AGENCY: Iron County (Utah). County Recorder

SERIES: 23969
TITLE: Stateline Mining District records transcript
DATES: 1896-1897.
ARRANGEMENT: By document type, thereunder chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: In 1896 the Stateline Mining District was organized in Stateline Canyon in northwestern Iron County where deposits of gold and silver ore had been discovered. In accordance with federal law, (see Statutes at Large, Treaties, and Proclamations, of the United States of America, vol. XVII, chap. 152), mineral deposits in the public domain were free and open to exploration, and locators of the same had exclusive right of possession. Local mining districts managed mining operations and recorded claims. Only one year after the organization of the Stateline District, the Utah Legislature enacted a mining law which transferred the responsibility of recording mining claims from the mining district recorder to the county recorder (Laws of Utah, 1897, chapter 36, "Mining Claims"). The Iron County recorder made a transcript of all records kept by the Stateline District for the one year of its existence which preceded the law change. This transcript consists primarily of notices of location, but also includes a power of attorney and a few mining deeds. Each location notice includes the names of locators, the name of the mining claim, a description of the claim, and indicates when and where the claim was originally recorded in the record book of the Stateline Mining District.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Microfilm master: For records beginning in 1896 through 1897. Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm duplicate: For records beginning in 1896 through 1897. Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

The stateline mining records transcript documents early mining activity in Stateline Canyon in Iron County.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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