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OF 



Canadian Mining Regulations 



THE following is a sumiaary of the RfiifuLitious with respect to tin; manner of 

 rfcoviling claims for Minaral Lands, otlior than Coal Lands, and the conditions 

 governiug the purchase of the same. 



Any person may explore vacant Dominion Lands not appropriated or reserved 

 liy Government for other purposes, and may search therein, either by surface or 

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

 locution 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 

 t lie location of claim. 



A location for mining, except for Iron or Petroleum, sh.aX\ not be more than 

 ir)0O leet iu length, nor more than 6('0 feet in breadth. A loqation for mining 

 Iron or Petroleum shall not exceed 160 acres iu area. ' ' ". 



()n discovering a mineral deposit any person may obtain a miuing location, 

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

 that behalf, and filing with the Agent of Dominion Lauds for the district, within 

 sixty days from discovery, an aftidavi,t in form presrribed by Mining Regulations, 

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

 person so recording his claim to enter into possession of the location a[)plied for. 



\t any time before the ex])iration of five years from the date of recording his 

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

 expended $')()(). \)0 in actual mining operations on the claim, by paying to the Local 

 Agent therefor $5 per acre cash and a further .;um of .$.50 to cover the cost of survey, 

 iilitain a patent for said claim as proviiled in the said Mining Regulations. 



Copies of the KejuUbtions may be. obtained upon application to tlin 

 l)(ip<*rtmeiit of the Interior. 



Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. 



DKl'AUrMENT OF THE InTKIUOR, 



i>tt;iwa, Canada, IVrembrr 10th, l*^^?. 



