MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE, MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 745, 18 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 pror vided. in Regulation ll,v ajid. yliajl immediately report s,uch discovery with full particulars to the Warden, and tin* ground so marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have finally y-fc fused or granted the claim; but the \yYuden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refuting such claim until th<*grounds.h.cvllhavebpen visited l»v himself or by anyone appointed by iiim. Notices, of all p'-osp-'eri'ir; rh>Jr,i-< gr«nt<-d ; with of i Kv.jir.y, yield oi" ;:o'u, a:;d description of workings, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside pf oflice for public infor 7 mation. ft s.h,a]l npt he lawful for th,e Warden to grant a prospecting claim fqr any new discovery at a jess distance than two milea from any previously pxistin" workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery of a quartz ie.f,f at a lpss distance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after being parked,, be h,ek] by onp m.an re ; maining on gi-ound during working hours until the application i.s deaic with, and, if granted, the claim must, by special permission of the Warden, be fully occupied within seven days' from the date of grant.

The Warden may, if lie think flagrant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of nevy gol*4 wqr.kings. conjointly with parsons who have assisted them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons wiio may be nominated by the actual discoveievs, 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- parj.y of not less than fpur, grant protection for not more than three months for a prospecting area " at a distance of not les,s two tniles from, any workings in alluvial ground," or. in the case of quartz workings of not less thafl half a mile from any existing quartz wordings : Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area bo granted within, half a mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided fur. her that such protection, shall only continue, in foice until golrjl afcrncjc, in wjik:h : v.Ase discovery shall be. reported, or until the holders are required i»y the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a pyo,spec,i mg claim he marked and apnlied for as provide*) hi .Regulation H. and V., and" i protection fch«r.n.pp ( n ceaser as to | the remainder ot sunii prospecting area. it shall !.p lawful foj-'tlie Warden, to -renew from time to time ib,e. protection for a prbsipecKi.g area. Provided that i such rens.vved projection shall noy be gi an.tod for more than, three ra.Qn.ths a t j time. *