MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 697, 21 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, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall immediately report such discovery with Hull particulars to the Warden, and the ground so marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have finally refused or granted the claim; but the Warden may, if hi- think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until thf groundshall have been visited by himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims granted, with full particulars of locality, yield of gold, arid description of workings, shall lie posted by the Warden on the outside of his office for public information. It shall not be lawful for the Warden to grant a prospering claim for any new discovery at a lens distance than two friilesfrom any previously, existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to gian,t a prospecting claim for 'any new : discovery of a quartz i eef at a less dis. i tauee than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. ;■ Every prospecting claim shall, after | being marked, beheld bygone man remaining on the ground during working | hours until tin- application is dealt with, and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, jbe 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 pold workings con-1 [jointly with persons who have assisted i them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be nominated by the actual discoveiers, 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 fori not more than three months for ai prospecting area " at a distance of not [ less than two miles from auy existing I workings in alluvial ground, or in the i case of quartz workings of not less than half a mile from auy existing quartz workings: Provided in no case, shall any such prospecting area be granted within half a mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided further that such protection shall only continue in force until gold is struck* in which vase the discovery shall be reported, ! or uritil the holders are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in either of .which cases a prospecting claim shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and j protection shall tlierupon cease as to • ; the remainder ot such prospecting area. j It shall lie lawful for the Warden to ' renew from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Provided that ' such renewed protection shall not be ; granted for more than three months at j any time. Every prospecting ai-ea shall be con- ; Sinuously worke-1 by at least, two men luring the entire period of occupancy.