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Canadian Mining RGgulations. 



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'■PHE 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 jiiay 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 deposits, 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 mineral or metal within the limits of 

 the location of claim. 



A location for mining, except for Iron or Pclroleiun, shall not be more than 

 1500 leet in length, nor more than 600 feet in breadth. A location for mining 

 Iron or Petroleum shall not exceed ItiO acres in area. ■ 



On discovering a mineral deposit any person maj"- obtain a mining location, 

 upon marldng out his 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 atiidavit in form prescribed by Mining Regulations, 

 and paying at the same time an ofiice 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 $.500.00 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 tJoe Iiei/tdations may he ohtained upon appllcaiion to tJte, 

 Depjartment of the Inierior. 



Deputy of the Minibter of the Interior. 



Department of the Inteeioe, 

 Ottawa, Canada, December 19th, 1887 



