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Canadian Mining Rggulations. 



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rpHE following is a summary of the Regulations with respect ' to the manner of 

 I recordiug claims for Mineral Lands, other thau €oal Lands, and the conditions 

 governing the inirchase of the same. 



Any person may explore vacant Dominion Lands not appropriated or reserved 

 bv Go erLent ioi other purposes, and may search therein, either by surface _ or 

 subter-ine^i prospecting, for mineral deposits, with a view to ob aining a mining 

 1 catTouT; U^saL, but no mining location shall '^^ r-'^\j:^,^^^l^^^:i, 

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

 tlie location of claim. 



A location for mining, except for Iron or Petroleum, shall not be more than 

 1500 leet ill length, nor more than 600 feet iu 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 

 unon marl inHut his location on the ground, in accordance with the regulations n 

 T, ^Tnlf T,h1 fi iucr with the Acreut of Dominion Lands for the district, withm 



person Joiecoixling his claim to enter into possession of the location applied tor. 



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

 claimVthe-claimant may, upon filing proof with the Local Agent-t he has 



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obS a patent tor said claim as provided m the said Mining Regulations. 



Copies of the lieyulalions may be obtained upon applicalio7i to the 

 Department of the Interior. 



A. M. BUnGSSS, 



Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. 



Department of the Interior, 

 Ottawa, Canada, December 19th, 1887. 



