MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 514, 21 May 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold working, and being desirous of obtaining an increased nrea 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 th»» ground so marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have filially refused or granted the claim ; but tiie Warden may, if ho think tit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until tin- groundshallhavebeen 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 bo posted by the Warden on the outside of his office for public information.

It shall not be lawful for the "Warden to grant a prospecting claim for any now discovery at a less distance than two miles from any previously existing j workings in alluvial ground, nor to I grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery, of a quai'tz reef at a less dis. tanc.e than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prqspecting 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 conjointly with persons who have assisted them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may he 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 loss than four, grant protection for not more than three months for a 1 prospecting area "at a distance of not less than two miles from any existing ; workings in alluvial ground, or in the case of quartz workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quartz workings : Provided in no case shall i any Mich prospecting area be "ranted within half a mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided fur; her that such protection shall only continue in i'o.ce until gold is struck, in whi<-h case the discovery shall be reported, or until the holders are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in cither of which cases a prospecting eiiii.,l shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and : protection shall therupon cease as to j the remainder ot such prospecting area. j Jt shall lie lawful for the Warden to ! renew from time to time the protection j for a prospecting area. Provided that \ such renewed protection shall not he j granted for more than three months at J -my lime.

Every prospecting area shall be con-

tinuously worked by at least two \n<n\ hirinsj the entire period of occupancy.