AGENCY: Box Elder County (Utah). County Recorder

SERIES: 6143
TITLE: Mining records indexes
DATES: 1871-1873, 1885-1973.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological, thereunder alphabetical

DESCRIPTION: This alphabetical index for mining records was created by the Box Elder County Recorder to facilitate access to the Mining Records and Mining Notices of Location. 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. Beginning with Book D1, the index contains two sections, the direct and the inverse. The direct section is alphabetical by the name of the locator or grantor while the inverse section is alphabetical by the name of the claim or grantee. These are legal instruments recorded by the county recorder concerning mining. They include the following: Notices of locations, Mining deed records, Mining claims records, Proof of labor records, Mining mortgages, Mining abstract records, Mining transfers and relocations. In some counties mining records are compiled separately, while in others they are part of the "Official records."

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.

APPRAISAL

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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