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The Clifton Mining District, organized in October 1869 in the Deep Creek Mountains of western Tooele County (Utah), included the mining camps, Clifton and Gold Hill. Travelers and prospectors found an abundance of mineral deposits in the Deep Creek Mountains, and ...
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Mining claims--Utah--Tooele County.
Corporate minutes--Utah--Tooele County.
Mining districts--Utah--Tooele County.
Utah--Tooele County--Mines and mineral resources.
Gold Hill--Utah.
Clifton--Utah.

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Early Clifton Mining District recorders kept file books in which they summarized and referenced location notices they recorded. The original file book is in table format and includes the name of the mine, date of location, date of filing, name of locating company or ...
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Mining claims--Utah--Tooele County.
Mines and mineral resources--Property--Utah--Tooele County.
Utah--Tooele County--Mines and mineral resources.

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The Clifton Mining District, organized in October 1869 in the Deep Creek Mountains of western Tooele County, included the mining camps Clifton and Gold Hill. Travelers and prospectors found an abundance of mineral deposits in the Deep Creek Mountains, so when Patrick ...
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Mining claims--Utah--Tooele County.
Mines and mineral resources--Property--Tooele County (Utah).
Utah--Tooele County--Mines and mineral resources.
Gold Hill--Utah.
Clifton--Utah.

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The original by-laws of the Clifton Mining District required that miners do one day's work on a claim within sixty days of discovery and two more day's work within the first year in order to hold the claim free from forfeiture. When Congress passed a general mining law ...
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Mining claims--Utah--Tooele County.
Mines and mineral resources--Property--Utah--Tooele County.
Utah--Tooele County--Mines and mineral resources.

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Federal mining law, enacted in 1872, confirmed that individuals had the right to claim mineral wealth in the public domain. However, the law required miners to annually work the ground and perform at least $100 worth of labor on their claims in order to maintain them ...
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Mining claims--Utah--Tooele County.
Mines and mineral resources--Property--Tooele County (Utah).
Utah--Tooele County--Mines and mineral resources.

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Location notices indexes provide reference to notices of location (mining claims) and other records kept by the Clifton Mining District recorder. In 1894 district recorders began creating indexes referencing multiple books instead of indexing each book separately. These ...
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Mining claims--Utah--Tooele County.
Mines and mineral resources--Property--Utah--Tooele County.
Mining claims--Utah--Indexes.
Utah--Tooele County--Mines and mineral resources.

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Clifton Mining District recorders created an index to proof of labor documents filed in Books A, B, and C. The index provides the name of the claim, sometimes the year, and the book and page number where the document was recorded.
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Mining claims--Utah--Tooele County.
Mines and mineral resources--Property--Utah--Tooele County.
Mining claims--Utah--Indexes.
Utah--Tooele County--Mines and mineral resources.

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