MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 2782, 21 August 1885, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold working, und being desirous of obtainin rr an increased area thereon shall murk 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 oil 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 with full particulars of locality, yield of gold, and description of workings, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside of his olVice for public information. It shall not be; lawful for the Warden to "vanr, a prospecting claim Jor any now discovery at a less distance than two miles from any previoi" 1 ;/ existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to "/rant a prospecting claim for any new discover*, 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 or 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, "rant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new ;.old workings conjointly '■'■ ith persons v. ho have assisted fhi'in in |'.r"Si"-c! iiig either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may lie u miniated by tho actual disco'-'ciers, although the said persons may not have heen on the ground prior to the gran tin 1 .' thereof. The Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of lot less than four, grant protection for ,iot more than three, m nths for a prospecting area " at a distance of not •ess than ;wo miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, or in the -;rtse of quartz workings of not less than -alf a mile from any existing quartz workings : Provided in no case shall •uiy such prospecting area be granted wirhin half a rede of r-.ny other such ..rospeei.ing area. I'lovided further ■! 1:1 i- such orol ivi i>'ii sha '.] 1 ■nly ef ait. in lie :.i ioreo. until goat is stiuek, in which ...tse the diseovi'i'V shall lie reported, ■■:■ until the holders are required hy the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, :u either of which cases a prospecting Nairn shall lie marked and applied for as provided id Herniation I (. arid V., and p;-(aecr.ioii sluiii Lh.-i-.ipon cease us to ihe. remaiiidei ■ ,>: sncii prospecting area. *f ..hall he lawful for :ho Warden to re •',"••■, I'l-ui! *.iine 10 time the protect] >n f .?• a projecting •;"•'<• Provided fcl t ..-li fiirvi-il i.-oreeii.-it shall not ' gra.n"-f! lor mor ' tnree months .if auy time