MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 663, 12 November 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 If, and shall immediately report such discovery with full particulars to the Warden, and the ground so marked oil shall btf protected until the Warden shall have finally refused or granted the claim ; but the Waiden may, if ho think lit, refrain from granting or- refusing such claim until thi-grouudshallhavebeeu visited by himself or by anyone app.'inied by him. - Notices of all prospecting claims granted, with full particulars of locality, yield of gold, and descrip'ion 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 than two miles from any previously existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery of a quartz leef at a less dis. tance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by one man remaining on the ground during working hours until the 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 date of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new sold workings conjointly with persons who have assisted them in prospecting either with Contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be ‘nominated by the actual discovers, although the said persons may not have been on the ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for. not more than three mouths for a prospecting area “at a distance of not less than iwu 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 halt a mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided fur her that such protection shall only continue ia foice until gold is struck, in which o,ise the discovery >hall be reported, or until the holders are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a prospectin'* claim shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and protection shall therupon cease as to the remainder ot such prospecting area. It shall be lawful for the Warden to renew from time to time the protection for a prospecting ..mi. Provided that such renewed protection shall not be granted for more than tnree months at my time.

Kvery prospecting area shall he cantinu insly worke l by at least, two m*n 'lnHug the entire period of occupancy.