The Shipley collection of scientific papers, Volumen3051912 |
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Página 10 - Direction of post numbered two. feet of this claim lie on the right and — — feet on the left of the line from number one to number two post.
Página 11 - ... but not less — may be recorded and counted as further assessments. As soon as assessment work to the extent of $500 is recorded, the owner of a mineral claim is entitled to a Crown grant on payment of a fee of $25, and giving the necessary notices required by the Act. Liberal provisions are also made in the Act for obtaining mill sites and other facilities in the way of tunnels and drains for the better working of claims. Placer Claims. Placer mining is governed by the
Página 11 - Placer mining is governed by the 'Placer Mining Act,' and by the interpretation clause its scope is defined as ' the mining of any natural stratum or bed of earth, gravel or cement mined for gold or other precious minerals or stones.' Placer claims are of four classes, as follows : — ' " Creek diggings :" any mine in the bed of any stream or ravine : ' " Bar diggings :" any mine between high and low water marks on a river, lake, or other large body of water : ' " Dry diggings :" any mine over which...
Página 18 - GOLD. Table VI. contains the yearly production of placer gold to date, as determined by the returns sent in by the banks and express companies, of gold transmitted by them to the mints, and from returns sent in by the Gold Commissioners and mining Recorders. To these yearly amounts one-third was added up to the year...
Página 12 - ... the date of location, and the date of the record. A claim which shall not have been recorded within the prescribed period shall be deemed to have been abandoned.
Página 12 - Every placer claim shall be as nearly as possible rectangular in form, and marked by two legal posts firmly fixed in the ground in the manner shown in diagram No. 4. The line between the two...
Página 5 - Cariboo ranges, and the northwest continuation lying to the southwest of the Rocky Mountain range, properly so called, and parallel in direction with it.
Página 12 - ... crossed having the right for tolls, etc., on the tunnel or drain which may be constructed. These tolls, however, are, so far as the amount goes, under the discretion of the Gold Commissioner. Co-owners and Partnerships In both the "Mineral...
Página 14 - Recording Mineral or Placer Claim 2 50 Recording Certificate of Work, Mineral Claim 2 50 Re-record of Placer Claim 2 50 Recording Lay-over 2 50 Recording Abandonment, Mineral Claim 10 00 Recording Abandonment, Placer Claim 2 50 Recording any affidavit under three folios 2 50 Per folio, over three, in addition 30 Records in " Record of Conveyances,
Página 31 - ... bullion shipments. The record of production of placer gold is given as ascertained by the Provincial Mineralogist, who, in his Annual Report states that: — Great difficulty is found in obtaining reliable figures, since the work is, in many cases, carried out by individuals or unorganized groups of men who keep no books, frequently paying wages, or for supplies, in gold-dust, which, being readily transported, is scattered, and the tax imposed thereon by law is thus evaded.