MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 462, 20 March 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold working, |rad being desirous of obtaining an ! increased area thereon shall mark off >at i prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall immediately report snch discovery with full,particulars to the Warden*, and the ground so marked on. shall be protected until the Warden shiall have finally refused;dr granted the' claim; but the WaFden 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 hint, Notices of all prospecting claims granted, withfull particulars oflbcality, yield of gold, and description of workings, shall be posted by 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 dißtanoe 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 r the ground during working hours until the application is dealt with, and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, occupied within seven days from the date of grant. The Warden' may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual di8 p coy6rer, of gold workings conjointly With persous who have assisted them 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 granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the application of any "persons forming a party of r not lessJthan four, graut protection for not more- than, three months for a prospedting area" at a distance of not less'thaln'twolmiles from any existing workirigs in : alluvial ground, or in the case of quartz workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quartz workings: Provided in no case shall aujpsUch area be granted within half a mile of any other such prosnecting. are& Provided further* that'jßUch protection shall only continue Itt force .until, gold is struck, in which ase the' "discovery shall be reported, r until-the'holders are reqnired by the Varden to mark a-prospecting claim, a either of cases a prospecting hum shalj.fbe.marked and applied for as provided,in Regulationll. and V, and »r6t6ctiori shall therupon cease as to

(dnemaindefjot such prospecting area, illpflhaar be lawful for the Warden to iSeHf^tbm : time to-time the protection irJ^w^pectitig;areiu _ Provided '.that ich renewea shall not' be ; ijao^e/J}han ( thrae r ponths at ly time. prospecting aTea' ; shall be connuously woriced By at legist,twp men bring the J entirk period: of occupancy.