MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 2774, 12 August 1885, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold workings and being desirous of obtainin<? 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 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 OP3 mau remaining on the ground during working hours until the application isdealt 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 rold workings conjointly with persoi.s who I'MVC ;i<;si.S'.('<l Uietn in prospecting cither with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may he nmiinited i>y 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 not less than four, grant protection for act more than three m uths 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 udf 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. Piovided further hat. such protection shall only continue ■u force until is struck, in which wtse the discovery -hall be reported, rr until the holds-is am required hy the Warden to mark a prospecting claim. in either of widen cases a prospecting edaim shall lie marked and applied for as provided in '■ l "nidation II- and V., and protection shali tliernpon cease -is to he rein-ii;,<;•••' n. such ;To.sp"et.ing area. It fshall ho lawful for the Warden to renew from time to time the protect! in for a prospecting area. Provided t! t such renewed proU-enm. shnll not !■ <- glinted for i«:oi" "ua.u unoe un/uUiS ,i.t any time