MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 2767, 4 August 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 refnsed or granted the claim ; but the Warden may, if he think fit, refrain iroin granting or refusing such claim until the groundshall 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 he 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 any r*ew discovery at a less distaice than 3'o miles from any previovly existing ■.'oil-rings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. fcanee than half a mile from any previously quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after •being marked, be held by ops man remaining on the ground during working hours until the application in dealt with, and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, be fully occupied within seven days ,h:om the date of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual ■discoverer of new cold workings conjointly with persons who have assisted them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons .who may he n miiiwted by the actual discovers, although the said persons may not have l.een on the ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of ;"0t less than four, grant protection for .'-.of. more than three m nths for a 'Cirespee.tivjg avea, " at a distance of not '.ess than two miles from any existing workings in alluvia! ground, or in the ■;ase of quartz workings of not less than ball' a mile from any existing quartz workings;: Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area be granted within half a nnie of any other such rro-spe-'-ting are-. Provided fnrtly r i-z until -:h.; hok.(>;■;; j'.ve required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, In either of which cases a prospecting alahn nh.il] be m.uiked and applied for as iu !> emulation ,1. and V., and pro-(ration :■,}:■-M :.hf'/iipoi; cease as to "l»e ':c.r.::.hnl'-'- ■>. such prospecting are::. I; ,">!,»•.! be L-.wful for the Warden to r.iuev. rV'>m time to time the protection V:.r a 1.;" ■■<■:-.■ .i: ;?; .u;;;,., s. vovieed to t Ouch ::.■■',.:■■' ■. \-y-'ii : :.;iv.' :-;iuili not 1 e graced \i)'.' '■..•.',:' ""i:'ai; -h.-i-c; Otoliths at