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Canadian Mining Regulations 



'P] IE following is a suiiiinaiy of tlie Regulations with respect to the uiiuiiifr of 

 I recording clai7ns for Mineral Lands, other tliau Coal Lands, and tlie coiiditions 

 governing the purchase of the same. 



Any person may explore vacant Dominion Lands not apjiropriated or reserved 

 by Goveninient ibf otlier purposes, and may search tlieiein, either Ly surface or 

 subterranean [trospecting, for niineral deposits, with a view to obtaining a mining 

 location for the same, but no mining location shall be granted tintil actual discovery 

 has been made of the vein, lode or deposit of luineral or metal within the limits of 

 the location of claim. 



A location for mining, exce])t for Iron or Petrnleiun, shall not be more than 

 1500 toet in length, nor more than 6(K) feet in breadth. 

 Iron or I'elroi.e'-um shall not exceed ItiO acres in area. 



A location for mining 



On discovering a mineral dejjosit any person maj' obtain a mining location, 

 upon marking out his location oji the ground, in accordance with the regulations in 

 tliai behalf, and filing with the Agent, of Dominion Lands for the district, within 

 sixty days from discovery, an affidavit in fonn prescribed by Mining Regulations, 

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

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



At any time before tlie expirfltion of five j'ears from the date of recording his 

 claim, the claimant may, upon filing proof with tlie Local Agent that h^ has 

 expended §500.01) in actual mining operations on the claim, by paying to the Local 

 Agent therefor $5 ])er acre cash and a further .sum of $50 to cover the cost of survey, 

 obtain a patent for said claim as juovided in tlie said Mining Regulations. 



(Jopleti of Ui,(', llegid dloiix uliii/ ha uhUil/ieil njion <ij)pliciiiion lu ihv. 

 DepaftDient oj the Intcr'n)!-. 



Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. 



Dei'autmeni of Till'. Lnti'.kioi:, 

 Ottawa, Canada, Delimiter It'th, ]S87. 



