MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 2791, 1 September 1885, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering new gold working, and being desirous of obtainin" an increased area thereon shall murk off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall immediately report such discovery with i'n 11 particulars to the Warden, and the around 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 shall have been 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 office for public information. It shall not be lawful for the Warden to granc a prospecting claim lor any new discovery at a less distance than vwo miies from any previously existing •:=7takings in alluvial ground, nor to r'nmt r. prospecting claim for any new discovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. ianoe thvu half a mile from any oiO'.iou.slv existing quartz workings. livery prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by 0p.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, he fully occu:;ie.d within seven days fV.-.iii (lie date of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual «;■: ooveret of new workings connu'ntly '*iUi persons who have assisted diem in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may Vie nominated by the •actual discoverers, although the said persons may not have been 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 not more than three months for a 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 ony other such prospecting arc..'.. Piovided further 'hat sn<;b nroteefiou shall only continue in force until gold is struck, in which :,;■;;; t:ie discovery snail be reported, .-:»■ ;:::iii --he holder:; are required by the ''.V'avdop. to mark a prospecting claim, vn eitinr of which oases a prospecting '.-naiin shall be marked and apj)lied for as xn'O'/idud in Keguiafciou if. and V ~ and shall therupon cease as to -he remainder, oi such prospecting area. -,. :.-\ VA v he lawful for the Warden to -.; -.. <'■:<•:in uitro to time the protection , ■ I-.-... • ■ ij-i-L; s.i'fUi. Provided tir t -.;,,•,-;-;.-; >,;- r,:ov 'ban three months ,it JAUV U.'-Hu