MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 688, 11 December 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

! Any person discovering new gold ; working, and being desirous of obtain- : iog an increased area thereon shall i mark otf a prospecting claim, as pro- ; vided in Regnlation 11, and shall immediately report such discovery with fall particulars to the Warden, and the 1 ground so marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have finally refused or granted the claim ; but the Warden may, if lie think lit, refrain ;from graining or refusing such claim i until the ground shall have been visited by himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims granted, with fail particulars of locality, yiewLofgokl. and description of worklie posted by the Warden on i;the OufSgkpof his office for public infor’Kuttidn, v' It shall not be lawful for the Warden th grant a claim for any new discovery"at ji'.. less distance than two miles from any previously existing workings in alluvia! ground, nor to giant a prospecting claim for anv new discovery of a quartz lent at a less dis tanee than half a mile from anv previously existing quartz workings. If very prospecting claim shall, '’after ovtTig man-rei!, be hem bv one man remaining on the ground during working hours until dm application is dealt with, and. it givr.ted, the claim must. unless '■y spoeia! pm mission of Urn Warden, b" (’■;!!y occupied within Seven days from the dale of grant, 1 i,e Warden may, Who think fit, grgvi' a pi-i iSjs-ci mg claim to the aetunl it .r-f 'ii ,ier o! now old o,•■kings conig with persona no have assisted litem in pr..spi -cting iit ini- with coritiibuiim.s or otherwise, or with other persous vvi o may fie nomiinte.d by the Inctu.i; disco'-Cers, although the said persons may not have been on the 'ground prior to the granting thereof. Tite Warden may, upon the applica- ; tion of any persons forming a pariy of i not lass than-four, grant pr 'teethm for not more than three months for a prospecting area 11 at a distance, of not less than two miles irom any. existing workings in alluvial ground, 'or in tho 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 he granted within half a mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided further that, such protection shall ou!yconii>-ue in foice until gold is struck, in which -ase the discovery shall be reported, or until the holders are required by the : Warden to mark a prospecting claim, jin either of which cases a prospecting i claim shall he marked and applied for as | provided in Regulation 11. and V., and I protection shall tliemppii cease as to j the remainder ot such prospecting area, j It shall be lawful for r!m W ; .r.!mi to renew irmu ! mo to time the proiec ion I for api nqicci.il, g ;;)CM. I Via nic i that such renewed protection shall not be granted tor more than tnree months at any lime. Kvery prospecting area shall lie enntinuuHv worke 1 by at da ,i ;,,vo m m I living the entire period, ot oc-aipisuev