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Canadian Mining Regulations 



'^pHE following is a summary of the Regulations with respect to the mauuer 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 lor otlier purposes, and may search therein, either by surface or 

 subterranean prospecting, for mineral de]iosits, with a view to obtaining a mining 

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

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

 tiie location of claim. 



A location for mining, except for Fron, s'laU not be more than 1500 feet in 

 lensith, nor more than GOO feet in breadth. A location for minint; Iron, sliall not 

 exceed 160 acres in area. 



On discovering a mineral deposit any person may obtiiin a mining location, 

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

 that behalf, and filing with the Agent of Dominion Lauds for the district, within 

 sixty days from discovery, an affidavit iu 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 of five years from the date of recording his 

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

 expended $500. 0(J in actual mining operations on the claim, hy paying to the Local 

 -Agent therefor $.5 per acre cash and a further sum of $50 to cover the cost of sui vey, 

 obtain a patent for said claim as jirovided in the said Mining Regulations. 



('o/jifs of tJtf, liegulaliona itiaij be oblaiaed upon ajjjiUcduuu tn llie. 

 Dejidftment of the, J utprior. 



Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. 



DeI'AUTMENT of TIIL INTERIOR, 



Ottawa, Canada, December 1802. 



