MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 718, 17 January 1879, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

I Any person discovering new gold working, and being desirous of obtain- : ing an increased area thereon shall mark off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall im- ; mediately report such discovery with full particulars to the Warden, and the i ground so marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have dually refused or granted the claim ; but tiie : Waiden may, if be think tit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim ! until th'.-groundshallhavebeenvisited 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 be posted by tiie Warden on ; the outside of his office for public infor- ‘ mafion. It shall not be lawful fur the Warden to grunt a prospecting claim for any new discovery at a less distance than two miles from any pieviously existing winkings in alluvia! ground, nor to giant a prospecting claim for any new discovers of a quartz icef at a less dis tance than half a mile -from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, aflei being marked, be held by one man remaining on the ground during working hours until the application is dealt, with, and, if granted, the claim must, uni ss by special permission of the Warden, be fully occupied within seven days from the date of grant. The W arden may, if lie think tit, grant a prospecting claim to the act nal discoverer of new cold workings conjointly with persons who have assisted them in prospecting either with conti ibntions or otherwise, or with other per* I sons who may be nominated by the j actual discovers, although the said I persons may not have been on the ; ground prior to tiie granting (hereof. The Warden may, upon the applica- ! tion of any persons forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for not more than three mouths for a pros| ectiug area “ at a distance of not less than two miles from any existing ' woi kings in alluvial ground, or in the . case of qii ii fcz workings ..f nut less than : half a mile from any existing quarz workings : Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area be granted within half a mile, of any other such prospecting area. Provided fur li-r that such protecti on shall only con i?.ne ; ui force until gold is struck, in which the discovery -hail be reported, or until ilie lioldc s arc required Iw the Ward eii to mark a pro.spic ing cl dm, in either of which eases a prosp c mg claim shall he marked and apple d for as provided in I’eguiatiou [I. and \ r ., and . protection shall thcrupon c ase as to the remainder ot such prospecting area. Jt shall 1.0 lawful for the Warden to ! renew from Lime to time the protoc ion i for a prospecting area. Provided that ; such renewed protection shall not be granted for more chan three months at ; any time. i Every prospecting area shall he cmitinu hi sly worke 1 by at least two m u , luring the entire period of occupancy.