MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 625, 28 September 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Any person discovering new gold j 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 j 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 the ground shall have been visited by I himself or by afiyone 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. It shall not he lawful for the War den 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 reef at a less dis. tance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz wor kings. Every prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by one man remaining on the ground during working hours until the. application is dealt with, and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, he 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 workings con-, jointly with persons who have assisted j them in prospecting either with contii-1 bntions or otherwise, or with other per- j sons who may be nominated by the i actual disco v eurs, although the saidl persons may not have been on the ( ground prior to the granting thereof, i The Warden may, upon the applica-1 tion of any'persons forming a party of | not less than four, grant protection for : not more than three months for a! 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 mrlc of any other such prospecting area. Provided fur.her that such protection shall only combine m foice until gold is struck, in which ease the discovery shall be jeported, or until the holdets are required i.y the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in either of which ca*es a prospecting claim shall be marked and applied fur as provided in Regulation lE. and V., and j protection shall tlierupon cease as to I the remainder ot such prospecting area, i It shall le lawful for the Warden to renew from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Provided that such renewed protection shall not be granted for more than three months at any time.

Every prospecting area shall l>e continuously worked by at least, two m u during the entire period of occupancy.