Information Regarding Mining Regulations, etc. 
Province of Quebec 
from official statement published by the 
QUEBEC BUREAU OF MINES 
Department of Colonization, Mines and Fisheries. 
The chief minerals of the Province of Quebec are Asbestos, Chromite, Copper, Iron, Gold, Molybdenite, Phosphate, 
Mica, Graphite, Ornamental and Building Stone, Clays, etc. 
The Mining Law gives absolute security of Title and is very favorable to the Prospector. 
MINERS’ CERTIFICATES MINING CONCESSION 
First of all, obtain a miner’s certificate from the D epartment n Notwithstanding the above, a mining concession may be acquired 
Quebec or from the nearest agent. The price of this certificate is $10 at any time at the rate of $5.00 an acre for SUPERIOR METALS, 
and is valid until the first of January following. This certificate gives and $3 an acre for INFERIOR MINERALS. 
the right to prospect on public lands and on private lands, on which the . ) : " ; 
mineral rights belong to the Crown. The attention of prospectors is especially called to the territory in 
’ . the north-western part of the Province of Quebec, north of the height 
: The holder of the certificate may stake mining claims to the extent of land, where important mineralized belts are known to exsist 
of 200 acres. 
WORKING CONDITIONS 
During the first six months following the staking of the claim, PROVINCIAL LABORATORIES 
work on it must be performed to the extent of at least twenty-five days Special arrangements have been made with POLYTECHNIC 
of eight hours. SCHOOL, University of Montreal, 1430 St. Denis Street, Montreal, 
SIX MONTHS AFTER STAKING with the QUEBEC TESTING LABORATORIES, at ROUYN CITY, 
At the expiration of six months from the date of staking, the pros- the latter operated by J. T. Donald & Co. of Montreal, and with the 
pector, to retain his rights, must take out a mining license. Amos Testing Laboratory, at Amos, operated by M. Archambault, 
MINING LICENSE B.Sc. for the determination, assay and analysis of minerals at very 
The mining license may cover 40 to 200 acres in unsurveyed terri- reduced rates for the benefit of miners and prospectors in the Province 
tory. The price of this license is fifty cents an acre per year, and the of Quebec. 
fee of $10.00 on issue. It is valid for one year and is renewable on the The Bureau of Mines at Quebec will give all information desired in 
same terms, on producing an affidavit that during the year work has been connection with the mines and mineral resources of the Province on 
performed to the extent of at least twenty-five days labor on each forty application addressed to 
acres. 
HONORABLE J. E. PERRAULT, 
Minster of Colonization, Mines and Fisheries, 
QUEBEC. 
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