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Canadian Mining Regulations. 



iCTOTIOIB. 



THE following is a sniiunary of the Regnliitious witli respect to tlie mainier of 

 recording claims tor Mineral La/nh, other than Coal Lauds, and the conditions 

 governing the purchase of the same. 



Any person may explore vacant Dominion Lands not apjiropriated or reserve<l 

 b}'^ Government for otlier purposes, and may search therein, either by surfiice or 

 subterranean prospecting, for mineral deposits, with a new to obtaining a mining 

 location for the same, but no mining location shall be granted until actual discovery 

 has been made of the vein, lode or deposit of mineral or metal within the limits of 

 the location of claim. 



A location for mining, except for Iro)i or Petrnh-um, shall not be more than 

 1500 leet in length, nor more tlian 6(i0 feet in breadth. A location for mining 

 Iron or Pctrohum shall not exceed 160 acres in area. 



On discovering a mineral deposit any person may obtain a mining location, 

 upon marking out his location on the ground, in accordance with the regulations in 

 that behalf, and tiling with the Agent of Dominion Lands for the district, within 

 sixty days from discovery, an afhdavit in form prescril 1 by Mining Regulations, 

 and paying at tlie same time an office fee of tive dollars, which will entitle the 

 person so recording his claim to enter into possession of the location applied for. 



At any time before the expiration of five years from the date of recording his 

 claim, the claimant may, upon filing proof with tlie Local Agent that he has 

 '''"""'"'"" . , . .. 1 . )aying to the Local 



the cost of survey, 

 provided in the said Mining Regulations. 



Copies of the Regulations may he obtained upon application to the 

 'department of the Interior. 



Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. 



Dkt'aiitment of the Interior, 

 Ottaw. , Canada, December 19t.., 1887. 



