MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 569, 24 July 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

I i Any person discovering new gold i ; working, and being desirous of obtain-; ; ing an increased area thereon shall I j mai’k off a prospecting claim, as pro- ; S vided in Regulation 11. and shall im- I , mediately report such discovery with i | full particulars to the Warden, and the ! 1 ground so marked off shall be protected | | until the Warden shall have finally re-; ; fused or granted the claim ; but the | 'Warden may, if he think lit, refrain j j from granting or refusing such claim j 1 until thegrouudshall have been visited by 1 himself or by anyone appointed by lain. ; Notices of all prospecting claims ■ granted, with full particulars of locality, i yield of gold, and description of work- ! lings, shall he posted hy the Warden on ! 'the outside of his office for public infor-; I ination. j It shall not be lawful for the Warden ( ‘.to grant a prospecting claim for any ! inow discovery at a less distance than; | two miles from any previously existing ; 1 workings in alluvial ground, nor to I : grant a prospecting claim for any new ‘ discovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. j ; tance than half a mile from any i previously existing quartz workings. ! Every prospecting claim shall, after i I being marked, be held by one man re- 1 ' mainiug on the ground during working ; j hours until the application is dealt with, i ' and, if granted, the claim must, unless i : by special permission of the Warden, I be fully occupied within seven days j from the date of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, 1 grant a prospecting claim to the actual ' ; discoverer of new gold workings con- i | jointly with persons who have assisted I | them in prospecting either with contri- : ! buttons or otherwise, or with other per- i i sons who may be nominated by the 1 i actual discoverers, although the said I (persons may not have been on tiret | ground prior to the granting thereof. j j The Warden may, upon the applies!- j tiou of any persons forming a parly of j not less than four, grant protection for j not more than three months for a' | prospecting area “ at a distance of not l j less than two miles from any existing j i workings in alluvial ground, or in the i j case of quartz workings of not less than } I half a mile from any existing quartz ; , workings : Provided in no case shall; i any such prospecting area be granted | i within half a mile of any other such i prospecting area. Provided further j 1 that such protection shall only con dime i . in force until gold is struck, in which | case the discovery shall be reported, i ; or until the holders are required by the' Warden to mark a prospecting claim, i in either of which cases a prospecting; claim shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and | .protection shall therupou cease as to I 1 ; the remainder ot such prospecting area, j It shall be lawful for the Warden to j renew from time to time the protection j for a prospecting area. Provided that ■ j such renewed protection shall not be 1 granted for more than three months at; ! any lime. . Every prospecting area shall be con- ; tinuously worked by at least two men. curing the. entire period of occupancy.