Extended alluvial claims, area, &c.

15. The Warden may grant a claim not exceeding three hundred (300) feet by three hundred (300) feet for all alluvial mining on ground which has already been worked. Applications for claims of this class shall be made in writing to the Warden, and a copy thereof shall be posted outside the Warden’s office and on the ground for fourteen (14) days from the date thereof. Provided that no such extended claim shall be granted unless the Warden shall be satisfied that the ground has been previously worked.

Area of river claims.

16. River claims shall not exceed fifty (50) feet for each holder of a Miner’s Right employed thereon, to be measured in the direction of the course of the stream, by a width not exceeding that of the bed of the stream, and twenty (20) feet of each bank. The boundaries of the bed of the stream shall be defined by the Warden or other officer duly authorised in that behalf.

Area of creek claims.

17. Creek claims shall be of the same extent and subject to the same regulations with respect to measurement; form and boundaries as river claims.

Surplus ground laid bare, in rivers, how disposed of

18. If by diversion of the stream from its natural channel more ground is laid bare in the bed of the river or creek than the number of Miner’s Rights held by the party, shall entitle them to occupy, they shall be allowed one week from a written notice thereof by the Warden to place thereon as many holders of Miner’s Rights as they shall think fit; after which time any miner may occupy the surplus ground if there remain any, paying to the party who constructed the works, a fair proportion of the expense incurred in diverting the stream. In the event of a dispute arising as to the amount to be paid it shall be lawful for the Warden in conjunction with four assessors (two being appointed for each party) to award such sums to be paid as may seem to them, or the majority of them, to be justly due to the persons who constructed the works.

Area of beach claims.

19. Beach claims shall not exceed fifty (50) feet by fifty (50) feet for each holder of a Miner’s Right. Such claims may be of any form provided that no block claim shall exceed in length twice the breadth thereof.

Area of quartz claims.

20. Quartz claims shall not exceed fifty (50) feet along the supposed course of the reef; by one hundred and fifty (150) feet on each side from the supposed centre of the reef.

Adjoining claims may be amalgamated

21. The owners of any number of adjoining claims may by writing under their respective heads, amalgamate the same for the more economical working thereof; and immediately upon the execution of the said writing, the owners of the said amalgamated claim shall cause the same to be surveyed by the Gold Fields Surveyor, who shall connect the said claim with some fixed point, and shall deliver to the said owners a plan of the said claim, and for such survey and plan the surveyor shall be entitled to receive the sum of ten shillings for each claim up to, and including six claims, beyond which the fee shall be such as may be agreed between the parties, together with two shillings and sixpence per mile for every mile of distance over two miles from the Warden’s office nearest to said claim, and the owners of said claim shall cause a memorial in the form or to the effect set out in schedule D, to be written, and together with the plan aforesaid delivered to the Mining Registrar of the District wherein said claim may be situated, and therewith pay to such registrar the sum of five shillings, and from and after the delivery of the said memorial and plan as aforesaid, the said claims so amalgamated may be held and worked as one claim.

Conveyance of debris or rubbish over adjoining claims.

22. It shall be lawful for miners when it is not practicable to discharge the debris from their workings on to their own or to unoccupied ground, to discharge or convey the same on to or over adjacent claims. Provided that the discharge or conveyance of such debris does not interfere with the working of such adjacent claim or claims.

Remedy for damage to claim by conveyance of debris or rubbish over it.

23. If the owner of any claim by improper management or otherwise, shall damage any claim adjacent by the discharge or conveyance on to or over it, of any rubbish, tailings, or other debris, the person receiving such damage shall be entitled to compensation for the same, the amount of such compensation to be ascertained in the manner provided in section 18 of these Regulations. If the owner of any claim shall have reasonable cause for suspicion that his claim is receiving damage from the working of any claim adjoining, the Warden shall grant permission for the inspection of such claim, and on proof that any damage is likely to occur, the working of such claim shall be suspended until the case shall have been decided by the Warden.

Tunnelling through unoccupied ground.

24. Any person holding a quartz mining claim wishing to cut a tunnel through unoccupied ground shall be allowed twenty (20) feet in breadth as a protection for the tunnel for any necessary distance outside the boundary of the claim, and also a space