NEW MINING RULES FOR NELSON SOUTH-WEST GOLD FIELDS.

Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 764, 10 December 1870, Page 2

NEW MINING RULES FOR NELSON SOUTH-WEST GOLD FIELDS.

In a recen tissue we mentioned that the revised rules and regulations for the mining districts oh the Nelson side of the river were in force. We. now. prpceed to give a summary of the changes which have been effected, but in this issue we do not intend to explain fully every item o| the alterations. We recommend miners to look to these rules, because the following are revoked :— r MINING RULES. ..;..,: Clause 4of Section JI. i i Clause* 1, 2, and 3, of Section IV. Clause l'of Section VI. Clauses 1; 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, -and Bof Section VIII. Clause 14 of Section K. Clauses 4 arid sof Section XJU. T CJauses : 7, 8, and 9 of Section XVI. Ci AGRICULTURAL LEASE REGULATIONS. Clause.l8 — Conditions of entry to search for gold, &c, i ./;; ..-•{. h GOLD MINING LEASE REGULATIONS. , Clause 21 — Areas of .leases. ; ; .'.'=. ' ; And it is further proclaimed that the : undermentioned Rules and Regulations shall come into operation on the. Nelson South-west Gold Fields, and on the Golden Bay Gold Fields, from and After the date hereof, viz :— . _ :. , . : : , : Mining Rules. :•!:. ■■■" ■;" ; "CLAIMS. •'■ ;•' ■' •'•'■• : . ;: ; Surplus Giroutvd to ty Forfeitsdl~r-It any j pei-son shall occupy a larger area of j "alluvial" ground than that to which ho is entitled under these Regulations, he shall forfeit the surplus measured from : any two pegs along a boundary line -of the original claim, at the option Ofthe party claiming the surplus, unless in any special case such good came shall be shown ias shall, in :i the opinion -of the Warden, entitle the prior occupant to the choice -of ground ; provided that if any shaft, face, or works, shall come within ' the area of the surplus ground so forfeited the party claiming the grotind shall pay compensation to the original holdei*: ' . QUARTZ CLAIMS^ Marling off Quartz Claims. — All quartz claims must be malk'ed off at each corner { by a post, and by centre pegs not" more than 60ft apart, along the course or supposed; course of the reef, and ., the boundary lines meeting at each corner post shall be a3 near as practicable at right For cont'miiat ion of Aeios see Aih Page.)

angles to each other. The length of all quartz claims shall be with the course or supposed course of :the reef, and all veins, leaders, and alluvial deposits within the said claims shall be the property of the holders thereof. : Prospecting Quartz Claims. -Any miner or miners prospecting or discovering a | quartz reef shall be entitled to hold in length along the reef or supposed course of the reef, 150 ft by a breadth of 150 ft; on each side of the conise or supposed course of the reef, as defined by the centre pegs, fov each holder of a miner's right. Ordinary Qimiz Claims.—ln ordinary quartz claims each miner shall be entitled to hold in length 60ft along the course or supposed course of the reef, by a breadth of 150 ft on each side of the course or supposed course of the reef, as defined by the centre pegs. Surplus Gold in Quartz Claims.—Whenever complaint shall be made to the Warden that any person is occupying more ground as a quartz claim than that to which he is lawfully entitled, the Warden may forthwith direct a survey to be made of the claim, and should there be any surplus ground, the Warden may declare it forfeited, and it shall be marked off from whichever end of the claim the Warden shall think fit. The cost of survey shall be co3t in the cause, but must in the the first instance be deposited with the Warden by the applicant for the surplus ground. Extended Claims. —When any extraordinary expenditure of capital or labor is reqnisite, or wheu ground has been fairly tested, and has been abandoned for three months, extended mining claims may be granted by the Warden, upon application being made as hereinafter directed, subject to the condition that the number of men to be employed upou such extended claims shall be, for the first half of an acre or part of half an acre, two men, and one man for each additional half "" acre or part of half an acre. Double Ground.—The Warden may, in his discretion, grant claims of allumol ground not exceeding twice the ordinary size on being satisfied that, either from. the quality of the ground or any difficulty in working it, Bnch extension of area is necessary ; but no such grant shall be made until after application and the posting of notices, in manner provided by) ■'■ Section IX. j Frontage Claims. —lt shall be lawful .... ior the Warden to grant registration upon ' application and the" posting of notices, &3 provided in Section IX., for frontage claims, having the customary frontage! —prescribed by the-regulations relating to I : . the"size of claims, and adepth not exceed- ; ing 1000 ft. The side boundaries of such. \ claims shall be marked by pegs placed not j more than 50ft apart. The holders of such j claims.shall be required, within a reason-^ able time after the discovery of gold within j their parallels, to mark off a claim of the ordinary size, the boundaries of which j shall correspond with the parallels of the j front-age claim. j TUNNELLING. : Removal of Walls.—\i any person is desirous of removing any wall, he can do so on obtaining, in writing, the consent of \ the holder of the adjacent claim or the j authority of the Warden. E^-straiiom. —Upon the' renewal of any, certificate of registration the Warden ' niajr impose any fresh conditions which cirenrastances may have rendered" necessary. .:, Transfers.— The neglect or failure to "register any right or interest, or assign- :,. nient of any right or interest, in cases in which registration is required by the regu- *: lations, shall be held'-to involve a for-. feiture of the right or interest concerned. AGRICULTURAL LEASE REGULATIONS. '. Clause 18. —The right of the free entry is reserved to the Superintendent upon any land so leased as aforsaid, for the purpose of searching for gold or any other metal or mineral, and of deterniiu- . ing'any lease when such gold, metals, or minerals shall have been discovered .; therein ; and further, when any ground heid under an agricultural lease is supposed to be. auriferous, it shall be lawful for the Warden to authorise j any person to prospect the said: ground upon giving sufficient security for compensation for any actual damage that may be caused thereby; and when any agricultural lease shall be determined on account of the auriferous character of the ground, the compensation to which the lessee is by law entitled shall be paid by the persons desirous of mining thereon, in such manner and proportion as the Warden shall determine. GOLD MINING LEASE REGULATIONS. .;: Clfl.me2l —Areas of Leases. —The extent of any lease granted under these regula- - : tions. shall be, except in . special cases hereinafter provided for, on quartz lodes or veins, not less than one hundred (100) yards nor more than four hundred (400) yards in length along the, line of the lode, by a width of not less than fifty, (50) yards nor more than two hundred (200) ; yards, measured across tho lode ; and in alluvial workings an area not exceeding ten (10) acres. Claxise 26—Transfei or Amgmmnt »/ Leases. —All transfers or assignments of gold mining leases^ or shares in gold mining leases shall be registered in the Warden's office. vlause 27 —Leases truly be cancelled. —lf any applicant fails or neglects to execute his lease within one month after service of notice from the Warden that such lease 5" - ia ready for execution, or if the rent upon any lea 36 shall not be paid within twentyone days from the day: it'becomes due, or if any of the conditions of the lease shall not have been complied with, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to declare the lease cancelled, and the ground shall thereupon become open for occupation to . the holders of miners' rights and business licenses. • ■.. i Given under my hand, and issued ,; „..-; , under the Public Seal of the Province of Nelson, this, fifth ";i ' day of December, oiio 'thousand ' l ■■"■" "■'' eight hundred and seventy. Oswald Curtis, ■;.••. :/ Superintendent. •Attested— Alfred Greenfield, Prov. Secretary. ■