MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 432, 13 February 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

;';Ariy person discovering new geld Workings and "being desirous of obtaining t: area' thereon dial] ahafkoff'a l prospectiiig elaim, as proTMedin andshall imsricK ■disooVejry With 'arid the > ground so marked'riff sfitdl be prttebtrid: the Warden - shall have finally, rethe plriim; but the if he think fit, refrain gfantirig or refusing such claim *untii theground shall have been visited by ■himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of jpll prospecting claims full paHidulars of locality, ifeldibf g6l<p arid description of workings, shall bet posted'-by the Warden'-on ,*the oulsi'dfe Ipf his office’ for public information. It shall nhhhelawialfotfithe Warden *to grant a prospecting claim for any EftewldiscOyery, at a less distance than 'two miles from any previously existing workings in.. alluvial ground, nor to -grant a prospecting claim for any new 'discovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings, a prospecting claim shall, after ‘being marked, be held by one man reon the ground during working hhifrs rihttffhe'application is dealt with, 'and, if granted, the claim must, unless permission of the Warden, be fully occupied within seven days irpiri the date of grant. Warden may, if he think fit, ■grant.<i prospecting claim to the actual ■discoverer of new gold workings conpersons who have assisted tqem ; m, prospecting either-with contribfitio'fiS'o'r'ritherwise, or with other perwho Boiay be nominated by the discoverers, although the said ‘persons may not have been on the ground prior to the granting thereof. Thei Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of not leas, grant protection for ;th*u ■ three months for a area “ at a distance of not ~less®an 'twq miles from any existing workings in'ailuvial ground, or in the case dfquartz workings of not less than half a mile, from any existing quartz provided in no ease shall area be granted 'rspithinjhajf >a mile of ; any other such -JltOSpecting -:area: provided further that such protection shall only continue r in force until gphHs struck, in which are by the a prospecting claim, -Sffi either ofwhiclvcaees a prospecting shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and jtherupon cease as to -3flshifiSoDaiiiarirl6i’ srieh. prospecting area. theWardento 3 f®fi^ f time the protection that ranch shall not be any time. V- .-T rireri shrill-hejcon-3>y jrit least two men IheieHtire period of occupancy.