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2.—Removal of Walls.

If any person is desirous of removing any such wall he shall be permitted to do so provided that he first obtains the consent in writing of the party occupying the adjacent claim; and such consent shall be in the form hereinafter prescribed.

FORM OF CONSENT.

(District and Date.)

I (or we) hereby consent to the removal by (name of party applying for permission) of the wall now standing between our respective tunnels, situated at (here state locality)*

(Signatures, etc.)

• If any special conditions are imposed, they must be specified in the document.

To the Warden at

(District and Date.)

I (or we) hereby give notice that I (or we) desire to obtain an extended claim of (here state extent of area applied for), situated at (here state precise locality), and I (or we) deposit herewith the sum of Five Pounds as security for the payment of any expenses connected therewith.

(Signature, with date and number of Miner’s Right held by each member of the party.)

3.—Ventilation.

When cross-drives or openings are required for ventilation, and the various parties concerned cannot agree thereon the Warden may issue an order for making such drives or openings, and for the allocation of the work to be performed, and also for the distribution of any auriferous deposits which may be found in the intervening wall.

XIII.—Extended Claims.

1.—Old Worked Ground.

Upon receiving sufficient proof that any portion of the district has been fairly worked, and is either wholly or for the greater part abandoned, the Warden may declare the same to be old worked ground, and shall thereupon define the boundaries wherein holders of the Miners’ Rights may occupy claims not exceeding double the ordinary area prescribed by the Regulations.

2.—Extension of Claims.

Extended Mining Claims may be granted by the Warden, upon application being made as hereinafter directed, subject to the conditions that a sufficient number of holders of Miners’ Rights shall be constantly employed thereon, namely:—

For a quarter acre (10,890 square feet), two men,
For half an acre (21,780 square feet), three men,
For one acre (43,560 square feet), five men;
and so on in proportion. Provided that no such claim shall be granted in new and unworked ground, unless it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Warden, that such ground has been fairly tested, and cannot be profitably worked in claims of the ordinary size. Provided also that an extended claim shall in no case be permitted to exceed three acres in extent.

3.—Form of Application.

Application for extended claims shall be made to the Warden in the following form:—

4.—Official Survey.

Upon receipt of such application and deposit, or as soon thereafter as may be, the Warden shall direct the Mining Surveyor to proceed to the land applied for, and to survey the same, and to report as to the area, boundaries, and description thereof; the character of the ground, the likelihood of any river, creek, or permanent water spring, or artificial reservoir, which may be included within the boundaries of the said land, being required for, or the feasibility of the same being applied to, public purposes, or for the use of the miners generally; and also as to any claims to prior occupancy which shall come to his knowledge, inquiry as to which it shall be his duty to make while making the survey; and to furnish a plan of such land on a scale of not less than five chains to the inch, together with a tracing of so much of the general map of the district as will be sufficient to connect the particular area applied for with at least one trigonometrical station, or, in the absence of any such, with some fixed point.

5.—Surveyor to Post Notices.

The Surveyor shall, at the time of making the survey hereinbefore directed, post a notice in the form hereunto annexed, in some conspicuous place on the ground, and such notice shall be maintained by and at the expense of the applicants, until the application has been heard and determined.

FORM OF NOTICE TO BE POSTED BY THE SURVEYOR.

To all persons whom it may concern.

I hereby give notice that...
residing at...
did on the...
day of...
apply to me for an Extended Claim of (here state area) of land, which the Mining Surveyor has this day marked out, and that any person desiring to object to such extended claim, must within seven clear days from the date of this notice, enter his objection at my office. And I further give notice that I will hear and determine this application and the objection (if any) lodged thereagainst at my office aforesaid, on...
day of...
186...

(Signature of Warden.)

Dated the...
day of...
186...

Posted by me this...
day of...
Mining Surveyor.

6.—Extended Claims to be registered.

If no valid objection is offered, the Warden may, upon hearing the application, issue a certificate of Registration for an “Extended Claim,” specifying therein the area granted, the exact position of the same, and the special conditions (if any) upon which such certificate...