TUNING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1377.”

Kumara Times, Issue 1783, 19 June 1882, Page 4

TUNING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1377.”

Any person discovering new gold Forking, and being desirous of obtaining an increased area thereon shall park off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation Jf, 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 regwetf or granted sfa claim j but the Warden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim Until tie ground shal I have been visited by Jdmself or ]by anyone appointed by bim t Notices of all prospecting nlaima granted, with full particulars of locality, FipW of gpl.di and description of workings, shall be posted by the Warden on fan outside of his office for public information. It shall not bo lawful for the Warden fa granc a prospecting claim ior any pew discovery at a liras <11818.106 than faro 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. fanoe than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after famg marked, be held by one man remaining on the ground during working pours until the application is dealt with, and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, fa fully occupied within spyen days from the date of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of npw gold workings conjointly with persons who have assisted them in prospecting either wifa contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be nominated by the pctnal discoverers, althongh the said persons may not have been on the ground prior to the granting thereof. 4 The Warden may, upon the application of any persona forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for pot 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 psse of qnartz workings of not less than faff a mile from a n 7 existing quartz Workings: Proyided in no case shall any snob prospecting arpa be granted Within half a mile of any other such prospecting arpa. Provided further that such protection shall only continue fa force qntil gold is struck, in which t»se tfa discovery shall be reported, pr until the hplders are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, fa either of which cases a prospecting plaim shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and protection shall therupon cease as to fa® remainder of such prospecting area. It shall bp lawful for the Warden to renew from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Provided th;>t such renewed protection shall not be granted for mop than three months at guy tifn®;