MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 2751, 16 July 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 i the ground so marked off shall be protect ted until the Warden shall have finally refused or granted the claim ; but 1 ;he Warden may, if he think fit, refr; un from granting or refusing such claim until thegroundshallhavebeenvisited b y himself or by anyone appointed by hi m . Notices of all prospecting claims granted, with full particulars of locality , yield of gold, and description of work - ings, shall be posted by the Warden o.r i the outside of his office for public information. It shall not be lawful for the Ward' 3ti to granc a prospecting claim tor ai iy new discovery at a less .dista ice th; m two miles from any previox ,D ly exist! ug workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any n- 3w discovery of a quartz reef at a less d is. tance than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, ai :’ter being marked, be held by one man remaining on the ground during wording hours until the application is dealt rvitb,. and, if granted, the claim must, u.nlessby 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 hhe actual discoverer of new told workings conjointly with persons who bavo assisted. *hem in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be ni>rnin<ited by the actual discoverers, although the said persons may not have been on tne ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the appli cation of any persons forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for not more than three months fc »r 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 shat such protection shall only continue! in force until gold is struck', in which. i.ase the discovery .-hall be reported,, nr until the holders are required by the; Warden to mark a prospecting claim,, in either of which cases a prospecting-; claim shall be marked and applied for as; i provided in Regulation 11. and V., and’: protection shall therupou cease as ten ’die remainder ol such prospecting area,. Jt shall be lawful for the Warden to xonevi from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Provided tied Such renewed protection shall net bo granted for mor, "jam tnree ludxuba at any time-