MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “ THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 494, 27 April 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “ THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Any person discovering new gold | working, and being desirous of obtain-1 ing jan / increased, thereon shall 1 mark off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall immediately report such discovery with full particulars to'the Warden, and the 1 groundsomarked off shall be protected uhtir the'Warden shall have finally refused pr granted the claim; but the Warded may, *if he think ’fit, refrain from granting ot refusing such claim gntil th,o ground slval 1 have been visited by iimself or;by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims granted, fail particular of locality, yield of gold' and] description of workings, shall;be posted \>y the Warden on the outside of his office for public information.' It shall not be lawful for the Warden itograht'a prospecting claim for any new- discovery, at a less distance than itwp miles .from any previously existing workings in' aUuyial ground, nor" to ;gra r p,t 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 amrked, be held by one man remaining on the ground during working diours 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 conjointly with persons 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 not less than four, grant protection for not morb > than three months for a prospecting area “ at a distance of not | less than two miles from any existing | worifings in alluvial ground, or in the | case of quartz workings of not less than ! half a mile from any existing quartz Workings f Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area be granted within half a mile of any other such prospecting' area. Provided further that such protection shall only continue in, force until gold is struck, in which ease the discovery shall be reported, or until the holders are required ly the Wardehjtq mark a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a prospecting claim. he(iu_&|kcd and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and protection : shall therupon cease as to the remainder ; ot such prospecting area. It shall be lawful for the Warden to renetf'fidni iimSelto timeu the protection for a prospecting area. Provided that such renewed protection shall not be granted for mqte ihan three months at any time. : ' Every prospecting area shall be contimioudy%dTketiiby .at least two men during the entire period of occupancy.