MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 622, 25 September 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 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 claim; 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 workings, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside of his office for public information.

I It shall not be lawful for the Warden 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 leef at a less dis. -tance than, half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by one man remaining on the ground during working hours uutil the application is dealt with, and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, be fully occupied withiu seven days from the date of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new &old workings con-1 jointly with persons who have assisted i them in prospecting either with contri-1 butions or otherwise, or with other persons who may l>e nominated by the actual discovei t-rs, h I though 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 less than four, grant protection for not more than three months for a prosjjeeting area " at a distance of not \ less than two miles from any existing! workings in alluvial ground, or in the ; j case of quartz workings of not less than ' half a mile from any existing quartz ' workings : Provided in no caee 6hall '•■ 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 I in force until gold is struck, in which \ oase the discovery shall be reported,: or until the holders are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, i in either of which cases a prospecting! elaim shall be marked and applied for as , provided in Regulation 11. and V., and ! protection shall therupon cease as to ( the remainder ot such prospecting area. It'shall be lawful for the Warden to' renew from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Provided, that: such renewed protection shall not be i granted for more than three months at any time. Every prospecting area shall be continuously worked by at least two men ■faring the entire period of occupancy.