MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 644, 21 October 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 im- j mediately report such discovery with \ full particulars to the Warden, and the j ground so marked off shall be protected j 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 shal I have been visited by j 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. It shall not be lawful for the Warden to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery at a less distance thaii two miles from any previously existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new j discovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. I tance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. j Every prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by one man re- • maining on the ground during working j hours uutil the application is dealt with, j and, if granted, the claim must, unless i by special permission of the Warden, j be fully occupied within seven days; from the date of grant. I The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting, claim to the actual discoverer of new [ old workings con-1 jointly with persons «ho have assisted j them in prospecting either with contri-1 butions or otherwise, or with other per- j sons who may be nominated by the \ actual, discovers, although the saidj persons may not have been on the! ground prior to the granting thereof. j The Warden may, upon the applica-1 tion of any persons forming a party of! not less than four, gran t protection for ; not more thau three months for. a ■ prospecting area " at a distance of not less than two miles from any existing j 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 cas--e shall any such prospecting area be "ranted i within half a mile of any other such I prospecting area. Provided fur. her I that such protection shall only continue | m force until gold is struck, in which ! oase the discovery shall, be reported, ; or until the holders are required l>y the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, i in either of which canes a prospering : cliiim shall be.marked and applied for as provided in Eemulation 11. and V., and . protection shall therupon cease as to the remainder ot such prospecting area. It shall l-e lawful for the Warden to | renew from time to time the protection I for a prospecting area. Provide-1 that 'such reviewed protection shall not bn granted for more than truce months at. any rime. i livery prospecting area shall be con- '. tinuously worked by at least two ni"n '3u.vi.ne the entire period of occupancy.