MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 513, 20 May 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold working, and being desirous of obtaining an increased area thereon shall mark off a prospecting claim, as provided in 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 or granted the claim ; but the Warden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until the ground shall have been visited by 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 his office, for public information.

I It shall not be lawful for the Warden I to grant a prospecting claim for any j new discovery at a less distance than j two miles from any previously existing | workings in alluvia! ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new I discovery of a quartz teef at a less dis. j tance than half a mile from any I previously existing quartz workings. : Every prospecting claim shall, after : being marked, be held by one man re- ; maining on the ground during working hours iuif.il the application is dealc with* J and, if granted, the claim must, unless ; liy 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 K old workings conjointly with persons who have assisted ! them introspecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be nominated by the actual discoveitrs, although the said persons may not have been on the ground prior to the granting thereof. j The Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for not more than three months for a prosj ecting area " at a distance of not j less tlwii two miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, or in the ! case of quartz workings «.f not less than i half a mile from any existing quarlz j workings : Provided in no caee shall i any Mich prospecting area be granted j within half a mile of any other such | prospecting area. Provided that such protection shall only continue : in force until gold is struck, in which' case the discovery .shall be reported, i or u:;f il t/ K; holde.'S are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, I in either of which cases a prospecting i ehiim shall !»e marked and applied for as i pre vided in liegtilatinn 11. and V., and ! protection shall tli.-rupon cease as to ! the remainder oi sncli prospecting area. ; 3t shall I e iawful for the Warden to '■ renew fn-m lime to tin™ the protection ; for a prospecting ; : rea. Provide I that J such renewed protection shall not he j granted for more than tnree months at i "iiiy time.

Every prospecting area shall be continuously workcil by at least two mm i •Juruisc the entire period of occupancy. !