MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 439, 21 February 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold working, and being desirous of obtaining an increased area 1 thereon shall -mark off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall imimedi£tely report such discovery with 'full particulars, to the Warden, and the .ground so marked off shall be protected 'until the. garden, shall have finally re--fused or tgrahfed the claim; but the Wiirden'riiay,'if think fit, refrain " J %# or -refusing isuch claim mntil thegrbuhdshallhaveßeen visited by ihimself or by anyoneappointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims .;granted, with full particulars of locality, ;yield of gold, and description of workangsj shall be posted by the Warden on ithe outside of his office for .public inforimation.

It shall not be lawful for tlie Warden ito grant a prospecting claim for anynew discovery at a less distance tban •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. tapce tban half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after ibeing'marked, be beld by one man remaining on the ground during working ■hours until the application ia dealt with, :and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, 'be fully occupied within seven days tfrom the-date of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual of new gold workings cofc.jdititly with persons who have assisted them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other per:Sons who may be nominated by the actual discoverers, although the said persons may not have been on the to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the applicaany a party of ffldt less than four, grant protection for riotjoyore than three months for a grospectipg area"at a distance of not Jess than two miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, or in the case 0f quartz workings of not less than half-a iinile from any existing quartz Provided in no case shall aayfjueh; pjfbspecting area be granted withmiialf"a "mileof any other such prospecting area. Provided "further that BHcto!pfotection shall only continue is struck, in which <^ytte' - shall be reported, or%ntil are required by the marka prospecting claim, ; c»ses a prospecting for as PfM^.^ ; %g^ ton !I. and V., and ahal! therupon cease as to remainderoisjieh prospecting area. c iit be lawful for the Warden to retfew (iron! time4o time the protection fbr s a J pro"sjpectiiigarea. : Provided that auch protection shall not be granted for more than three months at any time.

Esery prospecting area shall be continuouslyiwiorkea by afcfeast two men daiing the entire period of occupancy.