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Canadian Mining Regulations. 



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'^piIE following is a suniraary of the Regulations with respect to the manner of 

 1 recording claims for Mineral La/i.Js, otlier than (Joal Lands, and tlie r-onditions 

 governing the purchase of the same. 



Any person may explore vacant Dominion I.,ands not apju'opriated or reserved 

 liy Government ior otlier purposes, and may search therein, either by surface or 

 snhterranean prospecting, for mineral deposits, with a view to obtaining a mining 

 location for tht; 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. 



.\ location for -mining, except for Iron or PetroUunt, shall not be more than 

 loOO ieet iu length, nor more than &00 feet in breadth. A location for mining 

 Iran or Vctrolniiii, shall not exceed 160 acres in area. 



Un discovering a mineral depo.sit any person may obtain a mining location, 

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

 tliat behalf, and tiling with the Agent of Dominion ],ands for tlu^ district, witliin 

 sixty ilays from discovery, an affidavit in form prescribed by Mining llegulations, 

 and paying at the same time au office fee of five dollars, which will entitle the 

 person so n^cording his claim to enter into possession of the location applied for. 



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

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

 ex])cnded .?.')(IO.OO in actual mining operations on the idaim, by paying to the Local 

 Agent therefor .f 5 per acre cash and a further ,?um of ^:')0 to cover the cost of survey, 

 obtain a patcmt for said claim as provided in the said Mining Regulations. 



Copies of tJhe RegulatiouH mdi/ he obtained upon ((.pplicatiou to the 

 Department of the Interior. 



J)e])uty of the Minister of the Interior. 



Depatitment of the Inteuior, 

 Ottawa, Canada, December 19th, 1887. 



