Series 24935

GRANITE MINING DISTRICT (UTAH). RECORDER [3202]

MINING RECORDS, 1880-1887.
1 microfilm reel

A separate agency history is available.

DESCRIPTION: On 20 September 1880, a small group of miners met at John Jones's cabin near Mud Spring in western Beaver County, Utah, to organize the Granite Mining District. They organized this district according to established custom and federal law which allows individuals to claim mineral wealth in the public domain (Statutes at Large, Treaties, and proclamations, of the United States of America, 1872, vol. 17, chap. 152). In the nineteenth century, miners in local areas organized mining districts to manage mining operations and keep records of claims. Granite District mining records begin with an index and copy of the by-laws. These are followed by notices of location for claims within the district. Each location notice identifies a claim by a unique name and gives a description. Location notices also provide the names of claim holders and dates of discovery and recording. Some claims describe where the claim was recorded in the records of the Beaver County recorder.

ARRANGEMENT: Granite District records are arranged by record type. Notices of location are chronological by date recorded.

RELATED RECORDS: The Beaver County recorder's NOTICES OF LOCATION BOOKS, series 23992, contain many location notices for claims in the Granite District. The Granite Mining District book was first used as a record book for the Beaver Mining District MINING RECORDS, series 23984.

FINDING AIDS: Granite Mining District records begin with an index which provides access by claim name, but also includes the names of locators, dates of discovery and recording, and the number of feet claimed.

PROCESSING NOTE: The Beaver and Granite Mining Districts book was microfilmed in January 2002 as part of Utah State Archives Millennial Project and processed by Rosemary Cundiff in March 2003.

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	1870, Mar - 1871, Oct (records for Beaver Mining District)
1	1880, Sep - 1887, Jan (records for Granite Mining District)