AGENCY: Monumental Mining District (Utah). Recorder

SERIES: 24042
TITLE: Mining district minutes
DATES: 1908-1909.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: In March 1908 prospectors drilling for oil on the San Juan River opened a gusher which threw oil to a height of 70 feet. This discovery brought a stampede of speculators to San Juan County (Osmond L. Harline, "Utah's Black Gold," Utah Historical Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, p. 295-6). This volume, entitled "Rules and Regulations of the Monumental Mining District," contains minutes of meetings held among claim holders as they met to reorganize the Monumental District, coordinate mining activities, and establish new rules and regulations adapted to the needs of petroleum exploration.The minutes summarize the discussion of these meetings held in Bluff, Utah from November 1908 to November 1909. The miners revised previously established by-laws, established regulations, and instituted a mining district government to coordinate activities and enforce regulations. This book also includes a complete list of the miners in the district.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Paper: Retain in Office permanently.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.

APPRAISAL

Historical

Monumental mining district minutes contain valuable information about petroleum exploration on the San Juan River in 1908-1909.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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