Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 29

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✨ Mining Regulations



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RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE

  1. DISCOVERY OF PAYABLE GROUND.

On the discovery of payable auriferous ground, tunnellers shall immediately mark off their claims in blocks, in accordance with the regulations relating to ordinary claims; and the above-mentioned registration of the tunnelling claim shall sufficiently entitle them to the occupation of the tunnel leading thereto.

  1. PARALLELS.

Persons tunnelling shall not drive beyond their own parallels.

  1. WALLS.

A wall of not less than ten feet shall be maintained on each side of any main tunnel, or between two main tunnels.

  1. TUNNELS OUTSIDE OF CLAIMS.

Any person intending to construct a tunnel outside of the boundaries of a claim previously occupied, shall give notice to the Warden, and proceed in the manner prescribed by Section IX.

  1. REMOVAL OF WALLS.

If any person is desirous of removing any wall, he can do so on obtaining the consent, in writing, of the holder of the adjacent claim.

  1. 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.

IX.—APPLICATIONS, REGISTRATIONS, AND TRANSFERS.

  1. NOTICES TO BE POSTED ON APPLICATION.

Head Race.
Tail Race.
Branch Race.
Flood Race.
Alteration or extension of a Race.
Diversion of the course of a Creek.
Tramway or Shoot for Mining purposes.
Dam or Puddling Machine.
Amalgamation of Claims.
Residence Area.
Tunnel.
Protection for more than seven days, and renewal.
Protection for the site of a Hut or other property.
Special Site for Machinery, or for any purpose.

Any person desirous of obtaining a registered right to any of the above-mentioned privileges, shall give notice to the Warden and to all persons whose interests will obviously be affected, and shall obtain from the Warden's Office, and post and maintain for seven clear days, copies of such notices, in such conspicuous places as are hereinafter more particularly specified.

  1. NOTICES TO CONTAIN PARTICULARS.

All notices must contain the name of each member of the party, together with the number of his Miner's Right; and there shall also be set forth in the notice a statement, signed by the Warden or his clerk, of the time and place at which the application and objections (if any) will be heard and decided.

  1. WHERE NOTICES ARE TO BE POSTED.

Notices for application for races, or tramways, or diversion of a creek, must be posted at each end of the proposed corner of the race, tramway, or diversion, and at each separate



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