Series 23952

IRON COUNTY (UTAH). COUNTY RECORDER [537]

MINING LOCATION NOTICES (PLACER CLAIMS), 1912-1965.
2 microfilm reels

A separate agency history is available.

DESCRIPTION: Federal mining laws have provided that valuable mineral deposits in the public domain remain free and open to exploration and that the locators of the same have exclusive right of possession. The first step toward ownership of mineral deposits is the discovery of a potentially productive site and recording the claim or notice of location. Notices of location fall into two basic categories, which the Iron County recorder kept in separate books. Lode claims are identified sections of veins of quartz or other rock, bearing valuable deposits such as silver or gold, and are identified in terms of feet along the lode. Placer claims include other forms of deposit, typically petroleum, and are defined by identifying a tract of land encompassing the deposit. Location notices in this series include placer claims only. Each notice names the claim and includes the name or names of locators, the mining district, a description of the land, the dates of location and recording, and an explanation of the mining laws which authorize the claim.

ARRANGEMENT: Location notices are arranged chronologically according to the date recorded.

RELATED RECORDS: Location notices in this series are indexed by MINING LOCATION NOTICES INDEXES, series 23954, which provide reference both by name of claim and names of locators. Claims recorded in the 1950s are referenced in MINING ABSTRACTS, series 23955. Prior to 1912, location notices for placer claims were recorded in Location Notices Book E, which is included in MINING LOCATION NOTICES, series 6144. This series also includes the bulk of location notices for lode claims. Mining deeds and patents as well as a few additional location notices can be found in MINING DEEDS, series 23951. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, series 23981, also contain a few additional location notices, as well as documents providing proof of labor on mining claims.

FINDING AIDS: Iron County placer claims are indexed by MINING LOCATION NOTICES INDEX, series 23954, and referenced in MINING ABSTRACTS, series 23955 (see related records).

PROCESSING NOTE: Iron County location notices for placer claims were microfilmed by Utah State Archives in October and November 1974 and processed by Rosemary Cundiff in November 2001.

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	May 1912-Oct 1939 (Location Notices F Iron County)
2	Nov 1939-Jun 1960 (Placer Mining Record G Iron County)
2	Jun 1960-Jan 1965 (Placer Notice of Location G 1 Iron County)