NEW MINING REGULATIONS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 313, 24 April 1868, Page 3

NEW MINING REGULATIONS.

Mr. C. C. M'lntyre has supplied us with a copy of the new regulations, made by the Mining Conference, we have subtracted the following as of

most importance; it is intended to add them to the Regulations now in force. Ordinary Claims.—Ordinary Claims shall include all claims except prospecting claims, extended claims, |_dredging claims' and quartz claims. Ordinary Claims shall not exceed 100 feet by lOOfeet for each holder of a Miner's Right. Quartz Claims. —Quartz Claims shall not exceed lOOfeet in length along the course of the lode or vein, by a width not exceeding 100 feet upon each side of the course, for each holder of a Miners Right. Dkedgino Claims. —In dredging claims each holder of a Miner's {Right shall be entitled to an area of 100 feet along the course of a river or stream, but in no ease shall an area exceeding 800 feet in length along the course of the stream be held by any one company. No dredge shall be allowed to work within fifteen (15) feet of the boundary of any claim on the beach of a river, in occupation, or registered, without first obtaining the consent of the owner of such claim. Frontaoe Claims.—Any person taking up a claim on a river-bank, or on a lake-bank, or terrace, shall be entitled (subject to the registration of such claim with the Warden) to hold an area having 100 feet frontage along such river-bank, lake-bank, or terrace by a depth not exceeding 1000 yards, until such time as he shall reach workable gold deposits, and thereafter he shall be restricted to an area within the same parellels not exceeding the area of that class of claims to which the'same shall be adjudged to belong Extended Claims.—Upon receiving sufficient proof that any portion of a district has been fairly tested, and is either wholly or for the greater part inferior as regards 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 (G) acres altogether. Survey, now to de 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 should any person other than the applicant or holder 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 be 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 "I- - SH.KKI'IJCfI RH IREHOt.EEKS. — til i- s-j any person shall desire to take up a claim roiulring the assistance of capital to develop the same, he shall be entitled to occupy and hi-id an ordinary area for the term hereinafter specified on behalf of any person willing to advance the requred capital. Provided that in such case it shiJlbe nucKti.ry to give notice to the Warden specii'yiug the time for which he shall require to hold such area, and copy of such notice shall bo posted on the ground 1 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 registered 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 Regulations shall be put onto work in such claim, but the Warden may upon application to him made in the same way as tho original application and upon sufficient cause shown, extend the term originally granted. Heads of races.—All races shall have a point specified at which they shall bo taken from tho creek or river. In races already cut this shall be taken to be the spot from which tho race now heads. No person shall shift a water-right from one race to another, to the prejuidce of auy existing right. Tail water. —Water from a tail-race may be used by auy person provided that such does not interfere with the proper discharge of tailings. If the holder of a water-licence docs 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 be deemed to bo 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 so using any tail race shall assist in clearing the same, whenever it shall be necessary to do so. PROTEcnnn. Protection for a longer period than fourteen (14) days shall not be granted to any claim which has not been fairly wrought for at least one month, except it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Warden that the ground cannot be wrought by reason of other claims intervening, in which case tho Warden shall have power to grant protection, although the claim may not havebeen previously wrought. The most extended period for which protection may be granted at any one time, shall be ninety (90) days, and such protection

shall not be renewed unless it is proved to the Warden thatthe claim is unworkable. Registration.—All claims, rights, and privileges may be registered. Mining Partnerships, and agreements between holders of Miner's Rights or Business licenses may be registered. The Mining Registrar shall duly record in books to be provided for that purpose every registration! effected in the Warden's office; and a copy of every such registration shall be forwarded to the office of the Mining Registrar in Dunedin, for record in the books of such office also. Business areas.—Holders of Business Licenses shall be entitled to occupy an area of two square chains having a frontage of b'6 feet, and a depth of 132 feet. Residence.—Subject to the conditions hereinafter setforth, theholder of a Miner's Right shall be entitled to occupy for residence an area of Crown lands not exceeding an acre, 4,840 square yards. Blasting.—Any person shall, before firing a blast, post notices signifying the intended time and place of firing such blast, on the ground where such blast is to be fired 1 ] on anypublic road or thoroughfare within a quater of a mile of the said ground, and shall give three (3) hours' notice to all persons residing within danger distance, of the intended time for firing the same, and shall also one hour before the time so notified, hoist a red flag between sunrise and sunset, or a red lamp between sunset and sunrise, as a danger signal, on some very conspicuous place, on or near the claim: Provided that thisregulation shall not apply to the case of blasts where only drill bores are used. When the majority of persons from whose claims, water, or tailings flow to a common outlet, are desirous of constructing amain tail-race, said majoiiW shall make application iu writing to the Warden in the form appended hereto, and the said majority shall be empowered to frame conditions, subject to approval of the Warden, for the construction of such main-race by the joint labor or contributions of all persons interested in the construction of such tail-race as aforesaid, and the occupiers of such tail race may, from time to time, make or alter rules for the extention or repairs of such tail-race and all such rules or alterations shall be binding when signed by a majority of the persons using the same. Subject to the provisions of section 9, the the holder of any claim requiring or using a tail-race in connection with his claim either for drainage, or for other purposes, shall be protected in the occupancy of such additional area as may bo necessary for the preservation thereof in a proper state of efficiency. Any person desirous of working the ground on which any race or portion of a race is situated may do so by paying compensation, therefore the amount of compensation to be determined by the Warden and assessors; or by first providing an equally good raceforthe use of the occupier; but it shall be optional with the person worktlifl ground either to construct a new race or to pay the amount of compensation adjudged. And if lie elects to construct a iicw race, the same shall In-subject to the approval of the Warden and assessors in the event of dispute.