MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 2803, 15 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 mark off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall immediately report such discovery with full particulars to the Warden, and the mound 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 "nine a prospecting claim ior any new discovery at a less distance- than two miles from any existing --workings in alluvial ground, nor to •:>nmt a prospecting claim for any new discovery of a quartz reef at a less dis. tanee than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by op 3 man remaining on the ground during working hours until the application is deah with, and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, be fully occupied within seven days from ihe date of yrant. The Warden may, if he think fit. <*rant a prosper! in<; claim to the actual discoverer of new • oh! workings co.v imntlv ■-'. i!h "ersei s «ho Lave assisted i„h'.'.::! in pr-i-pvuiiiiij either with coutiib;Kons o - ' otherwise, or w ith other persons who mav 'oe u iniimited hy the actual disoovoicrs. although the said ueisons may not have been on the ground prior to the granfini: (hereof. The Warden may, upon the application of iinv persons forming a party of sot less than four, grant protection for *ot more than three m nths for a area " at a distance of not • •ss than iwi> miles from any existing •~o; in alluvial ground, or in the ■-.use of quartz workings <>f not less than ; :a!f a mile from any existing quartz •-walkings : Provided in no case shall *nv such prospecting area be granted within half a m:ie of any other such prospecting area. I'iovided further .hat .swell protection shall only continue <r, force until gold is struck, in wliieli w.se the disco ■•or}' shall he reported, ■rr until 'he hoide'r are re'juired by tin; Warden to mark a. prospecting claim, in either of which cases a prospecting claim shall he marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and 7,, and proration shall therupon cease as to "].,. '.■prnai: dei- "1 such j.rosp".;ting a rea. )t dinll »>e lawful for the Warden to rcn"«, fV<>m rime to time the protection fir .-. prot!j,e"tioi> a' - ea. Provided th t -,:.::'.. r ...ev\"d protection shall not to r ! i ,-d for ('■a- -linn thrive iuonths.i(' any time