AGENCY: Uintah County (Utah). County Recorder

SERIES: 6138
TITLE: Mining records indexes
DATES: 1887-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological

DESCRIPTION: These alphabetical indexes for mining records were created by the Uintah County Recorder to facilitate access to the Mining Records. The series provides the instrument number, name of locators or grantors, name of claim or grantee, name of district or location, kind of instrument, when filed, record book, page number and remarks. The indexes contains two sections, the direct and the indirect. The indirect or reverse section is alphabetical by the name of the locator or grantor while the direct section is alphabetical by the name of the claim or grantee.

RETENTION

Retain permanently

DISPOSITION

May Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

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.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Historical Legal

Because of the importance of mining information, which documents the monitoring and registering of mining operations, the County Recorder is required by law to maintain mining records and their corresponding indexes.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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