MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 211, 28 February 1885, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person distorting new gold workand bting desirous of obtaining an intreased area thereon shall mark off a prospecting claim, as provided in KegulaHon 11, and shall immediately report suoh jfcseovery with full particulars to the Cardan, and the ground so rnarksd off shall be proteoted until the Warden shall liave finally refused or granted the claim ; bat the Warden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing such claim until the ground shall hare been visited by himself or by anyone appointed by him. Notices of all prospecting claims granted with full particulars of •ocality, yield of jold, 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 projecting claim for any new discovery at a las* distance than two miles from amy previously existing workings in alluvial ground, nor tc grant a prospecting claim for any new Jiscovery of a quarts reef at a less distance than half a mile from any previously existing quarts workings. ]trery prospecting claim shr.ll, after marked, be held by one man remaining on the ground during working hours until the application is dealt with and, if granted, the elaim must, unless by special permission of the W T arden, be fully oecupied within seven days from the date of grant. The Warden may, if he think At, grant a prospecting claim to the actual discoverer of new gold workings conjointly with persons' who have assisted them in prospecting either with eontributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be nominated by the actual discoverers, although the said persous may not have been on the ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the application ol any persons forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for not more than three months for a prospeeting area at a distance ol not less than two miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, or in the case of quarts workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quarts workings : Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area be granted within hall a mile of any other sueli prospecting area. Provided further that such protection shall only continue in force until gold is str M ck, in which case the discovery shall be reported, or until the holders are required by the Warden to murk a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a acting claim shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and protection shall thereupon cease as to the remainder •f such prospecting area. It shall be lawful for the Warden to letiew from time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Prrvided that such renewed protection shall not be granted for more than three months to any time.