MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 464, 22 March 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Any person discovering new gold 'working, and feeing desirous of obtaining an increased area thereon shall mark off aprospecting claim, as provided m Regulation 11, and shall immediately report such discovery with full particulars to the Warden, and the ground so' marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have finally refused Tor, granted',the claim; but the Wardsuomay, /.if ; het -think fit,' refrain from granting or refusing such claim until thegroundshaUhavebeeh'visitedby himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all’ prospecting claims granted, with full particulars of,locality, yield of gold, and description' of workings, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside of bis office for public information; ■ It shall not be lawful for the Warden to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery at a leas 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. tanoe; 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, and,- if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, be fully occupied within seven days from the date of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discpyerer of new gold workings con-jmmd^iwith-persons.Who .have assisted them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other peraihtf 'WhO'' may- be nominated by the 1 actual discoverers, although the said persons may not have been on the grajmd prior to the granting thereof. may, upon the application of tpxy persons, forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for mofcei than three months for a prosflectiiig area ‘‘ at a distance of not fees than'tw;o miles from "any existing in alluvial ground, or in the case df quartz Workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quartz workings: Provided in no case shall anysuph’ prospecting area be granted ■Within half a mile of v any other such prospecting area; Provided further that Such protection shall only continue in force until gold is struck, in which case tKe i discovery shall be reported, or holders are required by the Warden £6 mark a’ prospecting claim, in either of whicli cases a prospecting «lainrshaU.,be i marked and applied for as RbgulatiOtt TI. ahd V,, and protection shall I ,thenipon'cease as to the ot such prospecting area. f .])t^ha|l^' bp lawful for the Warden to time tp timp the protection for a. prospecting ayea. Provided that such' renewed i protection; shall not be granted for more than three months at any tim& • " :. Every prospectingarea shall be continuously worked 'by at least two men during occupancy. ' , % . r , ’•