The age-herald., 1898-02-06
vented March 22, 1892.

the claim by himself or grantors, and that
 the plant is correct, and shall give such
 other description as is necessary Tor lden-
 tfication to be incorporated in the patent.
 At the end of sixty days the claimant must file his affidavit showing that the
 plat and notice have been posted in a con spicuous place on the claim during the
 period of publication. If no adverse cialm
 is filed within sixty days the law assumes
 the applicant to be entitled to his pat ent upon payment to the proper ofhcer or
 s5 per acre for the land embraced within the claim.
 All affidayits under the mining laws of the United States may be made before any officer authorized to administer oaths With in the land district where the claim may be situated, and all proofs may De taken before such officer.
 Mineral lands are open to exploration | and purchase by all citizens of the united | States, without regard to sex, and those | who have declared their intention to em- brace citizenship All persons born or | naturalized in the United States and sub | feet to the jurisdiction thereof, and none | other, are citizens.
 The right to mine can be given only in l public lands, and such lands must contain i valuable mineral deposits. No claim To- cated shall exceed 1, BOO feet along the vein, nor shall it exceed 300 feet on each side 1 of the middle of the vein at the surface. 1 It is not necessary that the locator should be present on the ground. One inty io- cate as agent for another.
 The laws regulating placer mining were | amended last week by the Dominion gov- ernment, and will doubtless be less unsat- | isfactory than the regulations promul- l gated last fall.
 l Every miner and every one employed by | a miner must take out a miners certin- ] cate, for which the fee is. $l0 Each min | ing company must have certificate, for 1 which $50 to s10o is charged, according to l the amount of capital stock A miner 1 license gives the right to hunt. fish and | cut the timber necessary for mining pur- | poses.
 | Ordinary claims will be 250 feet wide, | and discoverers' claims 300 feet wide The | Canadian government reserves every all 1 ternate ten claims and may sell them at | public auction. Grants for mining under l water may be given in five-mile sections | for a fee of $100 and 10 per cent. of the l gross output. Recording or renewing min 1 ing claims will cost $15.
 l Five or more miners who may be one | hundred miles from a government recorder 1 may elect an acting recorder who shall | transfer to the nearest official recorder | within three months all records and all | fees collected. Mining claims that pro- l duce less than s2,5O0 annually are exempted l from the 10 per cent. royalty Records l shall not be issued for more than one claim | to any single individual in the. same local l ity.
 | Among the regulations left unchanged l the following are important: A claim | must be marked by two legal posts. each l four inches square and at least four feet above ground They. must be numbered | 1 and 9. A legal post marked discovery post" must alse be placed on the lode when it was discovered. On No. post must be written. l. initial post; 2. the name of the claim 8, the name of the To- cator; 4. the date of location; 5, approxi- mate bearing of No. post; 6, length and breadth of claim; 2, the number of feet to the right and the number of feet to the left of the location line On No. post must be written: 1, the name of the claim 2. the name of the locator; B. the date of | the location. The line from No. to No. must be marked distinctly by blazing trees or planting posts.