LINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877”

Kumara Times, Issue 1779, 14 June 1882, Page 4

LINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877”

Any person discovering new gold working, and being desirous of obtaining $n increased area thereon shall fnark off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall immediately report such, discovery with full particulars to the Warden, and the ground ao marked off shall be protected fmfil the Warden shall have finally refused or granted the claim; but the Warden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim nhtil.thegroundshalihave been visited by himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claima 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 not be lawful for the Warden to grant a prospecting claim tor any ?iew 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 reef at a less dis. tance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by one man re--naming on the ground during working hours until the application is dealt with, pmd, 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 of otherwise, or with other perpons who may be nominated by tbe actual discoverers, although the paid persons may not have been on the ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the applicafrQU of any persons forming a party of pot less than four, grant protection for pot more than three m nths for a J Prospecting area “ at a distance of not ess than two miles from auy existing Workings in alluvial ground, or in the pase of quartz workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quartz Workings; Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area he granted within half a mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided further that such protection shal} only coptinpe in force until gold is struck, in which vase the discovery shall be reported, pr until the, holders are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a prospecting plaim shall bp marked and applied for as Provided in Regulation 11. and V., and protection shall themppn cease as to IhP remainder of such prospecting area. It shall be lawful fpr the Warden to peiiew from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Provided th-1 jjuch renewed protection shall not Vie granted for m°P three mpnthp at a'Wtisiv