Series 84249

DESCRIPTION: Mining records, which constitute a legal record, are kept by the county recorder for the purpose of monitoring and registering mining claims and operations. Mining records contain notices of location which provide the name of the claim, locators, location, legal description and the mining district; proofs of labor which record the work performed at each mine annually; and deeds which record information affecting the title to the mining property.

Until the law changed in 1897 mining districts in Utah had the option of electing their own mining district recorder. Many of the larger mining districts within Utah chose to elect their own recorders while claims and other records within smaller mining districts or in unorganized areas were filed with the county recorder. Beginning in 1897, all mining records in the county were filed with the county recorder.

ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date filed.

RELATED RECORDS: Series 2848, MINING RECORDS INDEXES, 1896–1983, provides access to this series. Series 22251, MINING RECORDS, 1883–1896, contains records for the Henry Mining District in Sevier County. Series 22250, MINING ABSTRACTS INDEXES, [undated]–1903, provides access to this series.

FINDING AIDS: Series 2848, MINING RECORDS INDEXES, 1896–1983, provides access to this series. Series 22250, MINING ABSTRACTS INDEXES, [undated]–1903, also provides access to the early part of this series.

PROCESSING NOTE: Mining records were first scheduled as permanent records in 1971. The mining records were filmed by the Utah State Archives in 1973. The entire series was archivally processed by David Clark in December 1999.

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