MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 419, 29 January 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering , new gold. working, .and bleipg'desirViu's ojf obtaining an increased 'ami'. thereof 1 siihii. mark .o|T r a , ‘ as' prop, vidfid ip }jeghljtipii ll,| im Ti . mediately report ,such discovery prith f nlj ground so marked oAshaUhe until, ,tlje Warden shall Kaye ,tiniiJ(y refused or, granted, : the claim; Vjut the Wai den. niay, if )i«* think jit, .refrain from granting t|r refusing such claim until the grout id shal I have been visiited'hy himself or by anyone appointed 'by him. Notices of aR, prospecting claims granted, with fulfpnrtioulars/of locality, yield .jof]gpld,! arkl (d escr i p in n of workings, shall-be posted by the Warden pu the outside of his nffiee for pnMic ihforraation.. . It shkll not be lawful for the Warden to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery at a~less distance than two miles from any pterioiAly existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a jirospectiitg claini for any new discovery of a qhartz teef at a less dia tarice than half'' a mile ffom ‘ any P?a|cw«|y cjcistjng .quartz workings. j)i’Oßp»;fctitig cjaiht; 'shall, '.uftetf ; being tftarkeU, ‘ [ l?y one .man; reraainjpg yn-tjio grpnpd dtiring working hours until the application, is dealt with, and,,,if thp c qJaTO mpst, -unless by .special t< p^i^i^on ; f ; p|-;jbhe.!^arden l be fully occupied;..ydthili: seven days from the date of grantrThe Wardenivmayt,; jfihe*/'think fit, grant a prospecting-claim to the actual .discoverer of nevt. rtoldrrwdrkings conjointly with whp hayg jissiated ’them in prospecting'either' with ' cbritributions or otherwise, or with cither persons who may he nominated by the actual discovers, although the said persons may no,t . haye i been on the ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, ■ upon the application of any persons fornii iig a party of not less than four, grant' protection for not more than three months for a prospecting area “ at a distance of not less than two miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, or in the case of quartz workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quartz workings : Provided in no caro shall any such prospecting area be granted within half a mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided further that such protection shall only coirinue in force until gold is struck, in whirh case the discovery shall be reported, or until the holders are required l»y the Warden to mark a. prospecting claim, in either of which cases a prospecting claim shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and protection shall therupou cease as to the remainder ot such prospecting area. It shall he lawful for the Warden to renew from time to.time the protection for a prospecting area. Provide 1 that such renewed protection shall not: he-' granted for more than three months ,at, any time. Every prospecting arch ; sh‘ d! hecontinu *usiv worke 1 hv L at least, two m-n during the entire period of occupancy.