Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 29

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✨ Mining regulations



NELSON SOUTH-WEST GOLD-FIELDS. 11

  1. INJURY TO PROPERTY BY DAMS.

If any claim shall be flooded or property injured by the bursting or overflow of any dam or sludge channel, the owner of such dam or sludge channel shall be liable for any loss or damage occasioned thereby; provided that it is proved to the satisfaction of the Warden that such breaking away or overflow resulted from the faulty construction of such dam or sludge channel, or from the negligence of the holders thereof.

XII.—ROADS AND TRAMWAYS.

  1. RIGHT OF ROADWAY.

Every person holding a claim under these Regulations shall be entitled to a roadway, whereby he may at all times obtain free ingress and egress thereto and therefrom.

  1. SLUDGE AND WATER TO BE KEPT OFF ROADS.

No person shall allow any sludge or water to run or spread over any road or crossing-place.

  1. PROTECTION TO PUBLIC ROADS.

No person shall dig within the distance of five feet from any road in common use, nor drive underneath, nor in any way interfere with such road without obtaining the authority of the Warden.

  1. HOLES NEAR ROADS TO BE FENCED.

If any person shall sink a shaft or make any excavation within the distance of twenty feet from any road, footpath, or crossing-place in ordinary use, he shall properly protect such shaft or excavation by a sufficient barricade to the satisfaction of the Warden, and no person shall at any time remove or injure such barricade.

  1. ROADWAY ALONG BANKS OF RIVERS, ETC.

A width of two chains, for the purposes of public roads and wharves, shall be reserved from occupation along the banks of all rivers, lakes, and other waters navigable for boats, provided that it shall be in the power of the Warden to allow mining thereon, subject to such conditions as he may deem necessary.

  1. TRAMWAYS AND SHOOTS.

Any person desiring to construct a tramway or shoot for mining purposes, and to occupy an area of ground for such tramway or shoot, shall proceed as directed by Section IX.

XIII.—PROTECTION.

  1. PROTECTION FOR FOURTEEN DAYS.

The Warden may, without prior notice, grant protection to any claim for a period not exceeding fourteen days, and such protection shall be given in writing, in the form set forth in Schedule H, and a copy thereof shall be posted on the claim.

  1. PROTECTION FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.

If any person shall be desirous of obtaining protection for a claim for a longer period than fourteen days, he shall give notice, and otherwise proceed as directed by Section IX.

  1. NOTICE OF PROTECTION TO BE POSTED.

When any claim is under protection for a longer period than seven days, the occupier thereof shall post, and at all times maintain on some conspicuous part of the said claim, a board not less than nine inches square, with the word "PROTECTED," and the number of his Certificate painted legibly thereon.

  1. LIMITATION OF PROTECTION.

Protection for a longer period than seven days shall not be granted to any claim which has not been fairly wrought for at least one month, unless such claim cannot be worked

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