Point Look Out Mining District (Utah). Recorder
Abstract
Biography/History Notes
Miners in local districts adopted by-laws to regulate mining activity within the district. By-laws for the Point Look Out District required that all claims be marked by a discovery monument or stake with a location notice posted, and that the corners be marked with stakes. Sixty-four cubic feet of work were required to hold a claim, and by-laws required that notices of location be recorded within 30 days of discovery. Failure to either record the claim or move the necessary earth would forfeit the claim.
In addition to a district recorder, who recorded claims, miners in the Point Look Out Mining District also elected a chairman to preside at all miners' meetings and a secretary to keep minutes for the same. All officials were elected from among the miners of the district for a one year term.