MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 1784, 20 June 1882, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold working, and being desirous of obtaining an increased area j&ereon shall piark off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall immediately report such disoovery with jfull partionlars to the Warden, and the ground so marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have finally refused or granted the claim; but phe Warden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing s'ich claim until the ground shal I have been visited by pimself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims granted, with full particulars of locality, yield of gold, and description of workings, shall be posted by the Warden on fche outside of his office for public Information. " It ahaU not bo lawful for the Warden po granc a prospecting claim tor any new 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. Jance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. ' Every prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by one man reSiaining on the ground during working ours until the application is dealt with, and, if granted, the claim must, unless hj special permission of the Warden, be fully occupied within seven days from the date of grant. 4 ' The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim j;o the actual discoverer of new gold workings conjointly with persona who have assisted them in prospecting either with contriputions or otherwise, or wjth other per■ons who may be nominated by the actual discoverers, although the said persons may not have been op the ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for jaot more than three months for a prospecting area " at a distance of not Jess than two miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground*, or in the case of quartz workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quartz jrorkings: Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area be granted within half a mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided further phat such protection shall only continue Jn force until gold is struck, in which fM6 the disoovery shall be reported, or until the holders are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, fn either of which cases a prospecting claim shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and protection shall therupon cease as to |he remainder ot suoh prospecting area. It shall be lawful for the Warden to rene* from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Provided thi.t Such renewed protection shall not be granted for mop* *«an three mpntha at iirr>e.