MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 460, 18 March 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Any person .discovering new gold working, and being desirous of obtaining an increased areai. thereon shall mark off a prospecting 'claim, as profn. 11, and shall immediately ’fejfcrt ’lnch discovery with full particulars to 1 thG Warderi/ arid the aground so -marked off shall.be protected -until the Warden shall -have- finally refused'dr granted the claimbut the Warden 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. Notices of all prospecting claims 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.

It shall hot be lawful for the Warden a prospecting claim for any ncfr 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 being marked, be held by one man remaining on the ground during working hours until the application is dealt with, sand, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, betfully i occupied within seven days •froth' the date of grant. The' Warden may, if he think fit, .grdht'a'prospecting claim to the actual ;diicoverer of new workings conjointly with persdus who have assisted thfmein- prospectingeither with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be by the actnhlins3£®; v Sters, although, the said may not .have been on the grqupjl prior to the granting thereof. The,,Warden may, the applica-tioty^apy-persons forming a party of nofjfess than four, grant protection for nqt mqrjß. than .three. ..months for a area,‘.‘at a distance of not less than two miles from any existing workjpgSjin ground, or in the -case of cpiaytjz workings! of net less than half a itiile from any 'existing’quartz workings: Provided "th no case shall any sitch prospecting area bo granted within half a mile of any other such pfbs^eb|ing ! area. Provided further thalsuch protection shall only continue ln°fDrc§‘unfd-gold is struck, in which -otfee thfe ; discovery shall be reported, or uritirthe Hbldbrs are required by the ; iflark a prospecting claim, in either 'of #hich cases a prospecting ■cMith kKill be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and protection shall therupoti-cease as to the remainder'of Mch prospecting area. It shall be lawful for the Warden to renew from time to time the protection for-fcprospjfctihg area. ! .-'Provided that shalh-'»g»t be, granMd foV ihbre tbh'n three at rj ,ir ■ - Every prospecting area shall be eobAiauously worked by at least two men ■idmng.the. entire period of occupancy: