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Canadian Mining Regulations 



THE following is a summary of tlie Regulations with respect to the manner of 

 recording claims for Mineral Lands, other than Coal Lands, and the conditions 

 governing the purchase of the same. 



Any person may explore vacant Dominion T^ands not appropriated or reserved 

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

 subterranean prospecting, for mineral deposits, with a view 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, excejit for Iron or Petroleum, shall not be more than 

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

 Iron or Petroleum 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 affidavit in form prescribed 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 applied for. 



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

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

 expended iJ.^Oo.oO in actual mining oi>erations on the claim, by paying to the Local 

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

 obtain a patent tor said claim as provided in the said Mining Regulations. 



Copies of tJiA RejuIidLDus may be obtained upon (ipplicaiion to the 

 Department of the Interior. 



Deputy of the Minioter ol tiie Interior. 



Department of the Ixterior, 

 Ottawa, Canada, December 19tli, 1&S7. 



