MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 436, 18 February 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold Workings and being desirous of obtaining an increased area : thereon shall inars off a prospecting claim, as provided ( 11, and shall immediately report 'suchdisoovery with i fillPp&rciculars tothe Warden, and the ground so marked off shall be protected 1 mntiltbe Warden shall have finally refused dr granted the claim; but the Warden may, if hd think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until thegroundshallhave been visited by himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims granted, with full particulars of locality, .yield of gold, and description of workings, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside of his office for public information. Itahall not be lawful for the Warden to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery 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. tance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after toeing marked, be held by one man re- ' braining on the ground during working . hours until the application is dealt with, And, if granted, the claim must, unless toy special permission of the Warden, tob fully occupied within seven days from the date of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual •discoverer of new gold workings conjointly with persons who have assisted ihem in prospecting either with contributions or Otherwise, or with other persons who may be nominated by the Actual discoverers, although the said persons may not have been on the ground prior to the grunting thereof. The Warden may, upon the applica- ‘ tion of any persons foruriug a party of mot less than four, grant protection for mot more ' than three months for a prospecting area “at a distance of not r less than two miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, or in the •case 6f quartz workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quartz workings: Provided in no case shall <■ any such prospecting area be granted within half a mile of any other such -prospecting area. Provided further that such' protection shall only continue In force until gold is struck, in which ! -tfose tie discovery shall be reported, or until .the holders are required by the • Warden to marie a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a prospecting ‘viohiiVn shall be marked and applied for as ( ’ L g6r6vidpd ih. ! Regulation 11. and V., and •protection shall tbempoa cease as to ‘ the remainder: ot such prospecting area. ..It shall be lawful for the Warden to . renew from time to time the protection ■i for a prospecting area.■ Provided that renewed protection shall not be granted for more than three months at Every? prospecting area sbalh be continueworked by at least two men of occupancy.