MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 231, 18 July 1885, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

increased area I he: ;■( mi obtaining a u Ml l!!l!ll:*?(llM i(M V , CM >. I SUCH discovery v, ,t h lull Warden, and the ; ~.;!•- !■» t 1'OMI) I ■>.) 11; a shall no proiecie 1 u:itil i! but the Warden may, i in; ~.111.; (is. refrain from granting or r.*l'u.;iug fuc!i claim until the ground rli-.11 iiav,' he,.n visited by hi;u.-.elf or by anyone up >u'.n; • . by him. Nol ices of all claims gr mtvd with lull particulars of 'oc iliiv. i o; rohl, ami IM (ll)i'KI posted by the warden 0 1 Ine his olnee for pubiic inform i!a>! It shall not be lawful lor i\i • grant a prospecting claim 1 .r discovery st a !cs\-, disi me • miles from any previous! v cxi.in alluvial "round, nor o prospecting claim for jinv 11 \v I: ecn'{?i of a quartz reef at a less l11;i hall a mile from any previtm.-1 r rxuiii Ivinus. Every prospecting cl im shall, being marked, be held by one m:i maininsr on the Ground duriiv wo rnainmg on tne ground during working hours until the application is de-ik w;tlo and, if granted, the claim must, imlass by special permission of the Warden, \>* lullv occupied within seven days from the date The Warden may, if he think fit. grant a prospecting claim to the actual disco veivr 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 actual discoverer*, although the said persons may not have been on the ground prior to the g 'anting 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 prospecting , rea at a distance oi not less than two miles from any existing workings in alluvial ground, or in the case of quartz working . 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 prosj acting claim shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., anil protection sreupon cease as tc •oi 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.