MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 2549, 22 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 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 tor any new discovery at a less distance than two miles from any previoi'sly existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery of e, quartz reef at a less dis. tance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. •5 very prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by one man remaining 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 days from the date of grant.

'.One Wardea may, if he think fit, grivrt a prospecting claim to tno actual 'iv.-'eovcrer of new gold workings con-!-?■■:■.tly persons who ■■■>VB isgisted O.iinn in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other per?on3 who may tie niniinntod by the actual discoveicvs, although the said ;-- •- a. : 'I .: ' .-■ '.O <.n the gr< n:< ; ,0 ■ .;> iio : la l.i g ; . -re .f. .'he W. rax ;, 1. ay. upon th-j application oi' any persons forming a party of aot 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 case of quartz workings of not less than hdf a mile from any existing quartz workings: Provided in no cane shall any such prospecting area ho granted within half a mile of any other sucb prospecting area. Provided further that such protection shall only continue in forco until gold ir. struck, in which v*se the discovery shall be reported jr until the hokloiT. are it(,i;:rccl by the garden to m.'.rk & prospectus claim, in either of which cases a prospecting claim shall be marked a;;d applied for as provided iu Seguktioii 11. and V., and protection shall thernpon cease as to the remainder oi such ru'cspeccingaiea. It Hbill be lawful for the Warden to r&nev? from time tc time the protection f ji- a pvofjpoot-ing- nms. Provided t?r.t such renewed protection ahull not J- 0 granted for cor three months id auy time