MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 723, 23 January 1879, 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 ofi‘ a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall immediately report such discovery with full 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 Waiden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until the ground shall 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, and description of workings, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside of his office for. public information.

It shall riot be lawful for the Warden to grunt a prosjiecting claim for any new discovery at a less distance than two miles from any previously existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery of a quartz veef at a less dis. tance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall,, aftei 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, unless by special permission of the Warden, he fully occupied within seven days from the date of grant.

The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new gold workings conjointly with persons who have assisted them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may he nominated by the actual although the said jiersons 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 for not more than three months for a prospecting area “ at a distance of not less than two miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, or in the case of quartz workings of not less than half a mile from any 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 tdice until gold is struck, in which v ase the discovery shall be reported, oi' until the holders are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a prospecting claim shall he marked and applied for as provided in .Regulation 11. and V., and protection shall therupou cease as to the remainder ot siiqli prospecting area. It shall l o lawful for the Warden to renew from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Prowled that such renewed protection shall not be j yi anted tor UlOfc Than three months at i qny mw-,