MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 690, 13 December 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, us provided in Regulation lE, and shall immediately report such discovery with j full particulars to the Warden, and the i ground so marked off shall be protected \ until the Warden shall have finally re- j fused or granted the claim; but the j Warden may, if he think tit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until tin-ground shall have been visited by | himself or by anyone appointed by him. | ! Notices «>f all prospecting claims • granted, with full particulars of locality, i yield of gold, and descripiion of work-! nigs, shall he posted by the Warden on j the outside of his ollice for public infor- ! niation. i ■ It shall not bh lawful for the Warden ! to grant a prospering claim for any ! now discovery at a less distance than ■ two miles ii'om any previously existing '■. . workings in alluvial ground, nor to! : giant a prospecting o'aim for any new ' . discovery of a quaruz K:ef at a lt;>s dis. ! ■■ tance than half a mile from any : previously existing quartz workings. i Every prospecting claim shall, after i being marked, be heM by one man re-] ; maining on the ground (hiring working | ; hours until >.h-- ap.p-licar.iori isdealc with. I ; and, if granted, the claim must, unless! | by special permission of tin- Warden, ; be fully occupied within seven days I from the date of ymnt. The Warden may, if he think 6t, ! grant a prospecting claim to the actual I discoverer of new <:.old workings con-1 jointly with persons who have assisted them in prospectiug either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be nominated by the actual discoverers, although the said persons may not have been on the ground prior to the granting thereof. l The Warden may, upon the applica-! tion of any persons forming a party of I not less than four, grant protection for; j not more than three months for a i prospecting area " at a distance of not J less than two miles from any existing j workings in alluvial ground, or in the 1 case of quartz workings of not less than ' half a mile from any existing quartz! workings : Provided in no case shall J any such prospecting area be granted within half .a mile of any other such' prospecting area. Provided further | that such protection shall only continue i I in force until gold is struck, in which j | wise the discovery .•■hall be reported,! ! or aititil the holders are required i>y the i ■ Warden to mark a prospecting ci-dm, ; |in either of which cases a prosp<-c"mg ; claim shall he marked and applied for mm provided in Regulation IT. ami V., and protection shall therupon cease as to j the remainder ot such prospecting art a. 1 | It shall he lawful for the Warden to ; renew from time to time the protection I for a prospecting area. Provi led that j such renewed protection shall not be granted for more than three months at j any time. I Every prospecting area shall be con- ; sinuously worked by at least two men 'taring the entire period of occupancy.