MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 2822, 7 October 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 oft shall be protected until the Warden shall have finally recused or granted the claim ; but the Warden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until thegroundshallhave been 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 lor 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. Everv prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by C/P.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 clays from the date of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new workings conjointly with persons who have assisted *he»n in either with contributions or otherwise, or with other perBons who may be ruminated by the actual discoverers, although the said persons may not have been on the •'round 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 prospecting area " at a distance of not less than two miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, or in the case of quart/, workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quartz workings : Provided in no cafe shall muv such prospecting area be granted within half a mile of nny other such orospoeting area. Provided further -hat such protection shall only continue la •'(.;! ce until g'.-'d is struck, in which v.i.»o the discovery shall be reported, ay until che holders are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, In either of which cases a prospecting claim shall be marked and applied for as provided iu KeguUition 11. and V., and protection shall cherunon cease as to She remainder of such prospecting area. It miall be lawful for the Warden to ronev! from time to time the pro tec ti m v.,v a prosv'T"nny area, jfroviued th i B'.:ch renewed protection shall not 1 c granted for rr.or lian three months it my tiling