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.Canadian Mining Regulations. 



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TIHEfoUowingis a summary of the Regulations with respect to the manner of 



1 recording claims iov Mineral Lands, other than Coal Lauds, and the conditions 



governing the purchase of the same. i^ouuiuons 



Any person may explore vacant Dominion Lands not appropriated or reserved 

 by Government for 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 discover? 



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^Kc^c^\^T^^'''] for mining, except for Iron or Petroleum, shaU not be more than 

 1500 teet in length nor more than 600 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 regtllations in 

 that behalf and filing 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 wiU eiititle the 

 person so recording his claim to enter into possession of the location api^lied for. 



At any time before the expiration of five years from the date of recordin<r his 

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

 expended $500.00 m actual mining operations 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 for said claim as provided in the said Mining Regulations. 



Copies of the Hegulations may be obtained upon application to the. 

 Department of the Interior. 



Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. 



Depaktmknt of the. Interior, 

 Ottawa, Canada, December 19th, 1887. 



