MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 214, 21 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 off a prospecting claim, ;ts provided in KefuLtion 11, and shall immediately report such discovery with full particulars to tli« Warden, and the ground so marked off| •hall be protected until the Warden shall kave finally refused or granted the cUim ; but the Warden may, if he think fit, refrain from granting or refusing sncli elaim until the ground shall have be«n visited by himself or by anyone appointed ky him. Notices of all prospecting claims granted with full particulars of 'ocality, 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 bo lawful for the Warden to! grant & prospecting claim for any now j discovery at a less distance than two! miles from any previously existing work-j irigs in alluvial ground, nor tr grant a prospecting claim for any new Jiscovery of a qwarti reef at a less distance thanj half a mile from any previously existing \ quart* workings-. Every prospecting claim shr.ll, after' toeing marked, be held by ono man re- 1 maining 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 days from the date | of grant. ; Tlio Warde.il may, if he think flt, grant; a prospecting claim to tl*e actual disco ver»r I •of new gold workings conjointly with; persons who have assisted them in pro- j specting either with contributions or' ■otherwise, <or with other persons who may. ¥e nominated by the actual discoverers, alt/hough the said persons may not have been on the ground prior to the granting} thereof. } The Warden may, upon the application I of any persons forming a party of not le.is than four, grant protection for not more than three months for a progjpeeUng area: at a distance of not less than two miles' from any existing workings in alluvial | ground, or in the case of quartz workings j -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 isuoh prospecting area. Provided*further tthat such protection shall only continue an 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 ahall be •marked and applied for as provided in Kemulation 11. and and protection shall -thereupon cease as to the remainder of such prospecting area. It shall be lawful for the Ward en to renew from time to time the protoction for a prospecting area. Prrvided that such renewed protection shall not be •granted for more than three months to ;any time.