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Canadian Mining Regulations. 



'^PHE folloAving is a si;mmary of the Regulations with, respect to the manner of 

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

 governing the purchase of the same. 



Any person may explore vacant Dominion Lands not appropriated or reserved 

 by Government ibr 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 niade of the vein, lode or deposit of mineral or metal within the limits of 

 the location of claim. , 



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

 1500 teet in length, nor niore than 600 feet in breadth. A location for mining 

 Iron or Petroieinn shall not exceed 100 acres in area. 



On discovering a mineral dpp"^^^ '^"Y P*-''"^"'^ "^^Y ^^^tain a mining location, 

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

 that belialf, and filing with the Agent of Dominion Lands for the district, within 

 sixty days from discovery, an aflidavit ill lorm prescribed by Mining Regulations, 

 and paying at tlie 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. 



z\t any time before tin; ex])iration of five years from tlie date of recording his 

 cjaim, the "claimant may, upon liling i)roof with the Local Agent that he has 

 ex]iendcd $500.0(1 in actual mining opc;rati(.ins on the claim, by paying to the Local 

 Agent theiefor $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 ihe, l!egid\dions iiiay be obtained upon application to tJie, 

 Department of the Jn'terior. ' 



Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. 



Department of the Interior, ) 



Ottawa, Canada, December 19th, 1887. \ 



