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Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre filmds A des taux de reduction diffdrents. Lorsque Ie document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul clichd, il est film6 d partir de Tangle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant Ie nombre d'images n^cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 32 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICHIPICOTON MINING DIVISION. •SET APART HY OUDKR IN CorNCIL, SKPTKMBER 9, 1807 REVISED AND AMENDED REGl'LATIONS FOR MINING DIVISIONS. APPROVED BY ORDER IX ("orNCIL, APRIL 7, 18TO. u MICHIPICOTON MINING DIVISION. SET APART BY ORDER IN COl'NCIL, SEPTEMHER 9, 1807 REVISED AND AMENDED REGULATIONS FOR MINING DIVISIONS. APPROVED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL, APRIL 7, 18m [ ' ■ y : )1 i t MICHIPICOTON MINING DIVISION. Copy of an Orclor-in-Council approved l)y His Honor the Lioutonunt-(i(,\vrn<.r, the !Hh day of September, A.D. 181)7. T'pon cr,nsi(lerati(.n .,f tlu> annexed memoran- (liun of the Director of tlu" P.nreau of Mines, dated Hth September, 18J»7,* and ui^n the recoiuinenda- tion of the Honorable the C.mmissirmer of Crown Lands, the Connnittee of Council advise that the tract tir.it mentioned in the said memorandum, namely, the tract limited upon its east side by the meridian of the east end of Dog Lake, orsay eighty- four degrees west from (irc^enwich, on the Touth si.Je by the latitude of Cape Oargantua, say forty- seven degrees thirty-six minutes, on the noVth side by the latitufle of forty-eight degrees thirty minutes, and between the westerly ends of these lims of latitude, where they touch Lake Superior, V • the shore line of «uid Lake, conta'ning abf.ut u-e thousand square miles, be so declared a Mining Division, and that the name thereof be the "Michipicoton Mining Division." Certified, J. R. CARTWRIGHT, Clerk, Executive Council, "Not Printed. B30257 KECU LATIONS FOR MINING DIVISIONS. Cdpy of an Order-in Council approved by His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, the 7th day of April, A.D. 1899. Upon the recommendation of the Honorable the Commissioner of Crown Lands, the Committee of Council advise that the accompanying draft amt nded regulations for Mining Divisions be ap- proved of by Your Honor. CVrtified, J. LONSDALE CAPREOL, Asst. Clerk, Executive Council. REVISED AND AMEL^DED IlE(jrLATIONS FOR MININiJ DIVISIONS. Approved liy tlii' Lii'iitciiiint-Ciovuni'ir in t'liuinil, Ajiiil :th. 1S!>1). 1. Any poison may explore for ininerjils nn any Cr(»\vn Lands not tor the tinu; Wing marked or staked out and occupied, except on sucli lands as by the Lieutenaut-Ciovernor in Comicil may have been withdrawn froiu sale, location or exploration as being valuable for their pine timber or for any other reason. 2. Where Cr(nvn Lands are situated within a Mining Divi.sion they may ])e occupied as Minnig Claims under miners' licenses. il The Lieutenan -tiovernor may apjMiint for every Milling Division or for any part tiiereof an Insjiector, who shall be an otlicer of the liureau of Mines. 4. Every Insi)ector sliall liave power t(. enter, in3})ect and examine any mine or portion thereof or works connected therewith relating to the health and safety of the persons employed in or alxjut the mines or works, :uid to : ive notice to the owner or agent in writing of any particulars in which he con- siders such mine or works, or any portion thereof, or any matter, thing or practice, to be dangerous or defective, and to re(piire the same to be remedied witlnn the period of time named in such notice ; and on the occasion of any examination or inspec- tion of u mine the owner .shall produce to the In- spector, if re.juired so to do, an accurate plan of the [7] 8 workings thereof up to the time of such inspection, and shall also permit the Inspector to take a copy or tracing thereof. 5. Every Inspector sliall be ex officio a Justice of the Peace of the county or united counties, district or districts which a mining Division comprehends or includes, in whole or in part, or in which or in any portion of which a Mining Division lies. 6. Every Inspector shall have power, with n the Mining Division for which he has been appointed, to settle summarily all disputes between licensees as to the existence or forfeiture of mining claims, and the extent and boundary thereof and as to the use of water and access thereto, and generally to settle all dithculties, matters or (inestions which may arise between licensees ; and the decision of the In- spector in all such cases shall be final except where otherwise provided by the Mines Act, or where another tribunal is appointed under authority t)f the Act ; .ind no case under the Act shall be re- moved into any Court by i'crtior((ri. 7. Every Inspector of a Mining Division ap- pointed under the Mines Act may appoint any number of constables not exceeding four ; and the persons so appointed shall be constituted constables and peace officers for the purposes of the Act for and during the terms and within the Mining Divi- sions for which they are appointed. 8. No person shall be appointed or authorized to act as an Inspector who practices, or acts, or is a partner of any person who acts as a mining agent, or who is employed by the owners of or is interested in any mine. 9. The Director of the Bureau of Mines shall have all the powers, rights and authority through- out the Province which an Inspector has or may 9 exercise in any Mining Division, and s'ich other powers, rii,'hts aiul authority for the carrying out of the provisions of the Mines Act as shall be assigned to him by regulation. 10. No Director, Inspector or other ofhcer appointed under the Mines Act shall directly or indirectly purchase or become interested in any Crown lands or mining claim ; and any such pur- chase or interest shall be void ; and if any ofificer violate^^this regulation he shall foifeit his ottice and be liable in addition to a penalty of $500 for every such oftence, to be recovered in an action by any person who sues f* , he same. 11. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by Order dechire any tract of country therein described to be a Mining Division ; and by any subsequent Order in Council may add t ) or diminish the limits of the Division, or may otherwise amend any such Order, or may cancel the same. 12. On payment of a fee of $10, or such other sum as may be fixed by regulation, the Director of the Bureau of Mnies (or the Inspector of a Division when so authorized by the Commissioner of Crown Lands) may grant to any person, registered partner- ship, or mining company incorporated under the laws of the Province applying therefor a license to be called a "miner's license," which shall be in force for one year from the date thereof, and shall not be transferable except with the consent of the Director of the Bureau or the Inspector of the Division upon payment of a fee of $5. 13. The person, partnership or company named in a license shall be called th'j " licensee," and upon payment of the fee fixed by law or regulation, such licensee shall have the right to renewal if apjdication is made therefor before the expiration of the license or within ten days thereafter. 10 14. Every licensee shall produce and exhibit his license to the Inspector for the Division, and prove to the satisfaction of the Inspector that it is in force, at the time of recording liis claim, and at pny other time when required by the Inspector so to do. 15. A Miner's license shall authorize the licensee to explore any portion of the Mining D. vision named in his license^ and to mine during one year from the date of the license on any mining claim marked or staked out by such licensee on Crown lands, and he may employ any person to assist him in working such claim, or may organize a company to work the same, but no licensee shall have the right to cut down or use any timber which may be upon his claim except for purposes of building, fencing or fuel, or other purposes necessiry for working the mine upon the said claim. 16. A licensee who discovers a vein, lode or other deposit of ore or mineral in place within the Division mentioned in his license shall have the right to mark or stake out thereon a mining claim, providing that it is not included in a claim occupied by another licensee, or is not on Crown lands with- drawn from location or exploration, or on lands the minerals and mining rights whereof have been re- served by the Crown ; and he shall have the right to work the same, or he may transfer his interest therein to another licensee upon payment of a fee of $5 to the Inspector of the Division, who shall record the transfer in his book. 17. If the working conditions have been complied with as hereinafter required for a period of four years on a claim of twenty chains square, or for three years on a claim of fifteen chains square or less, or when the equivalent of such working con- I I I 11 I I I ditions has been complied with in a less period of time in the respective cases, the licensee may apply for and obtain a certificate of full performance of the working conditions for the claim frt;e from any further working conditions, renewal fee or miner's license to work the same, and a'so a patent or lease for the land embraced in the claim, free fiom any further working conditions and miner's license to work the same, upon a survey thereof b.ing made and filed according to section 27 of The Mines Act, R.S.O. 189T, the boundary lines in each survey to follow the courses of the lines of the claim as originally staked out and recorded, or as the lines may have subsequently been altered, changed or corrected by the Inspector, and upon payment therefor to the Department of Crown Lands of the purchase price or first year's rental at a rate per acre as provided in sections 31 and 35 respectively of the said Act ; and the time when the royalties may begin to be imposed or collected upon ores or minerals mined, wrought or taken from a claim so patented or leased shall be reckoned from the date of recording such claim in the Inspector's ottico. The Commissioner of Crown Lands in granting patents under this regulation may grant at the same price to the owner of a claim any contiguous fraction i r piece of land not staked of a less size than ten acres if surrounded by staked claims 18. A mining claim shall be marked or staked out by planting a discovery post of wood or iron (on which is written or stamped the name of the licensee, number of his license, and date of his discovery) upon an outcropping or show of ore or mineral in place within the boundaries of the claim, and by planting at each of the four corners a post of wood or iron in the order foliowinc viz.: No. L at th* northeast corner, No. II. at the southeast corner, No. III. at the 12 southwest corner, and No. IV. at the northwest corner, the number in eacli case to be on the side of the post towards the post which follows it in the order in which they are named. See i\<*. 1. Blazed line Bla,zed line fig No I-. 19. If one or more corners of a claim fall in any situation where the nature or shape of the ground renders the planting of a post or posts impractic- able, such corner or corners may be indicated by placing at the nearest suitable point a witness post, which in that case shall contain the same marks as those prescribed for corner posts, together with the 13 letters " w. p." (witness post) and an indication cf the bearing and distance of the site of the true comer from such witness post. See fig. 2. •c Blazed line ■^^ adiscovcryPost Fig No2. 20. Where there are standing trees upon a min- ing claim so staked out, the licensee shall be required to blaze the trees and cut the underbrush along the boundary lines of the claim, and also along a line from the first corner post to the dis- covery post. 21. A mining claim shall be a square of fifteen chains or 990 feet, horizontal measurement, con- taining twenty-two and one-half acres, or of such other extent, grt ater or less, but so as not to exceed J yrifraro of twenty/ciiains or 1,320 feet, contiiining /forty acres, and .shall bo laid out with ])ouiulary hues running north and south and east and west aatrononiically, and the ground included in each claiia shall be deemed to be bounded under the surface by lines vertical to the Ira-i/on ; but an irregular portion of land lying between two or more claims may be staked out wilh boundaries conter- minous thereto, provided that its area shall not exceed forty acres. A valuable waterpower lying within the limits of a claim shall not be deemed as part of it for the uses of the licensee. 22. No more than one claim shall be staked out by any individual licensee upon the same vein, lode or deposit of ore or mineral, unless such claim is distant at least sixty chains from the nearest known u'ine, claim or discovery on the same vein, lode or deposit, but no licensee shall st ike out and record in the same Mining Division, within a radius of fifteen miles, more than four claims in one calendar year. 23. For each additional mining claim after the lirst marked or staked out by a licensee, whether upon the same vein, lode or deposit, or upon another, he shall pay to the Inspector of the Divi- sion a fee of $10 a year in advance when record in" the same if the area is more than twenty-two and one- half acres and 8<^ if it is twenty-two and one- lialf acres or less, and a like fee in each case shall be paid for every additi(mal claim so held at the time of renewal of the license. 24. Every Inspector of a Mining Division shall keep a book for the recording of mining claims therein, and such book shall be open to insi)ection by any person on payment of a fee of twenty cents. 25. Every licensee who has marked or staked out a mining claim shall, within thirty days there- ,A^ 15 ^//o. after, supply under oatli to tlio InH[)ect()r of the Division an outline sketch or plan thereof, showini,' the discovery post and corner p ists, and the witness posts (if any) and their distance's from each other in feet, together with a notice in writing setting forrh under oath the name of the licensee and tlu- immher of his license, the name (if any) of the claim and its Iftcality as indicated by some general description or statement, the length of the boundary lines if for any cause they are not regular and the nature of such cause, the situation of the discovery [xtst as indicated by distance and direction from the first comer post, the time when discovery nf ore or mineral was made and when the claim was marketl or staked out and the date of the said notice ; and every licensee shall accompany his sketch or plan and notice with an allidavit showing the discovery of valuable ore or mineral upon the claim l)y or on behalf of such licensee, and that he has no know- ledge and has never heard of any adverse claim by reason of prior discovery or otherwise. 26. The Inspector shall forthwith enter in his book the particulars of the notice of claim pre- sented by every licensee, and shall tile the notice, sketch or plan and attidavit with the records of his ottice, and if there is no dispute as to the rights of the licensee to the claim by reason of prior discov- ery or otherwise, the Inspector may at the expira- tion of ninety days from the date of the recorel thereof graut to the licensee a certificate of such record. 27. If the licensee fails to comply with tlie provisi' ns of Regulation 25 so far as they relate to him, or if, having complied with them, he or any person in his behalf shall remove any post for the purpose of changing the boundaries after the plan and notice have been filed, the mining claim 16 marked or staked out by hitn shall be deemed to ])e forfeited and abandoned, and all right of the licensee therein shall cease. P^ 28. A mining claim shall also be deemed to be forfeited and abandoned and all right of the licen- see therein shall cease in case the miner's license has run out and has not been renewed, or if the annual fee for a claim has not been prepaid, or if 8150 has not been expended upon each claim taken up except as hereinafter provided in stripping, or in opening up mines, in sinking shafts, or in other actual mining operations, exclusive of all houses, roads and other like improvements in every calen- dar year, and the said expenditure shall consist of labour actually performed by grown men to be com- puted at the rate of $2 per man per day. Never- theless it shall be competent for the licensee to prove that during one or more preceding years the extent of mining operations carried cm has been adequate to cover the requirements for the year in default, in which case the claim shall not be can- celled, and the licensee may also defeat 'forfeiture by an undertaking with satisfactory security to expend the full amount of labor required for work- ing conditions within the next succeeding year, including the operations in default. -- 29. For every five claims or less held by the same licensee or by differerit persons agreeing to combine their mining operations within a radius of one mile, all such mining operations may be carried on upon one of the claims ; but notice of an inten- tion to carry on such operations must be filed with the lnspec*-or, and a record of all mining operations carried on by a licensee during his license year verified by oath shall be filed with the Inspector, who shall enter an abstract thereof in his book. 30. A licensee may at any time abandon a min- ing claim by giving notice in writing to the Inspec- 17 tor of the Mining Division of his intention so to do, and from the date of the record of such notice in the Inspector's book all interest of the licensee in such claim shall cease. 31. A party wall at least fifteen feet thick (seven and one-half feet on each side of the boundary lines) shall be left between adjoining claims on Crown lands, which shall be used in common by all parties as a roadway for all purposes, and shall not be obstructed by any person throwing soil, stone or other material thereon ; and if it is found necessary or expedient to remove su-'h party wall the person so removing it shall if required construct a new- roadway in no wise more difficult of approach than the one destroyed by the removal of the party wall ; and every person obstructing a party wall or failing to construct a new roadway in i)lace of the one desj troyed shall be liable to a tine of not more than 85 and costs, or in default to be imprisoned for any period not exceeding one month. 32. No person mining upon Crown lands shall cause damage or injury to the holder of another claim, by throwing earth, clay, hUme^i or other material thereon, or by causing or allowing water to flow into or upon such other claim from his own, under a penalty of not more than $b and costs, and in default of payment he maybe imprisoned for any period not more than one month. 33. Any person who removes or disturbs with intent to remove any stake picket or other mark placed under the provisions of the Mines Act shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding $20 and costs ; and in default of payment may be imprisoned for any period not exceeding one month. 34. Any person cector m tlie execution ..f his duty under the Mines .-< et, and every owner or ai/en^ of a mine who refuses or neglects to furnish to the Inspector the means uecef sary for malun and oflfoctually to all intonts and piiritoso.s as if tlu' persons so employed had been specially mentioned ftnd referred to in the said Act. 30. All the provisions of Part TV, of the Mines Act, U.S.O., 1H!>7, heini,' the Part undi-r the heail- ing of Mining Kei^nlations, shall ai)ply in every particular to all mini's an(l other openings fntm which ore or mineral of any kind or class is raised or taken, and to all works for smelting, milling or otherwise treating ores cr mineral for any econo- mic objects, which are situated witliin the limits of a Mining Division.