Willard Mining District (Utah). Recorder Mining records, 1870-1897.

Mining records contain notices of location which provide the name of the claim, locators, location, legal description and the mining district; proof of labor registers which record the work performed at each mine annually by each worker; and deeds which record information affecting the title to the mining property. Mining records, which constitute a legal record, are kept for the purpose of monitoring and registering mining claims and operations. The Willard Mining District Recorder recorded mining operations in Box Elder County, Utah.

Until the law changed in 1897, mining districts in Utah had the option of electing their own mining district recorder. Many of the large mining districts, including the Willard Mining District, chose to elect their own recorders while claims and other records within smaller mining districts or in unorganized areas were filed with the county recorder. Although the mining district elected its own recorder, mining operations within in the mining districtwere also recorded with the county recorder during this time. The district recorder ended by 1897 when the law changed and the county recorder assumed sole responsibility for mining records (Laws of Utah, 1897, Chapter 36).