MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 691, 14 December 1878, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold j 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 sucli discovery with full particulars to the Warden, and th« J ground so marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have finally refused or granted the claim ; but the Warden may, if he think' tit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim | until thr ground shal 1 have been visited by .himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all p»osp<cting claims granted, with full particulars of locality, yield of gold, and description of workings, shall lie posted by the Warden on the outside of his office for public infor--1 mation.

It shall not be lawful for the Warden j to grant a prospecting claim for any ! new discovery at a Jess distance than ; two miles from any previously existing i workings in alluvial ground, nor to j giant a prospecting claim for any new } discovery of a quartz ieef at a less dis. I tarice than half a mile from any ! previously existing quartz workings. j Every prospecting claim shall, after I being marked, be held by one man re-; maining on the ground during working > hours until the application is dealc with, j and, if granted, the claim must, unless j by special permission of the Warden,! be fully occupied within seven days from the date of grant. i The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new workings con-1 jointly with persons who have assisted ■ them in prospecting either with contri- j butions or otherwise, or with other per-1 sons who may be nominated by the actual discovers, although the said persons may not have been on the ground prior to the granting thereof. j The Warden may, upon the applica- \ tion of any persons forming, a party of j not less than four, grant protection for, j not more than three months for a ; I prospecting area " at a distance of not l J less than two miles from auy existing: j workings in alluvial ground, or in the , j case of quartz workings of not less than i half a mile from any existing quartz ! workings : Provided in no case shall' any such prospecting area be granted i I within half a mile of any other such I prospecting area. Provided fur;her , ; that such protection shall only continue, | in force until gold is struck, in whiih j v,ase the discovery shall be reported, ; or until the holders are required l>y the ! Warden to mark a prospecting chain, in either of which cases a prospering claim shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. ;md V., .md 1 protection shall tlierupou cea.NO as to ' I the remainder ot such prospecting area. L i It shall l>e lawful for the Warden to renew from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Provided that such renewed protection shall not he . ; granted for more chan three mouths at { any lime. Every prospecting area shall be con- ! iinuously worked by at least two men 1 during the entire period of occupancy.