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Canadian Mining Regulations. 



'■piIE following is a siininiary of the Regiilntions with respect to the manner of 

 I recording claims lor Mineral Lands, other than Coal Lauds, and the conditions 

 governing the purchase of the same. 



Any ]icrson may explore vacant Dominion Lands not appropriated or reserved 

 by Government lor otlier purposes, and may seatch therein, either by surface or 

 subterranean prospecting, for mineral dej^osits, w'th a view to obtaining a mining 

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

 has been matle of tlie vein, lode or deposit ol mineral or metal Avithiu the limits of 

 the location of claim. 



A location for mining, excejit for Iron or PetroJenm, shnll not he more than 

 IfiOO icet in len;,'th, nor more than C(U) k-et in breadth. A location for mining 

 Iron or J'elrolcvm shall not exceed ItiO acres in area. 



On iliscovering a mineral deposit any person maj' obtain a mining location, 

 upon nwirking out liis location on the ground, in accordance with tlie regulations in 

 tiiai bciinlf, and filing with tbe Ageiit of Dominion Lands for the district, within 

 sixty days from di.->coverv, an allidavit in form prescriluHl by Mining Uegulations, 

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

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



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

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

 exiiondcd $500. iiU in actual mining ojicr.uiuiis on the claim, bj' paying to the Local 

 Agent therefor $5 per acre cash and a further sum of $50 to cover the tost of suivey, 

 obtain a patent for said claim as provided in the said ilining Regulations. 



Copies of tJie /iejulatious ntaij be obtained ujjo)i application to the, 

 Dejarlinent oj the Interior. 



Deputy of tlie Minister of the Interior, 



DkPAIITMF.N'T of TlIK INTERIOR, 



O.tawa, Cauada, Dectmber 19tli, 18 j7. 



