MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 2558, 15 November 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 the ground shall havebeen 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 grant a prospecting claim tor any new discovery at a less distance than cwo 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. tance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by c/p.3 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 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.ointly -.\ith persons who have assisted ■.ii'-'ii) in j>vospec!ii:g either with contr-i----■-.iHioji.s or otherwise, or with other peri«!is v.-ho may he nsmiinted !>y the •ici.iiui discoveivrs, although the said uersons may not have been on the prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the applicaion of any persons forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for aot more than three months for a prospecting area " at a distance of not '.ess than two miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, or in the case of quartz workings of not less than Lalf 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 •n force until gold is struck, in which wise the discovery shall be reported, Jr until theholdors are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting chum, in either of which cases a prospecting siaim shall he marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and protection shall thorupon cease as to »he remainder oi such prospecting area. It flhall be lawful for the Warden to r&new from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Provided tint such renewed protection shall not \q granted for moi» +han three months ;.t any time.