MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 714, 13 January 1879, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

I Any person discovering new gold |, working, and being desirous of obtainI ing an increased area thei-eon shall ; mark off a prospecting claim, as pro--1 vided in Regulation 11, and shall imj mediately report such discovery with ! full particulars to the Warden, and the ! ground so mai'ked off shall be protected 1 until the Warden shall have finally re- ! fused or granted the claim ; but the | Warden may, if he think fit, refrain 1 from granting or refusing such claim I until thcgroundshallhave been visited by • himself or by anyone appointed by him. ! Notices of all prospecting claims granted, with full particulars of locality, yield of gold, and description of workings; shall he posted by the Warden on | the outside of his office for public infor--1 mation. 1 It shall not be lawful for the Warden ’ to grant a prospecting claim for any i new discovery at a less distance than i 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. i 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 deak 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, 1 grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new gold workings conjointly with persons who have.assisted | them in prospecting either with contii- { butions or otherwise, or with other per- | sons who may be nominated by the actual discovers, although the said ( persons may not have been on the ground prior to the granting (hereof. The Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for i not more than three months for a 1 prospecting area “ at a distance of not less than two miles from auy existing 1 workings in alluvial ground, or in the ; case of quartz workings <>f not less than : half a mile from any existing quartz I workings: Provided in no case shall ; any such prospecting area be granted I within half a mile of any other such ! prospecting area. Provided fur her i that such protection shall only con l inue ; in force until gold is struck, in which wise the discovery .-hall be reported, Or until the holders tire required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in cither of which cases a prosp c ing , claim shall be marked and applied fur as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and ; protection shall therupon cease as to , the remainder ot such prospecting area, j It shall he 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 i any time. Every prospecting area shall be c .n----tinuously worke 1 by at least two m-n I luring the entire period of occupancy.