MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 601, 31 August 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Any person discovering new gold working, and being desirous of obtaining an iucreased area thereon shall mark off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall immediately' report snch 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; hut the Warden may, if he think tit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until thr>grouudßhallhave 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 j the outside of his office for public infor- j mation. j It shall not be lawful for the Warden . to grant a prospecting claim for any I new discovery at a less distance than i two miles from any previously existing j workings in alluvial ground, nor to | grant a prospecting claim for any new j discovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. I tanoe than half a mile from any j previously existing quartz workings. j Every pi'ospecting claim shall, after ■ b'einu marked, be held by one man re-j maining on the ground during working j hours nutil 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 diite of grunt. The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new workings con-1 jointly with-persons who have assisted j them in prospecting either with contri- ( butions or otherwise, or with other per- j sons wiio may be nominated by the i actual disco v ei«rs, although the said! persons may not have l>een on the' ground prior to the granting theteof. ' The Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for, j not more than three months for a 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 , any such prospecting area be granted within half a mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided further that such protection shall only continue 111 force until gold is struck, in which ■ case the discovery nhall be reported, Li or until the holders are required by the i Warden to mark a prospecting claim. > in either "of which cases a prospecting I claim shall he marked and applied for as I provided in Regulation 11. and V., and s protection shall thernpon cease as to II the remainder ot such prospecting area. a ■' It shall t.e lawful for the Warden to • renew from time to time, the protection A for a prospecting area. Provided that 5- snch renewed protection shall not be i granted for more than three months at any time. Every prospecting area shall be con> tinuously worked by at least two . Ou.'-ing the entire period of occupancy.