MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINE'S ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 466, 25 March 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINE'S ACT, 1877."

.Aay f: person discovering new gold -vorltihg, 'apd being desirous of obtainting ati -increased area thereon shall 4naik off a'i prospecting claim, as providedin Regulation 11,- and shall immediately report such discovery with full particulars lio the Warden, and the be: iprotected vuntil the Warden shall-have finally refused/- or jransed .ihe, jclaim;. but >the Wa^den^ay,., fit;, ; refrain tfrom granting or , refusing such claim ►until thegroiind JhaVlhavebeen visited by .himself or by anyone appointed; by him. Notices of all prospecting claims : .graritedj with full particulars of locality, .yield of gold;' Wd description of workings, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside of his oflfice for public information.

It shall not be lawful for the Warden 4a grant a prospecting claim for any new.discovery at a Jess distance than <two miles from any previously existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new of a quartz reef at a less dis. tan.ce, .than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. * Every prospecting claim shall, after fbeing marked, be held by one man reimaining on the ground during working 'hours until the application is dealt with, .■ana| if'granted, tine-.claim must, unless by-special-permission of the Warden, occupied/within seven days tfrom the date of grant. Tbje /Warden ,^nay, if he thiuk fit, claim to the actual *^Mii?i e Ssl', go|d£i workings conjointly with personsi who have assisted thein in prospecting eith'e'r with contriotherwise, or with other persons who may be nominated by the actual discoverers, although the said (persons may not have been on the jground. jjrioi' to the granting thereof. The Warden, may, upon the application of"any persons forming a party of four, grant protection for jiot-ihore' than three; months for a at a: distance, of not +leWthan''twd miles from any existing Workings' in alluvial ground,, or in the <eaSe 'dfi quartz workings of not less than half a mile from .any existing quartz provided in no case shall tany 1 area' -be granted ■within half a t rn.i|e ,of : . any other such prospecting area.. Provided, further -that su'cß-pro'tection 1 fiontiaue in forcernntilgold is. struck, in which ■case the discovery shall be reported, .or u'ifta'the'holders are required; by/the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in either bf which cases a prospecting •clai'rnMiaH be. marked and applied for as in Regulation 11., and V., and 'shall therupori-cease as "to r *fe*'remainder oi such prospecting area. .Belawful for the Warden to jjiregej^ ( .frpm^iime''to'time the protection Provided that auch renewed protection shah not be threermonths at "•>.. Every 'shall be continuouslv worked by at least two men •luring the entire period of occupancy.