MINING REGULATIONS UNDER "THE MINES ACT, 1877."

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 249, 21 November 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 oif a prospecting claim, as provided ia iiegulation 11. and shall immediately report such discovery w.tli lull particulars to the Warden, and the ground so marked off shall be protected until the Warden shall have finally refuse-.t or grante 1 ihe claim.; but the Warden may, :f lie think in. retrain from granting or refusing such claim until tne ground rdu-di have hesn visited by himself or oy auyous a p'joint? 1 by ill in.

j> otices of «.!! prospecting claims granted witii lull particulars of 'ocahty, yield oi gold, and description el workings,/hall be posted by the Warden oa the outside ol his office for public information. It shall not be lawful tor the Warden to grant a prospecting claim lor any niw discovery at a less distance than two miles irom any previously existing workings in alluvial ground, nor +0 grant at prospecting claim for any naw discovery of a quartz reef at a less distance than half a mile trom any previously existing quartz workings.

- Every prospecting claim shall, after being marked, be held by one man remaining 011 the ground during working hours until the application is dealt with and, if granted, the claim must, unless by special permission of the Warden, b« fully occupied within seven days from the date of grant.

The Warden may, if he think fit, grant a prospecting claim to tne 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 <T rantin°" thereof.

The Warden may, upon the application of any persons forming a party of not lass than four, grant protection for not more (han three months for a prospecting ar«a at a distance oi not less-than two miles from any existing workings in alluvial giotind, or in the case of quartz workings of. not less than half a mile from anyexisting quartz workings : Provided in no case shall any such prospecting area be granted within hall a mil® of any other such piospecting arsa. Provided further tnat such protection shall only continue m loicc 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 prospecting claim shall be marked and applied for as provided in Regulation 11. and V., and protection snail thereupon cease as to the remainder of such prospecting area. It shall be lawful for the Warden to renew irom tune to time the protection tor a prospecting area. Prrvided that such renewed protection shall not be l,iamed foi more than three months to any time.