MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Kumara Times, Issue 2998, 12 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 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 s'ich 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, &\A description of workings, dhaii be posted by the Warden on the outside of his office for public information.

It shall not be lawful for the Warden to gram a prospecting claim iov any new discovery at a loss ciistaice oliari two miles from any previovly existing workings in alluvial ground, nor to grant a prospecting claim for any nsw

discovery of a quartz reef at a less cis. 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 deals 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, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new gold workings conjointly with persons who have assisted them in prospecting either with contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be nominated by the *ctnal discoverers, although the said jerbous may not have been on the prior to the granting thereof. The "Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of yot less than four, grant protection for ;ot more than three nv nths for a prospecting area " at a distance of not •ss than two miles from any existing <>• kings in alluvial ground, or in the >se of quartz workings of not less than - alf a mile from any existing quartz ■workings : Provided in no case shall ..ny such prospecting area be granted viihin half a mile of any other such .inspecting area. Provided further \\;*t s-.uch protection shall only confirm •1 r'oicf. uv.til gold \t- struck, in which ..rt.se the discovery -IniJ) be reported, >r until the holders are required by the •■"arden to mark a prospecting claim, ii; either of which cases a prospecting ma shall he marked ;iiel applifd for as ■ "Videdi'.i Keiy.MiiiiuM ii. ;IU ,I V., ao.d ■ff.er,ui;, shall tiv-nipon case ,lr co i« remainder 01 such prospecting area, t -mall be lawful for the Warden to - from time to time the protection w; Kiting ivrH j l# Provided th t ■'. m..i shall not V'■ - t