MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877,”

Kumara Times, Issue 637, 12 October 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 pro- I vided in Regulation 11, and shall im--mediately report such discovery with j full particulars to the Warden, and the j ground so marked ofi shall be protected until the Warden shall have finally re- r fused 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 himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims granted, with full particulars of locality, I yield of gold, and description of worklings, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside of his office for public infer- ■ matiom I It shall not he lawful for the Warden | to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery at a less distance than ! two miles from any previously existing I workings in alluvial ground, nor to : | giant a prospecting claim for any new j discovery of a quartz leef at a less dis. ! i tauce than half a mile from any j | previously existing quartz workings. I j Every prospecting claim shall, after ■ j being marked, be held by one man re-; i maining on the ground during working | hours until tin* application is dealt with, ; ■ and, if granted, the claim must, unless ■ | by special permission of the Warden,, jbe fully occupied Within seven days j j from the date of grant, i The Warden may, if he' think fit, i grant a prospecting claim to the actual | discoverer of new i old workings con-: i jointly with persons «ho have assisted ■ j them in pmspi cting either with contri-: j butions or otherwise, or with other pet- ; Isons wiio may l>e nominated by the" ! actual discoveiers, although the said: persons may not have been on the 1 ground prior to the granting thereof. I The Warden may, upon the applica-! tion of any persons forming a party of ! 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 I half a mile from any existing quartz 1 workings : Provided in no case shall | any such prospecting area be granted ' within half a mile of tiny other such : prospecting area. Provided further : * that such protection shall only continue I in force until gold is struck, in which ease the discovery shall be reported, or until the holddfs are required l*y the 1 Warden to mark a prospecting claim, > : in either of which cases a prospecting I 1 claim shall We marked and applied fur as I provided in Hegnlation 11. and V., and s protection shall therupon cease as to k the remainder ot such prospecting area, 1 It shall l*e lawful for the Warden to i renew from time to time the protection j for a prospecting area. Provided that 1 such renewed protection shall not he ; granted for more than three months at any time. i Every prospecting area shall he continuously worked by at least two vir-u luring the entire period of occupancy.