MINING REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINES ACT, 1877.”

Kumara Times, Issue 2990, 3 June 1886, 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 oh 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 groundshal 1 have 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 grant a prospecting claim tor any new discovery at a less distance than vwo miles from any previously existing -viiirings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any new disc: ivory of a quartz reef at a less dis. tauee than half a mile from any previously existing quartz workings. Every prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by one man remaining on the ground during working hours until the application is desk with, and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, bo fully occupied within seven days fir-:!, the date of grant. The Warden may, if he think fit, giv.ut a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new lo!<1 workings conjW tlv with pir.M..i3 v.bo have assisted them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other per-■-jons who may be nominated by the actual disco vet ers, although the said pemmm may nor or vo !. n. on the ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of not o--.;- than four, grant protection for nor mo o tin n three nr nths for a rro. pet t’.sg u r ' 4 a:, a distance of not mss then rm miTs from any existing •".•ovhings in. alluvial ground, or in the ■oov of quart". V; vkings of not less than had a .ni'e k m or;- -existing quam -*•; rkn.; IV. vt md. in no case shall my su; h pivsp;-.- an;. -vea ho granted Whir, had' ;< m.m o ' ray other such ftoy „vng