MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 2605, 12 January 1885, 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 shal Iha ve 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 shaU not be lawful for the Warden to grant a prospecting claim tor 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 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 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 seven days from the date of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new *,old workings conjointly with persons who have- assisted them in prospecting cither with cent: 5bationa or otherwise, or tvil.ii other persons who may lie. mmimted by f 3 actual discoveu-rs, although the said

persons may not have been on the ground prior to the granting ilmreof. The Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for not more than throe ninths for a prospecting area “ at a distance of not loss than two miles from any existing wo?kings in alluvial ground, or in the vase of quartz workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quartz wo;kings ; Provided in no case shall >\ny such prospecting area be granted within half a mile of any other such prospecting area, Ptovidod further 'Via t such protection shall only continue in force until gold is struck, in whirl; vase the discovery shall be reported, ar o!ii the holders are required by (i;.Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a prospecting plain; shall be marked and applied for as provided in llegulation 11. and V„ am! protection shall tlierupon cease as to fhe remainder ot such prospecting area.

it ah all l>c lawful for the Warden to from time to time the protection for a pros}looting area. Provided t!i r ttuch ivnewed protection shall not i r granted ior tcor '•ha.n thi’ee months t any time