AGENCY: Tooele County (Utah). County Recorder

SERIES: 24182
TITLE: Mining districts index
DATES: 1951-
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by mining district, thereunder chronological by date filed.

DESCRIPTION: The Tooele County recorder created an index to mining records which is organized according to the mining district in which the claim was located. The index provides reference to notices of location (mining claims), affidavits showing proof of labor on claims, and other mining documents. This index includes the name of the claim, the names of grantor and grantee (buyer and seller), type of document, document date, recorder's entry number, and the book and page number where the document was recorded. 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

Permanent. Retain until administrative need ends

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

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

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

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.

Paper: For records beginning in 1988 through 1988. Retain in State Records Center permanently.

Computer data files: Retain in Office permanently.

Paper: For records beginning in 1951 through 1987. Retain in Office permanently.

APPRAISAL

Historical Legal

This index provides reference to mining documents and is organized by mining district in which the claim was located.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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