AGENCY: San Juan County (Utah). County Recorder
SERIES: 83186
TITLE: Proof of labor index
DATES: 1957-1994.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetically grouped by name of claim, thereunder chronological.
DESCRIPTION: The San Juan county recorder has created a separate index to affidavits showing proof of labor for mining claims. Federal mining law provides private parties the right to mine valuable mineral deposits on public land, but in order to patent a claim, the law requires the claimant to do development work. Utah law requires locators to do at least $50 worth of work within 90 days after posting the location notice, and at least $100 worth of labor annually as required by federal law. Utah law also requires an affidavit to be filed in the office of the county recorder upon completion of such work. Such affidavits show the name of the claim and where situated, the number of days' work done and the character and value of improvements, the dates labor was performed and for whose benefit, and a statement of the actual amount paid for the labor or improvements (Utah Code Annotated, 1953, 40-1-6). The San Juan County recorder's index to proof of labor affidavits provides the following information: the name of the claim, the names of locators, the names of persons whose signatures appear on the affidavit, the date filed, and the book and page number where recorded.
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.
Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.
APPRAISAL
Administrative Historical Legal
The proof of labor index provides summary information about labor on mining claims in addition to reference to the original affidavits.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public