MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 653, 31 October 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any jwi'son discovering new srold working, and Wing desirous of obtaining an in-creased area thereon shall ; mark off a prospecting claim, as provided in: Regulation 11, and shall im- (( mediately report such discovery with . full particulars to the Warden, and the, j ground so marked off shall be protected ; until the Warden shall have finally re- :< fused or granted the claim ; but the | Warden may, if he think lit, refrain j from granting or refusing such claim ! until the ground shal I have been visited by ! himself or by anyone appointed by him. I Notices of all prospecting claims i granted, with full particular l ? of locality,' • yield of gold, and description of work- ; ings, shall be posted by the Warden on i the outside of his office for public infer- ' mation. j Iti shall not be lawful for the Waixlen | to grant a prospecting claim for any j ; new discovery at a less distance than j two miles from any previously existing j workings in alluvial ground, nor to : grant a prospecting claim for any new • discovery of a quartz ieefat a less dis. \ tance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after j •being marked, be held by one man re- j maining on the ground during working j hours until the application is dealt with, j and, if granted, the claim must, unless ; by special permission of the Warden, j be fudly occupied within seven days ! j from the date of grant. Tlie Warden may,, if he think fit, ' grant a prospecting claim to the actual i discoverer -of new t old workings conjointly with persons who have assisted • them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwis*;, or with other per- j sons who may be nomiu<ited by the j actual discovers, although the said j persons may not have been on the j ground prior to the granting thereof. ; The Warden may, upon the applica- ] tion of any persons forming a party of j not less than four, grant pritection"for I not more than three months for a > prospecting; area *' at a distance of not j i less than two miles from any existing 1 workings in alluvial ground, or in the '■ I case of quartz workings of not less than 1 half a mile from any existing quartz '; workings: Provided in no case shall \ anysfnih prospecting area'"be granted . within half a mile of any other such r { prospecting area. Provided fur.her , that such protection .shall only continue ■in force until gold is struck, in which. oascthe discovery fhal'l "be reported, " or.until the holders are required by the '•■■ -Warden to mark a pro.speei.ing ciaitn v > in either of which eases a prospecting L claim shall be marked and for as I provided in .Regulation Tl. and »! protection shall therupon cease as to kl the remainder ot such prospecting area. 1 It shall lie lawful.fou the' Warden to renew from time to time the. protection j for a prospecting area. i that such renewed protection shall, not ho ; j granted for more than three months at i any time. Every prospecting area shall bo c<>rjtinuously worked by at least two mm "Juriug the entire poriod ot occupancy.