MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877.

Kumara Times, Issue 468, 27 March 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877.

vo desiropshpr obtem, «a^J?W%^^P^^g o clai?p» as provided in Regulation If, arid shall imaned^ely 0 discovery witfr j£ wP, the' ground so marked fiffsKalt be protected fused or granted, the claim ; > buy the until thegrouriashailnaveTOenvifliifedby hii»BelfiiDr,bj;.anyone appoinl&l'bV him. Notices of all .prospecting; claims JOT^y H p?locality, yield of gold, and description of worfc ingß, shall be posted lay the Warden on hia office for public Morton, .v ; ,i,;.-- ; /7 V '"' v be lawful for the Warden c grant a prospecting claim for any newi discoveryat a less distance than two miles from any previously existing workings ground, nor to grant a prospectiug'.claim for any new 4isc£veryof a quartz reef at a less dis. tance -than half a mile from any existing quartz workings. .%ery prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be" held by one man remaining on. the ground during working hours until thie application is dealt with, Jand, 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 discoverer of new gold workings conjointly|"with persons who have assisted theui.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 pfjsoy persons forming a party of fp U r, graut protection for riotfmorV than three months for a prpspecting-area " at a distance of not less than two miles from any existing wordings in alluvial ground, or in the <Ss¥of~'workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quartz workups,: Provided in no case shall any «i6h'prospecting urea be granted wlthm'half a' mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided further thst'such protection shall only continue in force until gold is struck, in which case the..discovery shall be reported, or nfttil .theholders are required by the Wa¥aWsj|aark / a prospecting claim, in either of caJses. a prospecting arid applied for as jprSvideflr fit !Reg|ilatioti Hi and '/V ;,< and cease as v fo prospecting, are*. tittle ttf time, the' protectibn U,reaV ' provided that xenevrea 'prpi&jtroli; shall-nbt ; be Every TOMpec^ng-'afeii o sMl ;be!continuoiisly meh iuringrthe entire period of occupancy.