


1 and the inscription thereon shall be as follows: 1 post at the downstream end of the location covered by the lease, shall be faced and mounded in the manner prescribed for Post No. 1 post and placed on the same side of the river as the No. 1 post shall be at least four feet above the surface of the ground located at the upstream end of the area to be covered by the lease and shall be a post not less than four inches in diameter, mounded to a height of two feet, such mounding to be conically shaped and having a diameter at the base of not less than three feet, and this post shall be faced on the downstream side, which facing shall contain the following inscription legibly marked thereon: (2) The recorder’s decision as to the width of any stream on which dredging applications have been made shall be final.Ĥ Every location for a dredging lease shall be marked out by two posts placed on the margin of such river, above highwater mark, as follows: River bed means the bed and bars of the river to the foot of the natural banks. River means a stream of water the bed of which is of an average width of 150 feet throughout the portion thereof sought to be leased ( rivière) river bed Recorder means a person designated by the Minister to perform the duties of a recorder for a mining district established under the Territorial Lands Act for the Northwest Territories ( registraire) river Minister means the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development ( ministre) recorder Mineral includes every natural substance including gold and silver that may be recovered from the submerged bed of a river by the process commonly known as dredging, but does not include peat, bitumen, oil shales, clay, sand and gravel ( minéral) Minister
