Series 23584
SAN JUAN COUNTY (UTAH). COUNTY RECORDER [904]
MINING RECORDS INDEX (LOCATORS), 1954-1994.6 microfilm reels
A separate agency history is available.
DESCRIPTION: The San Juan County recorder created this index to provide reference to notices of location and other mining documents by the names of the individuals or corporations locating or owning the claim. Documents referenced in this index include notices of location, maps, deeds, mining and mineral leases, amendments to notices of location, agreements, assignments, court decrees, liquidations, mortgages, mortgage releases, affidavits showing proof of labor, etc. Information provided in the index includes the name or names of locators or owners, the name of the claim, the kind of document, the date it was filed, and the book and page number where recorded. It sometimes indicates the mining district or township in which the claim is located.
ARRANGEMENT: Entries in this index have been grouped alphabetically according to the names of owning individuals or corporations and thereunder are arranged chronologically by filing date.
RESEARCH NOTE: The camera operator confused this locators index with the locations index. Microfilm targets at the beginning of books are sometimes inaccurate.
RELATED RECORDS: MINING CLAIMS INDEX (LOCATIONS), series 23583, provides similar information, but is organized by mining claim name. Affidavits showing proof of labor are additionally indexed in the PROOF OF LABOR INDEX, series 83186 . The documents referenced in this index were recorded in OFFICIAL RECORDS, series 6682. Maps identifying the various claims of some corporations or individuals are available in MINING MAPS, series 23905.
PROCESSING NOTE: San Juan County mining records index (locators) Books 5-12 were microfilmed by Utah State Archives in June 1990. San Juan County microfilmed Book 13 in March 1995. This series was processed by Rosemary Cundiff in January 2002.
PREFERRED CITATION: Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
CONTAINER LIST
| Reel |
Description |
| 1 |
Feb-Nov 1954 (Book 5) |
| 2 |
Nov 1954-May 1957 (Book 6) |
| 3 |
Jun 1957-Sep 1962 (Book 7) |
| 3 |
Sep 1962-Dec 1967 (Book 8) |
| 4 |
Dec 1967-Sep 1969 (Book 9) |
| 4 |
Sep 1969-Nov 1975 (Book 10) |
| 5 |
Nov 1975-Oct 1978 (Book 11) |
| 5 |
Nov 1978-Dec 1982 (Book 12) |
| 6 |
Jan 1983-Dec 1994 (Book 13) |
