Series 24971

OPHIR MINING DISTRICT (UTAH). RECORDER [3135]

FILE BOOKS, 1870-1873.
3 microfilm reels

A separate agency history is available.

DESCRIPTION: The earliest Ophir Mining District (Tooele County, Utah) recorders kept file books in which they recorded essential details about each notice of location they recorded. Each entry is headed with the name of a claim and then includes location and recording dates, the names of locators with the number of feet allotted to each, and the book and page number where a notice of location was recorded. In addition to file entries, a section of Book D was used to record claims for land to be used for milling and smelting purposes, for building lots in the town of Ophir, and for water to be used for mining purposes.

ARRANGEMENT: Records in these books are separated by document type. File entries, which comprise all or part of each book, are chronological by date recorded.

RELATED RECORDS: File entries provide reference to mining notices of location which were recorded in MINING RECORDS, series 24165. Some file entries were recorded in a book which also includes DEEDS, series 24572. Deeds document the sale of early mining claims or property. Documents affecting the validity of mining claims were recorded in MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, series 24508.

PROCESSING NOTE: The records of the Ophir Mining District were processed by Rosemary Cundiff in December 2002. Utah State Archives refilmed these records in April 2003, and because additional file entries were discovered at that time, a separate series was created. File entries were originally described with deeds as part of series 24572.

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	File Book (1870, Aug - 1871, Mar)
2	Book B (deeds, 1870-1871)
2	Book B, cont. (file entries, 1871, Mar - Aug)
3	Book D (mill site location notices, 1871-1873)
3	Book D, cont. (file entries, 1871, Sep - 1872, Aug)