periods, of the premises thereby granted, and to apply the same (d.) Provided, also, any number of persons, not exceeding ten, As to working coal 6. This Act may be cited as the "Coal Mines Amendment Act, 1892." Short title, VICTORIA, B. C. : Printed by RICHARD WOLFENDEN, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majest 66 An Act to amend the Mineral Act, 1891." 1891, c. 25. [23rd April, 1892.] HER ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Mineral Act (1891) Amendment Short title. Act, 1892." 1893.29.8. 2. Sections 18, 30, 31, 32, 46, 47, 109, 124, 137, 138 and 147 of Sections repealed. the "Mineral Act, 1891," (hereinafter called "the said Act") are hereby repealed. 3. Section 10 of the said Act is hereby amended by inserting at the Amends s. 10. end of line fourteen the following: "Provided that where any hydraulic mining works, established in accordance with the Placer Mining Act, 1891,' have been in operation, the land which may have been uncovered by the operation of such works shall not be located or mined upon by any free miner other than the person or persons carrying on such hydraulic works for a space of six months next after the same shall have been so uncovered." 4. Section 11 of the said Act is hereby amended by striking out all Amends s. 11. the words after "cut." in the third line thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "such timber as may be required for the purposes of the claim or claims worked by him alone, or by him in partnership with another or others." 5. Sections 14 and 15 of the said Act are hereby repealed, and in lieu Repeals ss. 14 and 15. thereof be it enacted: miner's claim, "14. Any free miner desiring to locate a mineral claim shall, Size and form of free subject to the provisions of this Act with respect to land which may be used for mining, enter upon the same and locate a plot of ground, How staked out. 1893.29-3 1 32. い Minerals, owner of where possible, not exceeding 1,500 feet in length by 1,500 feet in breadth in a rectangular form, that is to say, all the angles shall be right angles, but the lines need not necessarily be meridional. In defining the size of a mineral claim it shall be measured horizontally, irrespective of inequalities on the surface of the ground. "15. A mineral claim shall be marked by two posts, each post being at least four inches square and four feet above the surface of the ground. The posts shall be numbered 1 and 2, and upon each post shall be written the name given to the mineral claim, the date of the location, and the name of the locator. Upon No. 1 post there shall be written, in addition to the foregoing, 'Initial Post,' the approximate compass bearing of No. 2 post, and a statement as to whether the claim lies to the right or left of the line from No. 1 to No. 2. Thus:— '(Name of claim),' (date),' 'A. B.'s claim,' 'Initial post,' 'Direction of No. 2 north-east,' claim lies to right (or left) of line from No. 1 to No. 2 post. "It shall not be lawful to move No. 1 past, neither shall it be lawful to move No. 2 post, except for the correction of distance by the Provincial Government Surveyor. Nos. 1 and 2 posts shall govern the direction of one side of the claim. "(a.) The owner of a mineral claim shall be entitled to all minerals claim entitled to. which may lie within his claim, but he shall not be entitled to mine outside the boundary lines of his claim continued vertically downwards: This Act not to prejudice (b.) This Act shall not prejudice the rights of claim-owners who existing have located their claims under former Acts." Amends s. 17. 6. Section of the said Act is hereby amended by striking out the word "centre" in lines two, four, and five, and inserting in each 1965.1893.29.5 line in lieu thereof the word "side." Amends s. 19. 1.93+ 29.5 Amends s. 24. 7. Section 19 of the said Act is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following words: "Such record shall be, as near as may be possible, in the Form B in the Schedule to this Act, and a Icertified copy thereof shall be given by the Mining Recorder to the free miner or his agent. A claim which shall not have been recorded within the prescribed period shall be deemed to have been abandoned." Section 19 of the said Act is also amended by striking out the word "centre" in line ten, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "side." 8. Section 24 of the said Act is hereby amended as follows:(1) By inserting between the words "year" and "Provided," in the third line thereof, the words "without the necessity of re-recording." (2) By inserting between the words "done" and "If," in the tenth line thereof, the words "Provided, also, that all work done outside of a mineral claim with intent to work the same shall, if such work have direct relation and be in direct proximity to the claim, be deemed, if to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder, for the purposes of this section, to be work done on the claim: Provided, further, that any free miner, being the holder of adjoining mineral claims, or any two or more free miners who locate and record adjoining mineral claims, to be worked by them in partnership under the provisions of any Act for the time being in force, shall, subject to filing a notice of their intention with the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder, be allowed to perform on any one or more of such claims all the work required to entitle him or them to a certificate for work for each claim so held by him or them." 9. Section 25 of the said Act is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof Repeals s. 25. be it enacted : claim. 25. In case of any dispute as to the title to a mineral claim Dispute as to title to priority of record will determine the right, subject to any question as to the validity of the record, and subject also to a compliance by the free miner with the provisions of this Act." Changed 1893.296 10. Section 26 of the said Act is hereby amended by striking out all Amends s. 26. the words after "purchase," in the third line thereof, and by substituting the following:-"But a free miner shall be entitled to locate and record on separate veins or lodes additional claims, not exceeding two in each mining division; provided that not more than one claim is 1895-39.5 located on each separate vein or lode, to the number of two in all, as aforesaid. 11. Section 29 of the said Act is hereby amended by inserting Amends s. 29. between the words "thereof" and "which," in the second line thereof, the words "which he shall have failed to record within the prescribed period or." 12. Section 35 of the said Act is hereby amended by striking out Amends s. 35. the words "twenty-five dollars per acre," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "five hundred dollars," and by striking out all the words after "claim," in the fourth line thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "The intending purchaser shall comply with all the provisions of section 36 of this Act, except such as have respect solely to the work required to be done on claims." 13. Section 36 of the said Act is hereby amended as follows:(1) By inserting in line two, between "requirements" and "he," the words "to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner." (2) By inserting after the word "claim," in the fourth line thereof, the words" unless an adverse claim shall have been filed in the office of the Mining Recorder." (3) By the addition to sub section (a) thereof of the words "For the purpose of this section work done on the Amends s. 36. 1894.32.5 ८ |