✨ Gold-fields Regulations
NELSON SOUTH-WEST GOLD-FIELDS. 3
Warden's office, and in some newspaper circulated in the district; and it shall be lawful for the Warden, upon receipt of a further memorial, signed by a like proportion of claim-holders, to alter the boundaries of such district, or to suspend the operation of the regulations contained in this section.
- DRAINAGE.
The owners of wet claims shall, whenever practicable, cut a sufficient drain to convey the water to a main channel, which channel shall be cut and kept clear by or at the proportionate expense of all parties interested.
- BALING.
The owners of any wet claim refusing or neglecting to bale their fair proportion of water, shall render their claim liable to forfeiture.
- CONTINUAL BALING.
When the quantity of water renders constant baling necessary, it shall be compulsory on all parties holding claims below a given point on the lead (such point to be determined by the Warden and Assessors), to work in sinking and baling both day and night, until the claims are worked out or abandoned, or until baling is suspended by general consent.
- COMPENSATION FOR DRAINAGE.
When any person shall drain any ground by any means whatever, such person shall be entitled to receive compensation from the holders of all claims benefited thereby; and the amount of compensation to be paid by each party shall be determined by the Warden, or, if preferred by any party, by the Warden and Assessors, who shall determine in what manner such compensation shall be paid, whether in one sum or by instalments, weekly or otherwise, by way of rental, during such time as the benefit lasts, and the said amount may be re-adjusted from time to time as may be equitable.
IV.—QUARTZ CLAIMS.
- MARKING OFF QUARTZ CLAIMS.
All quartz claims must be marked off at each corner by a post; and the boundary-lines meeting at each corner-post shall be as near as practicable at right angles to each other. The length of all quartz claims shall be with the course, or supposed course of the reef, and all veins, leaders, and alluvial deposits within the said claims shall be the property of the holders thereof.
- PROSPECTING QUARTZ CLAIMS.
Any miner or miners prospecting or discovering a quartz reef, shall be entitled to hold in length one hundred (100) feet, by a breadth of three hundred (300) feet, for each holder of a miner's right.
- ORDINARY QUARTZ CLAIMS.
In ordinary quartz claims, each miner shall be entitled to hold in length sixty (60) feet along the course, or supposed course of the reef, by a breadth of three hundred (300) feet.
- 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.
- 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.
- WALL TO BE LEFT.
A wall of six (6) feet shall be left between quartz claims. Should any party neglect to leave a full wall, it shall be competent to deduct the length necessary for such wall from
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1868, No 29
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Rules and Regulations of the Nelson South-west Gold-fields
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🌾 Primary Industries & Resources8 June 1868
Gold-fields, Nelson, Mining, Claims, Regulations, Wet Claims, Quartz Claims, Drainage, Baling