MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 647, 24 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 immediately report such discovery with full particulars to the Warden, and the ground so marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have dually refused or granted the claim ; but the Wat den may, if he think tit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until the-groundshall 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 workings, shall l>e posted by the Warden on the outside of his office for public information.

Itfshall not be lawful for the Warden 1 to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery at a less distance than i two miles from any previously existing I workings in alluvial ground, nor to' grant a prospecting claim for any new i discovery of a quartz icef at a less dis. ' tauce than half a mile from any I previously existing quartz workings. ! Every prospecting claim shall, after ! being marked, be held by one man re-1 maining on the ground during working i hours until the application is dealt with, i and, if granted, the claim must, unless ! by special permission of the Warden,: be fully occupied within seven days | from the date of grant. | The Waiden may, if lie think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new v old workings con-; jointly with persons who have assisled j them in prospecting either with contri-j butions or otherwise, or with other per- | sons who may be nominated by the j actual disco w et its, although the said; persons may not have been on the I ground prior to the granting thereof. j The Warden may, upon the applies-1 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' less than two miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, or in the case of quartz workings of not less than : 1 half a mile from any existing quartz workings: Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area be granted within half a mile of tiny other such prospecting area. Provided fur her that such protection shall only combine in force until gold is struck, in which case 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 | claim shall be marked and applied for as ' provided in Hegulation 11. and V., and protection shall therupon cease as to the remainder ot such prospecting area. , I Jt shall l>e Ittwful for the Warden to j renew from time to time the protection 1 for a prospecting area. Provided that j such renewed protection shall not be gi anted for more than three months at any time. . i Every prospecting area shall be continuously worked by at least two mm barms the entire period of occupancy.