MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 2534, 6 August 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 thegroundshallhave been 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 lor anynew discovery at a less distance than two miles from any previously existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to grunt a prospecting claim for any new discovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. tauce than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, °after being marked, beheld by one man remaining on the ground during working hours until tho 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 elate, of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new gold workings con-•-omtly with persons who have assisted vhem in prospecting either with contrinntions or otherwise, or with other persons wiio may be n iinin-xtod by tho wiw.) di:,co*o!ii's, although the said persorj :aa/ nut havf. neen ox: tin; ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of tjoc less than four, grant protection for aot 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 case 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 that such protection shall only continue in force until gold is struck, in which <-a.se the discovery shall be reported, ij* until the holders are required bv the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a prospecting 3!aim shall be marked and applied for as provided in iiegulation 11. and V., and protection shall therupon cease as to -he roraainclor of such prospecting area. It shall be lawful for the Warden to renevi from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Provided thnt i-.uch renewed protection shall not be granted for mov *-han three months;it any time