The Indianapolis journal., 1898-01-31
LAWS FOR GOLD MINERS
LEGAL CONDITIONS THAT ARE To
GOVERN IN THE kLONDIKE.
Strict Regulations Adopted by the
Canadian Department of the In
terior-Cost of Privileges.

| on the Yukon country, the Department of
| the Interior has decided upon the legal con-
| ditions which are to govern placer mining
| in the Yukon. The regulations in substance
are as follows.
" Free miner shall mean a male or fe-
male over the age of eighteen, but not un-
der that age, or joint stock company, named
in, and lawfully possessed of. valid ex-
| listing free miners certificate and no other.
| Legal post shall mean a stake standing
| not less than four feet above the ground
and fatted on two sides for at least one
| foot from the top. Both sides so hatted
| shall measure at least four inches across
the face. 1t shall also mean any stump or
| tree cut off and f1atted or faced to the
| above height and size. Close season shall
mean the period of the year during which
placer mining is generally suspended. the
period to be fixed by the mining recorder
IN whose district the claim is situated
mineral shall include all minerals whatso-
ever other than coal. Joint stock COM
pany' shall mean any company incorpor-
ated Tor mining purposes under a Canadian
charter or licensed by the government of
canada Mining recorder shall mean the
olncial appointed by the bold commissioner
TO record applications and grant entries for
claims in the mining divisions into which
the commissioner may divide the Yukon
district
A Tree miners certificate shall not be
transferable This certificate may be
granted for one year to run from the date
lhereof or from the expiration of the ap-
pncanfs then existing certificate, upon the
payment thereof of the sum of $40, unless
the certificate is to be issued in favor of a
Joint stock
snail be 500 for company having p nominal
cdpllai or 100000 or less and for n com
Pany having a nominal capital exceeulng
SIO0,UUO the fee shall be S1OO ONLY one ner-
son son or JOINT stock company shall be named
IN certlncate. This certificate shall also
grant the holder the privilege of fishing
ana snooting, subject to the provisions of
law; -the privilege of cutting timber for
acluaI necessities, for building houses
poats and for general mining Operations:
LOT the exclusive use of the miner himself
put such permission shall not extend to
timber which may have been granted to
Otner ,i persons or corporations. Certificates
may be obtained by applicants in person at
sne department. of the Interior, Ottawa or
l, from the agents of dominion lands at Win
Prnee PHe A1hart nbarilGnai jn M Saigary, Edmonton,
kamioops and New Westminster in the
province of British Columbia: at Dawson
IN the Yukon district: also from agents Of
toria, B. G. W.
NJ RIGHTS WITHOUT CERTIFICATES.
II any free miners certificate be acci-
dentally destroyed or lost the owner thereof
may, on payment of a fee of 81 have a true
copy. No person or joint stock companv
VIII be recognized as having anv right or
interest in or TO any claim unless he or II
ana every person in, his or its emplovment
snail have free miners certificate unex-
pireo. And on the expiration of a free
miners certificate the owner thereof shall
absolutely forfeit all his rights and interest
uH4esS lie SlaII, on or before me oav tol
lowing the expiration OF such ceruncaIe
'l D'eli d new Ice miners cerLIhcaLe. New
eflheleSS, SnOuld any co-oWuer fan IN kes,
uP lli9 Tree miner cerIlnCate such falnIre
sIdli not cause forfeiture or act as ~,
"DdHuoHneht OF the claim, but the interest
oI Sucn Co-oWner SnaiI, IpSo faclo ne ana
~ ~DoOoile vested IN MS co-OwnerS, pro raIa
according 10 their IOrmer INTERESTS nrovId
eo' HeVeIthieSs, tnat snarenoluer IN a loInt
SloCh cOnpdlly need not De a free miner
Every IIee miner snaIi curing me CON
ellludhce OF MS ceftlncate, have Lne right 10
enter, iocale, prospect ana mine for golo
anu otner minerals upon any lands in me
LuhoIi uislFlcI, whether vested in the crown
VI OtAer"lSe except upon government reser-
cun,en ~ lot .o~n slices, Land wnlcn is oc-
euplSu ny any DullulnS, lana talIlng within
tle curllla5e or any dwenlng house Ianu
lawfully Occupied Tor PAGER -nlinIng purpos-
| eS anu also Indian Reservations treuIoIis to
entry upon lanQS lawfully Occupeo stlrn free
miner SAdil give adequate security IN fhe
Satisfaction OF The mining recoruer for any
losS VI uaHidSe WnlCn may be caused by
Such entry. ~
"A creek or gulch claim shall be $50 fee,
iohs, measured IN the general direction OF
the creek or Suicn. The boundaries OF the
claim winch run IN the general direction OF
the creek or guIch shall be lines along hen
VI rim rock three feet nIgner tnan the RIM
| or edge OF the creek or the lowest genera
| leVel OF the guIch within the claim so drawn
VI marked as 10 be at every point three
Ieet above the rim or edge of the creek
| or the lowest general Level OF the gulch on-
| poslte TO 1T at right angles to the genera
ulrectton OF the claim IOr its lengtn: hII
| such boundaries shalt not in any case ex
| ceed l,VJU feet on each side of the center or
the stream or guicn. Ii the boundaries he
| less tnan one hundred feet apart horizontal-
| ly they shall be lines traced along bed ar
rim rock one hundred feet apart horizontal
| ly, following as nearly as practicable the di-
rectlon OF the valley for the length of the
claim. river claim shall be situated ontv
on one side of the river and SHAH not ex-
ceed 2o0 feet in length, measured in the gem
eral direction of the river. The other boun-
dary or the river shall be lines along bed
or rim rock three feet higher than the rim
or edge OF the river WiInin the claim So
drawn or marked as to be at every point
three rect above the rim or edge of the river
opposite to 1t at right angles the general /
direction or the claim tor it's length; but
such boundaries shall not in any case he
less than 250 feet or exceed q distance Of
l,GJO feet from lowwater mark of the river
A hill claim shall not exceed 250 feet in
length, drawn parallel to the main direction
OF the stream or ravine on which it fronts
The width of the claim shall not exceed / l0EJ
lSet. All Otner placer claims shall be $50
feet square.
STALKING OFF CLAIMS.
Every placer claim shall be as nearly as
| possible rectangular in form, and marked
by two legal posts firmly fixed in the
ground. The line between the two posts
shall be we'll cut out SO that one post may,
if the nature of the surface will permit, be
seen from the other. The fiatted side of
each post shall face the claim, and on each
post shall be written, on the side facing the
claim, legible notice stating the name or
number of the claim, or both if possible.
its length in feet, the date when staked
and the full Christian and surname will be
reserved for the government of Canada
That is to say, when q claim is located
the discoverers claim and nine additional
claims adjoining each other and numbered
consecutively will be open for registration
win be reserved for the government, and so
on. The penalty for trespasSng upon a
claim reserved for the crown shall be i'm
mediate cancellation of any entry or entries
which the person treSpaSSing may have OH
tanned, whether by original entry or pur-
of the acceptance of any application which
the person treSpaSSing may at any time
make for a claim.
IF any free miner or party of free miners
discover a new mine, and such discovery
shall be established to the satisfaction al
claims of the following size shall be al
lowed To one dScoVerer, one claim five
hundred feet in length; to a party of two
diScoverers, two claims, amounting together
to one thousand feet in length to each
member of a party beyond two in number
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