MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 596, 26 August 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 im- i mediately report such discovery with ! full particulars to the Warden, and the ! ground so marked off shall be protected i until the Warden shall have finally re- } fused or granted the claim; but the i Warden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until the ground shal I have been visited by himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims I granted, with full particulars oflocality, | yield of gold, and description of work- i mgs, shall be posted by the Warden on j the outside of his office for public infor- i mation. j It shall not be lawful for the Warden I to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery at a less distance than two miles from any previously existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery of a quartz icef at a less dis. lance than half a mile from any i previously existing quartz workings. , j Every prospecting claim shall, after I being marked, be held by one man remaining on the ground during working hours until the application is dealt with, I and, if granted, the claim must, unless j by special permission' of the Warden, j be fully occupied within seven days! from the date of grunt. I The Warden may, if he think fit. grant a prospecting claim to the actual ' discoverer of new gold workings con- 1 jointly with persons vtho have assisted j them in prospecting either with contri-! butions or otherwise, or with other per- j sons who may be nominated by the 1 actual discovers, although the said ■ persons may not have been on the 1 ground prior to the granting thereof. i The Warden may, upon the applica- j tion of any persons forming a'party of j not less than four, grant protection for, not more than three months for a 1 prospecting area “ at a distance of not 1 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 any such prospecting area be granted : within half a mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided fun her ’ that such protection shall only continue ; j m foice until gold is struck, in which i case the discovery .'■hall be reported,' or until the holders are required by the! I Warden to mark a prospecting claim, ’ in either of which cases a prospecting: claim shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and : protection shall thernpon cease as to; j the remainder ot such prospecting area, ! 1 It shall be lawful for the Warden to renew from time to time the protection for a prosjiecting area. Provi ied that such renewed protection shall not be granted for more than three months at any time. Every prospecting area shall he continuously worked by at least two men during the entire period of occupancy'.