MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 220, 2 May 1885, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Any person discovering nrv gold workin*;, arid being desirous of o 1 fining an iueroased area, thereon sbaJl Mirk ot) a poj-iCfctirij-.j claim, as proyidtu in Ir-oLS J.I. and shall imm<»di:oely report jaioh v/ith fall purtk-uiar* i ; tii* Warden, Rnd the ground so marked off shall be protected until lbs VvArden «di*di bare fiually refused.or granted *h« ni.-.im ; bus the Warden may, if bo ;.,.mk fit. refra n. from granting or r«fuci;ij2 su:-! 1 claim until the ground dull n?r:> }jf»ci> visited by himself or by any en* lppointad •fey him. Notices of all prospecting chums granted with full particulars of locality, yield of y;old, and description of working, sh*ii be posted, by the Wftiaicn on the outside oi 'bis erne? for public iniertnauiou. h shall »Dt be lawful for the Warden to grant a prospecting claim for snr-iMw diacurovy at a lesc distance than two mil*?, from any previously existing workman in allnvial ground, noi *< » prospecting claim for v.\y tu-w discover) of m quartz reef at a less distance tbnr half a mile trom any previously existing ■quarU workings. Every prospecting claim slull, aftai boin> marked, be held by one man i-»-maiumg on the ground during work*js lionvi, until.the application ;s.i®-. it ym:, and, if granted, tho claim nin»:t. unless hi ppeeial permission of tin? War en, be miff , occupied within seven days from, the dat* of grant. Tho Warden may, if be think fl + >, #rj>m a prospecting claim to the actual di*eover*r of new gold workings oo.ijoiotly with persons who hare assisted them m prospecting witli eouSributiona or otherwise, or with other p»?rsotw why may bo nominated by the actual discoverers, although the said persons may not have been on the ground prior to the granting thereof. The Warden may, upon the application of any persons ferming a party of not less than four, grant protection for not more than three months for a prospsciing area at a distance ot notf less than two mi lei from any existing workings in alluvia] ground, or in the case of quartz workings .of not less than half a mile from anv existing quartz workings : Provided in no shall &ny such area bo .granted within ball 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 bo-reported, or until the holders are required by tho W&rd*d to mark a prospecting claim, in either of which cases a proj. -acting churn shall be marked and applied for as provided hi Regulation 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 tnnu to time the protoction for a prospecthig area. Prrvided that .such renewed protection shall not b, granted for more than threu mouths to any time.