MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 2523, 22 July 1884, 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 mark off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, 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 refused or granted the claim; but the Warden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until thegroundshallhavebeen visited by himself 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 the outside of his office for public information.

It shall not be lawful for the Warden to granc a prospecting claim for 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 dit- jovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. tauce than nali. a mile from any previously existing quartz 'workings. 3very prospecting claim - shall, after be’ng marked, be held by one man remaining cm the ground during working hours until the application is dealt witlp 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(C'.ntly with persons who have assisted them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may he nominated bv the actual discoveiers, although the said persons may not have been on the ground prior to. the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the applicaion o* smy persons forming 2, paroy of cot less than four, grant protection for not 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 esse of quarts workings of not less than half a mile from any existing qaamz 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 shall only continue in force until gold is struck, *in which i.i.se the discovery shall be reported. if unlJ cue holders art' required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a prospecting maim shall oe marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and protection shall therupon cease as to ■he remainder ci such prospecting area. It .shall be lawful for the Warden to renew from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Provided that Knob renewed protection shall not i o granted for mor' +han three months at auy time