NEW MINING REGULATIONS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 312, 17 April 1868, Page 3

NEW MINING REGULATIONS.

Mr. C. C. M'liityre has supplied us with a copy of the new regulations, made by llie .Mining Conference, we have subtracted the following us of most importance; it is intended to add them"to the Regulations now-in force. Ordinary Claims. —Ordinary Claims ■hall include all claims except prospecting claims, extended);claims, dredging cliims' and quartz claims. Ordinary'Chtiius.shall not exceed 100 feet by KHlfcet for each holder of a Miner's ltight. Quartz Claims.—Quartz Claims shall not exceed 100 feet in length along the courc of the lode or vein, by a width not exceeding 100 feet upon each side of the course, for each holder of a Miner's Right. DrEDGIXG Claims.—ln dredging claims each holder of a Miner's jßight shall be entitled to an area of 100 feet along the course of a river or stream, but in nocaseshal an area exceeding 800 feet in length along the course of jthe stream be held by any one company. No dredge shall be allowed to work within fifteen (15) feet of the boundary of any claim cm the beach of a river, in occupation, or registered, without first obtaining the consent of the owner of such claim. Froxtagk Claims.— Any person taking up a claim on a river-bank, or on a lake-bank, or terrace, shall be entitled (subject to the j registration of such claim with the Warden) to hold an larea havii)-,' 100 feet *frentage ' along suchrivarba'ik, l lakc-bank, or terrace by a depth not exceeding 1000 yard), until such time as he sh ill reach workable gold deposits, and thereafter he shall be res'rieted to an area within thesame parclels not exceeding the area of that class of claims to which the'sanie shall l.cTadjudgedto belong Extended Claims —Upon receivingsutfiei- ; cut proof that any portion of a district has been tairly tested, and is either wholly or | For the greater part in fcrior as regards j the value of its gold deposit, the Warden shall give public notification that it may be occupied by holders of miner's rights, in : claims of the undermentioned size, viz. : \ One (1) acre for each holder of a miner's' right, provided that no block claim shall comprise more than six {{',) acres altogether. Survey, how to be made. —Should the applicant for or holder of, an Extended Claim desire the same to be surveyed, the Warden may, upon such applicant or holder making a deposit of £2, direct such survey to be made by any competent person; and shou'd any person other than the applicant or hold, r desire a survey to be made on the grounds that the applicant or holder claims or holds, an excess of area, such person shall make the necessary deposit, and the Warden shall direct such survey to be made at the cost of such person. Providedthat, should the applicant .or holder hi found to have claimed or taken possession of a greater area than he is entitled to under the Regulations, the Warden may order such applicant or holder to repay the cost of the survey, or such part thereof as may seem just. Protection of sleeping shareuoleers. — In case any person shall desire to take up a claim requiring the assistance of capital to develop the same, he shall be entitled to occupy and hold an ordinary area for the term hereinafter specified on behalf of any person willing to'advancethe rcqur. Ed capital. Provided that in such rase, itshall be necessary to j 1 * give notice to the Warden specifying the time for which he shall require to hold such area, and copy of such notice shalf.be posted on the ground for seven days prior to the granting of the same, and the Warden shall hear and deal with any objection to the granting of such area. Before the Warden shall receive any notice under section 1, an agreement shall be drawn up and signed by each shareholder, specifying the share and interest of each individual of the party, and a copy of such agreement shall be registed in the office of the Warden for the information of the public. Upon the expiration of the time specified for holding any claim under the foregoing sections, the full number of men required by the be put onto work in such claim, but the Warden may upon application to him made in the same way as the original application and upon sufficient cause shown, extend the term originally granted. Heads or RACES.'—AII race; shall have a

point specified at which they shall he taken from the creek or river. In races already cut this shall be taken to be the spot from which the race now heads. No person shall shift a water-right from one race to another, to the prejuidce offany existing right. Tail water. —Water from a tail-race may be used by any person provided that such does not interfere with the proper discharge of tailings. If the holder of a water-licence does not construct a race of sufficient capacity to carry the number of heads registered, such number of heads over and above what the race is actually capable of carrying, shall de deemed to be abandoned. Any person wishing to use a Tail-race may do so on condition of first paying to the owner thereof a proportionate share of the expense of construction, and such proportionate share of expense, if necessary, shall be decided by arbitrition, provided that the person sousing any tailrace shall as sist in clearing the same, whenever it shall be necessary to do so.