MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 212, 7 March 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 oft 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 audi claim until the ground shall have been visited by himself or by anyone appointed hy him. • Notices of all prospecting claims granted with full particulars of 'ocality, yield ol gold, and description of working*, shall be posted by the Warden on the outside oi his office for public information. It shall not be lawful for the Warden tr grant a prospecting claim for any new discovery at a less distance than twe miles from any previously existing workings in alluvial ground, nor tr grant m prospecting claim for any new discover}' of a quarts reef at a less distance than half a mile Iroin any previously existing quartz workings. JCvery prospecting claim shall, aftei heing marked, be held by one man remaining on the ground during working hours until the application is dealt with and, if granted, the claim must, unless by •pecial permission of the Warden, he 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 he nominated by the actual discoverers, although the said persons may not have heen on the ground 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 prospeeting area at a distance ot not less than two miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, or in the case of quartz workings of not less than half a mile from any existing quartz workings : Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area be granted within halt a mile of any other such prospecting area. Provided further that such protection shall only continue in force until gold is struck, in which case the discovery shall be reported, or until the holders are required by the Warden to mark a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a pros| acting claim shall be marked and applied for as provide-d in Reflation 11. and V., and protection shall thereupon cease as to the remainder of such prospecting area. It shall be lawful for the Warden to renew 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.