Series 23955

IRON COUNTY (UTAH). COUNTY RECORDER [537 ]

MINING ABSTRACTS, 1955-1960.
1 microfilm reel

A separate agency history is available.

DESCRIPTION: Utah county recorders are required by law to keep abstract records which show every conveyance, encumbrance, or other recorded instrument for every tract (Utah Code, Annotated, 1953, 17-21-6). The Iron County recorder began keeping similar abstracts for mining claims in 1955. Each abstract is a chronological list of official activity relating to a particular mining claim. For each claim, the recorder identified the mining district in which it was located, the names of locators, the date of location, and the book and page number where notice of location was recorded. This information is followed by a chronological list of activity on the claim, including such things as proof of labor and sale or transfer. The record of each of these actions includes the names of grantee and grantor, and the date, book and page number on which each action was recorded. Because these abstracts cover only a five-year period, the list of activity for each claim is brief.

ARRANGEMENT: The mining abstracts are grouped alphabetically by the name of the claim, and thereunder are roughly chronological in order of location date.

RELATED RECORDS: Mining abstracts refer to location notices and deeds which are recorded in MINING DEEDS, series 23951; MINING LOCATION NOTICES, series 6144; and MINING LOCATION NOTICES (PLACER CLAIMS), series 23952. The abstracts also refer to documents showing proof of labor which are recorded in MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, series 23981.

FINDING AIDS: An index at the beginning of each book alphabetically lists locators and then identifies for each the name of his claim or claims.

PROCESSING NOTE: Iron County mining abstracts were microfilmed by Utah State Archives in 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	A-L (Book 1)
1	M-Z (Book 2)