MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 459, 16 March 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Any person discovering new gold

.wilting, and being desirous of obtaining an increased area thereon shall iriarkoff a prospecting claim, as pro-

vided in Regulation 11, and shall im-

mediately -report such discovery with kfull .pavtieqlars to the Warden, and the ; ground so marked off shall be protected r> /until the Warden shall have finally re- , fused, or granted the claim; but the may, if he think fit, refrain .from granting or refusing such claim until the ground shall have been visited by •himself or by anyone appointed by him. . JNotices of all prospecting claims '* -granted, with full particulars of locality, '' yield' of gold, and description of workhn’gs,. shall be posted by the Warden on the outside of his office for public information.

It shall not be lawful for the Warden • to grant a prospecting claim for any new* discovery at a less distance than ' • two-mil es,from any previously existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to giant a prospecting claim for any new v , discovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. i tance than half a mile from any ; previously, existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after •being marked, be held by one man remaining «n the ground during working hours until the application is dealt with, ;and, if granted, the claim must, unless -by-special permission of the Warden, Uhei.' fully occupied within seven days from the date of grant. , .Tho Warden - may, if he think fit.