MARKING QUARTZ CLAIMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 207, 18 January 1872, Page 6

MARKING QUARTZ CLAIMS.

As we have reason to believe that many of the quartz claims in Otago are imperfectly marked, for the-bene-fit of the owners thereof we publish the regulations on the subject :^~

1. How to Mark Claims. — Every claim shall be marked at each-corner by a peg or cairn of stones not less than two feet high and by | trenches not less than six inches in depth and five feet in length extending on either side of every such peg or cairn in the direction of the boundaries of the claim and such pegs trenches or marks shall be maintained during the occupancy of the ground provided that when any corner cannot be marked on account of the nature of the ground the peg trench or mark may be placed at the nearest practicable point and from and after the time of such claim being so marked it shall be the property of the person so marking the same unless it shall subsequently become forfeited or shall be within the meaning of these regulations abandoned.

2. Marking Quartz Claims. —In marking quartz claims there shall be in addition to the corner pegs cairns and trenches similar pegs or cairns p^ced at intervals of not less than one hundred feet along the supposed line of reef.

V. — Quartz Claims.

1. Size of Claim. — A quartz claim shall not exceed 100 feet in length to be measured along the supposed course of the lode or vein by a width not exceeding 150 feet upon each side of the supposed course for each holder of a miner's right Provided that no miner or party of miners shall hold under this rule more than 600 feet along the course of any reef.