Series 20081

DESCRIPTION: Mining records, which constitute a legal record, are kept for the purpose of monitoring and registering mining claims and operations. Mining records contain 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; and deeds which record information affecting the title to the mining property. The White Canyon Mining District Recorder recorded mining operations in Garfield County and San Juan County in Utah.

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 the White Canyon 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. The district recorder 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.

RELATED RECORDS: Series 20084, MINING ABSTRACTS INDEXES, 1888–[ongoing], facilitates access to this series.

FINDING AIDS: Series 20084, MINING ABSTRACTS INDEXES, 1888–[ongoing], provides access to this series.

PROCESSING NOTE: Mining records were first scheduled as permanent records in 1971. The mining records were filmed by the Garfield County Recorder in 1998. The entire series was archivally processed by David Clark in March 2000.

PREFERRED CITATION: Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.