Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than six hundred dollars ($600.) or to imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or to both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one (1) penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; a separate offense shall be committed on each day that prohibited mining operations are conducted.