MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 641, 17 October 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Any person discovering new gold i working, and being desirous of obtain-1 ing an increased area thereon shall mark off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall im- ; mediately report such discovery with i full particulars to the Warden, and the i ground so marked off shall be protected | until the Warden shall have finally re- j 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, yield of gold, and description of work- j mgs, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside of his office for public information. It shall not be lawful for the Warden to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery at a less distance than I 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. I tance than half a mile from any j previously .existing quartz workings. ! Every prospecting claim shall, after i being.marked, be held by one man re-! maining on the ground during working I hours until th- 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 dale of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, ■ grant a prospect ing claim to the actual 1 discoverer of new » old workings con- 1 jointly with persm a v. ho have assisted | them in prospecting either with contri-! butions or otherwise, or with other per-! sons who may be nominated by the | actual discoverers, although the saidj persons may not have been on the! ground prior to the granting thereof. j The, Warden may, upon the applica- j 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 mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided further that such protection shall only continue : m force until gold is struck, in which ; case the discovery .-hall be reported,' ; or until the holders are required by the : i Warden to mark a prospecting claim, i in either of which cases a prospecting claim shall be marked and applied for us j provided in Regulation 11. and V., and ; protection shall thernpon cease as to the remainder oi such prospecting area. . j Jt shall be lawful for the Warden to I renew from time to time the protection I | for a prospecting area. Provided that ; ! such renewed protection shall not lie granted for more than tnree months at any time. | Every prospecting area shall he con- ' tinuuusly wiirke-l by at least, two m-a during the entire period of occupancy.