MINING REGULATIONS UNDER " THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 490, 23 April 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER " THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold I forking,; and being desirous of obtain-1 ic£ an increased area thereon shall j >mark>6ii' a prospecting claim, as provided ik Regulation 11, and shall im- 1 mediately report such discovery with full pai'cicclars -to'the'-Warden, and the -ground so marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have finally re- , fflsedr or > granted the claim; but the ..garden-may, if he think fit, refrain froth granting or refusing Buch claim ~ untUthegroundshaUhavebeenvisited by , himself, or by anyone appointed by him. —Notices of all prospecting claims rgsantedj;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 infor- ! mation. It shall not be lawful for the Warden &ter grant a prospecting claim for • any - new-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 zeef 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, 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 | discoverer of new gold workings con- ! jointly with persons who have assisted j them in prospectiug either with contri- j butions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be nominated by the actual discoverers, although the said peVsous 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 i not less than four, grant protection for { hot more than ihree months for a : prospecting area " at a distance of not I less than two miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, or in the case of quartz workings of not less than, .-i.half. a mile from any wasting quartz workings: Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area be granted within half a miie of any other such ■ prospecting area. Provided further that such protection shall only continue ''in-force until gold is struck, in which oase the discovery fihall be reported, or until-the holders are required by the -"Warden to mark a prospecting claim, • <"3tffeitnei> of which cases a prospecting claim shall be marked and applied for as proVided in' Regulation 11. and V., and y protection .shall tberupon cease as to ,'] t ifie remainder 61 such prospecting area. „ ' ', jV'sball be-lawful for the Warden to ',:renew from time to time the protection ;'for'a prospecting area. Provided that . siich' renewed protection shall not be 'granted for more than three months at i any time. ■ '""Every prospecting area shall be continuously worked by at least two men iuring the entire period of occupancy.