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123.—Limitation of Area.

The area granted to any person or party as a special site shall in no case exceed a quarter of an acre.

124.—Discovery of Auriferous Deposit.

If any person be desirous of mining upon a special site, such site shall be dealt with in the same manner as provided by Rules 95, 96 and 97, of these Regulations.

XVI. DRAINAGE.

125.—Compensation to be awarded.

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 by such drainage.

126.—Mode in which Compensation is to be Awarded.

If any person shall apply for compensation under the preceding Rule, the matter shall be dealt with by the Warden, or Warden and Assessors, who shall fix the amount of compensation to be paid by the person so benefited, and may order such compensation to be paid by instalments weekly or otherwise by way of rental, during such time as the benefit lasts, and the said amount may in like manner be readjusted from time to time as the Warden may deem necessary. Should, however, either party demand to have the case tried by arbitration, it shall be determined in that manner.

127.—Mode in which Arbitration is to be Conducted.

In the event of either party demanding the case to be tried by arbitration, an arbiter shall be appointed by either party, and an umpire shall be chosen by the arbiters before they shall enter upon the reference, and if any arbiter or umpire that is appointed shall die, refuse, or neglect to act, another person shall forthwith be appointed, to supply the place of the person so dying, refusing, or neglecting to act, in the same manner as such last mentioned person was appointed, and such compensation, when ascertained, shall be enforced in the same manner as a judgment of the Warden, or Warden and Assessors.

XVII.—AMALGAMATION.

128.—Claims may be Amalgamated.

On application being made to the Warden, it shall be lawful for him to allow any number of claims not exceeding four [4] in wet or difficult ground to be amalgamated. Provided that it be proved to the satisfaction of the Warden that such amalgamation is expedient or necessary for the efficient working of the ground.

129.—Proceedings to obtain Amalgamation.

Applications for amalgamated claims shall be made in writing to the Warden in the form hereinafter set forth in Schedule O, and copies of such notice shall be posted and maintained for three [3] clear days on the boundaries of the claims proposed to be amalgamated; and if no valid objections be entered thereagainst within three [3] clear days from the date of posting such notices, a Certificate of Registration may be granted by the Warden to the applicant.

130.—Number of Persons to be Employed.

In the event of claims being amalgamated, the same number of miners shall be employed on such amalgamated claims as were required before such amalgamation took place.

XVIII.—QUARTZ CLAIMS.

131.—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 the reefs or veins of quartz within the said claims shall be the property of the holders thereof.

132.—Boundary Posts.

The corner posts of all quartz claims shall be at least three feet above the surface of the ground. They must be firmly fixed in the ground, and kept visible during the working of a claim, or while it is held in possession.

133.—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, but no such claim shall exceed six hundred [600] feet in length.

134.—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, but no ordinary quartz claim shall exceed seven hundred and twenty [720] feet in length.

135.—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 Rule 7 by the number of men required to represent such claim according to these Regulations, except as hereinafter provided in Rules 143, 144, and 145.