MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 458, 15 March 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

new 'gold worki^'' swja twg ( obtaining 3:; an J ''Bbi F eifieiJ t, '^ea' 1 tHepeon Shall -marie off & prospecting as pro 1 -' yi^M^SS^Sa^&T^^ r fM *hafi' immediately with full particulars to tblTWarden, and,the .gAwena He mt^m, fu^e(i' ji 6r v claim '; o borth ; e irfa^ f itfiflS'iJimJfec ; fy, MfrSitr ;£r~6iii* graniingjpr 'refubing 1 sacji claiia imtilthegrouiid shall hWve beenvisited by ,hnn ! seff or by i anyone' appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims wjfch full pjarticalarg of locality,. ;yfeloVo<irgbld^¥i?d description of workings, «hall be posted by the Warden on *the outside #f'4us office for jpublictnforJmatioa.' ; ' ' )if ■' • ' ■.•;■:■.■- • ■ .;

•Ifcj shall mrtbeilawfttl for the Warden *fctf gWit » prospecting claim for any ;new v dtscove?y" at;* less distance than *two raileis from'any previously existing 'workings in alluvial -gtourkipnor to -grant : atprdspectiug claim for any new •discovery ofla,<piariz reef at a less dig. tance than half -a mile. from any existing.quartz Every prospecting iclaim shall,: after *being marked, be held by.one man remaining oni the ground during working application isdeaU with, -and;: if gfaabß4;;tfce\claim must, unless of the Warden, ,: 9V9*P&$ Wsin- «even days grant. The, :graht a prospecting claim to the actual ■discoverer of new gold workings conjointly wjlth personsi who have assisted them in .prospecting either with contributions or otherwise; or with Other persons wi^, by the aclnal.' although the said may- not. have. been on the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the applicatiqnjpf any persons forming a party of mot less than four,, grant protection for mot than Hhree' months for a prospecting area " at a distance of not less than two-miles from any existing ground, or in the hot less than ■ wefcTHSgs ffirbSffiisil.'ihl no .case shall any such prospecting area be granted within half, a pile-of-niiy other such *%& onlycontinue A sti|Hpk', j uij which caaecthej-idisQpyeryi shall be; reported, or7«nSilithe t holders are required; by the W#rdieW>t6 <m«fkW prospecting; claim, iw&bh&r ofOwJbich cSses : X pi-ospjcJing' cl&iff'atotfMfe nisutttecrand applied" for al and V,; and Wmamder such area It shall be lawful for the warden to renew from time; to ,tiHje; jthe protection (rPro.vided, that su'cß *renwed* ptfetectibn'Oshftll>mot be granted for mdfe'WaV'tßrfea'months at aiiy~{iroei : >-''" r > *'& *« .'•■ \<\ Every prospecting area shsl c lta*io'h-i ov",at least two men auring the entire period of occupancy.