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Canadian Mining Regulations. 



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THE following is a summary of the Regulations with respect to the. manner of 

 recordiiig 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 for otlier purposes, and may search therein, either by surface or 

 subterranean prospecting, for mineral deposits, with a yiew 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 mineral or metal within the limits of 

 the location of claim, 



A location, for mining, except for Iron, shall not be more than L5i)0 feet in 

 length, nor more than 600 feet in breadth. A location for mining Lron^ shall not 

 exceed 1 HO 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 %yith the regulations in 

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

 sixty days from dLscovery, 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 tiuie before the expiration of five years from the date of recording his 

 claim, the claimant ana)% upon filing proof with tlie Local Agent that he has 

 expended $500.00 in 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 Regulations may be obtained upon ajiplieation to the 

 Department of the Interior. 



A- LI. BUI^aESS, 



Deputy of the Minister of tlxe Interior, 



Department of the Interior, 

 Ottawa, Canada, December 18!)2. 



