC 152B-191B follow with the records of tenements MC 101B-151B last. Volume 4 is laid out differently as noted above.

Recording Agency

Period	Title	Agency Id
1948 - 1968	Mines Branch [I], Head Office	638
1970 - 1978	Mines Branch [II], Darwin	642
1978 - 1986	Department of Mines and Energy	586

Agency Responsible

Period	Title	Agency Id
1948 - 1968	Mines Branch [I], Head Office	638
1970 - 1978	Mines Branch [II], Darwin	642
1978 - 2001	Department of Mines and Energy	586
2016 - 2020	Department of Primary Industry and Resources	1290

Controlled Series

Period	Series	Series Id
1950 - 1978	Applications for mineral claims, District B [Darwin]	NTRS 4434
1949 - 1978	Applications for residential areas, District B [Darwin]	NTRS 4439

Related Series

Transfer Date	Series	Series Id
1949 - 1957	Register of business, residence and machinery areas, and mineral and reward claims, District B [Darwin]	NTRS 3579

Consignments

Consignment Id	Number of Units	Contents Date Range	Public Access	Description
P0001	1	1948 - 1986	Agreement Pending