MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 515, 22 May 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

| Any person discovering new gold ! working, and being desirous of obtain- { ing 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 chym ; but the Warden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until thegroundshallhavebeen 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 workj mgs, shall be posted by the Warden on \ the outside of his office for public infor- ; mation. j It shall not be lawful for the Warden I to grant a prospecting claim for any j now discovery at a less distance than | two miles from any previously existing | workings in alluvial ground, nor to I grant a prospecting claim for any new i discovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. ( tance than half a mile from any ■ previously existing quartz workings, i hi very prospecting claim shall, after ; being marked, be held by one man re- : maining on the ground during working j hours until the application is dealt with, ' and, if granted, the claim must, unless j by special permission of the Warden, j be fully occupied within seven days j 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 prospecting either with contrij butions or otherwise, or with other per- ; sons who may be nominated by the i actual discoverers, although the said i persons may not have been on the j ground jprior to the granting thereof, j The Warden may, upon the applica- ! tion of any persons forming a party of not less 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 i 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 : 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 foice until gold is struck, in which case the discovery shall be reported, or until the holdets are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, I in either of which cases a prospecting claim shall he 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 It shall he lawful for the Warden to renew from time to time the protection | for a prospecting area. Provided that j • sncl) renewed protection shall not be j granted for more than tnree months at j any lime. j Every prospecting area shall be con- ] tin units ly worked by at least two men j during the entire period of occupancy.