MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 740, 12 February 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 off a prospecting claim, as provided ip Regulation 11, and shall Inn mediately 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 Warden mgy, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until theground shal 1 ha ve been visited by himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims granted, with fplf particulars of locality, yield of gold, and description of workings, shpll bp posted by the Warden on the outside pf his oflftce far public infer-. Ration. It shall not be lawful for the Warden to grant a prospecting clqim fqr any new discovery af a less distance than two miles fpora any previously existing ’workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery of a quart? reef at a less dm. tance than half a mile frqm any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after being marked, bp 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 qf the Warden, be Rilly occupied within seven days from tlie date of grant. Thp Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new gold workings com jointly with persons who have assisted them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may. be nominated by the actual disco vein's, although the said persons may n ot have been on the ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the application of any persqns forming a party of not jess than four, grant protection for not more than three months for a prospecting area af t\ distance of not less than two rniles fVoru any existing workings in alluvial ground, oy fn the case of quartz workings of not less than half a inile from any existing quartz workings: Provided in no case shall any sqch prospecting area be granted : within half a ‘mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided fun her that such protection shall only continue | in force until gold is Struck, in which v-ase the discovery shad be reported, or i\tA ii the holders are required by the garden to ms'k a prospecting claim, in either of which causes a prospecting claim Shall be marked ami applied for. as provided in Regulation If. and V., and protection shall thernppn cease as to the remainder ol such prospecting area. 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 nqt be o' anted for niqre than three months at yny time..