MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 767, 15 March 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 paark 0$ a prospecting claim, as proyided in Regulation 11, and shall imjnediat3ly report guch .d'sopvety \?ith full particulars to the Warden, and tfre grquftd §0 marked off shall be protected jjntj} the Warden shall have Unally refused or granted the claipi; but the Wa»4eu may, if he thjnk fit, refrain from granting or refuging such claim until thegrqun4shallj|ave been visited by Jipuself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims granted, with full particulars of locality ; yield pf golf}, a"4 description "of workings, bid pQSted by the "Warden on f;he outside of his office for pubjic information.

It shall npfc lie lawful for the Warden fco gi-ant a prospectjug cjaiin for any j\ew discovery at 3, less distance than j>WQ rojlesf fpm any previously existing workings jn alluvial ground, nor to a prospecting chq.ru for- any discovery of a quartz ieef at a less dis. fance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. iSyery prpspepting claim shall, after feeing niarked; be held hy ong man' re : j plaining on the ground during'working b,ours nutil the application is dealt with, and, if granted, the claim must, unless py special permission fif the Warden, be fully occupied within seven 'days from the date of grant. The Warden may, if he think n't, grant a prpspepting claim to the. actual (Jiscoverer of new gold wqrkings conjointly with persons who have assisted t-hetn in prospepting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons wLp may be nominated by the discovers, although the said niay not' baye been on the ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the application o£ any persous forming a party of not less t}}an four, giant protection for not more than three ofonths for a f>pspecting area " at a distance of not eps tljan tvyo miles from any existing workiuga in alluvial ground, or in the cage of quartz workings of not I'fiss than hfdf a mile from any existing quartz Tyof|dngs: Proyided in no case shall any prospecting area be. granted within half a mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided further that such protection shall only continue jn fprpe until gold is struck", : in which y yse the discovery shall be reported, pr until the hpldprs are required by the \Tarden. mark a' prospepting claim, p. either of which eases a prospecting p}a|m shall be marked and applied for as f royideji in Regulation. 11. and V., and protection shall cease as to |he remainder 6i suph prospecting area. ' It shall bp lawful foi- the Warden to renew from tinie to time the protection |br a prospecting area. Provided that such renewed proteotipn shall not be granted f«V V-ioi'? than thretj months at KIT Hi?:?'.