MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 248, 14 November 1885, Page 4

MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Ally person discovering new grdd working, an,l being desirous of obtaining an increased area thsreon slia.ll mark off a prospecting claim, as provided in Regulation 11, and shall immediately report such discovery with full particulars to the Warden, aiid the ground ,s© 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 r« fusing suc ]j Claim until the ground shall hare been visited by himself or by anyone annointH by him. " "

Notices of all prospecting claims granted with full particulars of 'ocality, yield of gold, and description of workings,'shall be posted by the Wnrden oa the outside of his offiee for public information. It shall not be lawful for the Warden to grant a prospecting claim for any ntw discovery at a less distance than two miles from any previously existing workings in alluvial ground, nor tc grant a prospecting claim for any now discovery of a quartz reef at a less distance than half a mile Irom any previously existing quartz workings.

Every prospecting claim shall, after feeing marked, he held by one man remaining on the ground during workiu* hours until the application is dealt with" and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, he fully occupied 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 contributions or otherwise, or with other persons who may be nominated by the actual discoverers, although the said persons may not have been on the ground prior to the granting thereof.

lhe Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of not less than four, grant protection for not more (ban three months for a prospecting area at a distance ol 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 he 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 winch cases a prospecting claim shall be marked and applied for as provided in 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 time to time the protection for a prospecting area. Prrvided that such renewed protection shall not be granted for more than three months te any twe,