Series 18126

DESCRIPTION: Mining records contain at a minimum notices of location which provide the name of the claim, locators, location, legal description and the mining district; proof of labor registers which record the work performed at each mine annually by each worker; deeds and mortgages which record information affecting the title to the mining property; and mining abstracts which contain the history of property ownership. Other mining records may also consist of district by-laws and amendments, annual meeting minutes, district officer election results, and merchandise bills. Mining records, which constitute a legal record, are kept for the purpose of monitoring and registering mining claims and operations. The Lucin Mining District Recorder recorded mining operations in Box Elder County, Utah and Elko County, Nevada.

Until the law changed in 1897, mining districts in Utah had the option of electing their own mining district recorder. Many of the larger mining districts within Utah, including Lucin Mining District, chose to elect their own recorders while claims and other records within smaller mining districts or in unorganized areas were filed with the county recorder. Although the Lucin Mining District elected its own recorder, mining operations within the mining district were also recorded with the county recorder during this time. The district recorder was created in 1869 and ended in 1897 when the law changed and the county recorder assumed sole responsibility for mining records (Laws of Utah, 1897, Chapter 36).

ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date filed.

RESEARCH NOTE: Researchers should consult the indexes to ensure finding all related material. Many of the entries in Book A are duplicated in Book B. Researchers should also consult Box Elder County Recorder MINING RECORDS, Series 84097 and MINING RECORDS INDEX, series 6143, for records from the Lucin Mining District during this time.

RELATED RECORDS: Series 18127, MINING RECORDS INDEX, 1869–1896, facilitates access to this series. Series 22091, MINING NOTICES FILINGS, 1885-1896, contain a listing of claims filed for the same mining district. Series 84097, MINING RECORDS, 1873–1985, contains mining records for the same mining district kept by the Box Elder County Recorder.

FINDING AIDS: Series 18127, MINING RECORDS INDEX, 1869–1896 facilitates access to this series. Volume A contains an index at the beginning of the volume. Volume D is not indexed.

PROCESSING NOTE: Mining records were first scheduled as permanent records in 1971. The mining records were filmed by the Box Elder County Microfilm Department. The entire series was archivally processed by David Clark in August 1999.

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