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Canadian Mining Regulations. 



^yUE following is a summary of tlie 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 iexplore tacani Dominion Lands not appropriated or reserved' 

 by Government lor other purposes, and may search therein, either by surface or 

 subterranean prospecting, for mineral deposits, with a view to obtaining a mining 

 fiK'ation for the same, but no mining location shall be granted until actual discovery 

 biis been made of the vein, lode or deposit of mineral or metal within the limits of 

 the location of claim. . . " , . - 



A. location fop mining, exdept for /row, shall not, be more than LTOO feet in 

 length, iKjr more than 600 feel in breadth. A location for mining /lr(>w,, shall' not 

 exceed I (iO ucres ifi 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 regulations 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 -will entitle the 

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



At any time before the expiration ot five j^ears from the date of recording his 

 claim, the "claimant may, upon filing proof with the Local Agent that he has 

 expended ,$500.00 in actual miniiig operations on the claim, by paying to the Local 

 Agent therefor $5 per acre cash aiul a further sum of $50 to cover the cost of survey, 

 obtaiua~i>atenl foresaid claim as provided iii the said Mining Regulations. 



Copies of ihe Regul'dions map be obtained upon application to the 

 Department of the I uterior. 



IL. -hJL, BUJRGESS, 



Deputy of the Minister ol the interior. 



DEPAIirMENr OF 

 Ottawa, Canada, 



TIIK IXTBUIOK, 



December, 18(12. 



