MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 2398, 9 May 1884, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Any person discovering new gold wi irking, and being desirous of obtaining y an increased area thereon shall ms ,rk off a prospecting claim, as provided in, Regulation 11, and sba.ll imm< id; lately report such discovery with full particulars to the Warden, and the gr 01 md so marked oS shall be protected mat il the Warden shall have finally refus ed or granted the claim ; but the W avden may, if he think fit, refrain fr< >m granting or refusing such claim ui ,itil thegroundshallhavebeen visited by h imself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims granted, with full particulars of locality, i yield of gold, and description of work- [ mgs, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside of his office for public infor- ' mation.

It shall not be lawful for the "Warden to granc a prospecting claim lor 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 j discovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. j tance than half a mile from any I previously existing quartz workings. | Every prospecting claim shall, after ; being marked, be held by one man rej maining on the ground during working hours until the application is dealt with, and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, be 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 con--1 jointly with persons who have assisted them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be nominated by the SMCtual discoverers, 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 party of not less than four, grant protection for not more than three months for a prospecting area “ at a distance of not It S 3 than two miles from any existing v orkings in alluvial ground, or in the ouse of quartz workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quartz , workings : Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area be granted ' within half a mile of any other such ' prospecting area. Provided further ! such protection shall only continue :in force until gold is struck/in which ; ’use the discovery shall be reported, ; r until the holders are required by the j Wirden to mark a prospecting claim, ; ' iuhei of which cases a prospecting claim shall bo marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and protection shall thcrupon cease as to ’he remainder ol such prospecting area, dt shall be lawful for the Warden to ! tenon from time to time the protection ; i’v.' a prospecting ;.roa. Provided th I ! reel; reeved p-otccHon shall not \r J i i