5. Quartz claims to be fairly worked.

Not more than six (6) days after the claim has been taken possession of, work must be commenced and continued thereon as provided under section II, Clause 5, by the number of men required to represent such claim according to these Regulations, except as hereinafter provided in Clauses 13, 14, and 15 of this section.

6. Abandoned quartz claims, shares or interest.

All quartz claims, shares, or interest left unworked for one clear day as provided in Section II, Clause 5, in the Mining Regulations (except as hereinafter provided in Clauses 9, 13, 14, 15, and 16 of this section), shall be deemed to be abandoned, and any person or persons first claiming to be put into possession shall be entitled to such claim, share, or interest.

7. Quartz claims to be numbered.

All quartz claims shall be numbered consecutively on either side from the prospecting claim, the claim adjoining the prospecting claim shall be number one.

8. Oversized claims.

Any person having marked off a claim larger than he is entitled to, the excess may be taken possession of by any person claiming the same on whichever side he may think fit.

9. Amalgamation for testing a reef.

Any number of adjoining ordinary quartz claims not exceeding fourteen hundred and forty (1440) feet in the aggregate in length, may be amalgamated to test the ground in search for a quartz reef, provided not less than one miner for every one hundred and eighty (180) feet be employed thereon. Claims so amalgamated must be fairly worked as provided in Section II, Clause 5, and on discovery of payable quartz the amalgamation shall cease with regard to the claim wherein the quartz has been struck, and the full number of men shall be employed thereon.

10. Permanent amalgamation of quartz claims.

Any number of adjoining quartz claims not exceeding in the aggregate fourteen hundred and forty (1440) feet in length, may be amalgamated by the holders thereof posting near the centre of the claims so amalgamated a notice stating the registered numbers and extent of such claims. All amalgamated quartz claims must be registered, and a prospecting quartz claim may be permanently amalgamated with ordinary quartz claims.

11. Quartz reefs in claims in alluvial ground.

Should a quartz reef be discovered in a claim in alluvial ground, the owners of the claim may work such reef subject to all the provisions of these Regulations, but should the working of the alluvial part of the claim be given up or neglected, all the excess over and above the legitimate extent of the quartz reef shall be deemed to be forfeited.

12. Suspension of work.

Any persons who have done three (3) consecutive months work in a quartz claim may obtain from the Warden a certificate authorising suspension of work in said claim for any period not exceeding three (3) months. Previous to a subsequent suspension being allowed, three (3) additional consecutive months work must be done on the claim. No certificate shall be granted if the holders of the greater part of the interest in a quartz claim are opposed thereto. This clause shall not apply to quartz claims amalgamated under Clause 9.

13. Suspension on the water level.

The holders in any quartz claim who first strike the water shall be entitled to receive from the Warden a certificate authorising suspension of work for three (3) months, but the holders of other claims on the same reef shall only be entitled to suspend work until the three (3) months granted to the first party have expired. Quartz claims being assessed for drainage, and unable to work on account of water, shall be allowed to suspend work on payment of drainage rates as imposed in the Regulations, until sufficiently drained.

14. Suspension whilst procuring machinery.

Quartz claim holders shall be entitled to receive from the Warden a certificate authorising suspension of work whilst procuring machinery for such time as the Warden may deem necessary.

15. Quartz claims dependent on machinery.

Should the machinery upon which any quartz claim is dependent for assistance be disabled or stopped from working, the holders of such claim shall be entitled to suspension from work for a reasonable time until the machinery is repaired or the working of it renewed. Holders of adjoining quartz claims who have worked out the level such machinery is drawing water from, may suspend work for such reasonable time as the Warden may deem necessary.

16. Tunnels and Tramways.

Any person cutting a tunnel or laying down a tramway for the greater convenience of working a quartz claim may hold possession of the same together with a wall of ten (10) feet on each side thereof. Provided the same does not impede the working of the claim of any other person or obstruct any road in ordinary use.

17. Sludge.

Where machinery is employed an embankment for the purpose of retaining the sludge must be constructed, except the sludge can be more conveniently carried off by drainage without injury to any other person.