Hercules Mining District (Utah). Recorder
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Biography/History Notes
In accordance with federal guidelines, mining districts adopted by-laws to regulate mining activity in the district and elected recorders to keep records of claims. Prospectors in the Hercules District were required record a notice of location within 30 days of discovery and to sink a 4-foot shaft within 40 days. Some prominent mines were the Lion Lode, the Yellow Boy Mine, and the Blue Jay Mine.
The mining district recorder was elected from among the miners of the district for a one year term. He was allowed to collect for his services the same fees which were allowed to the Tooele County recorder.
The recorder appointed a deputy to assist him as needed. In 1897 the Utah Legislature enacted a mining law which transferred responsibility for keeping mining records to county recorders. (Laws of Utah, 1897, chapter 36, "Mining Claims"). The mining records of the Hercules District were transferred to the office of the Tooele County recorder.