AGENCY: Granite Mining District (Utah). Recorder

SERIES: 24935
TITLE: Mining records
DATES: 1880-1887.
ARRANGEMENT: By record type, thereunder chronological.

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 books 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.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule County official records, GRS-305

AUTHORIZED: 09/04/2019

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office permanently after being microfilmed.

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

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

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.

APPRAISAL

Historical

Granite Mining District records provide historical information about mining claims in western Beaver County, Utah.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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