Series 23730
Washington County (Utah). County Recorder
Mining claims indexes, 1970-
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Schedule Description
The Washington County recorder kept indexes to mining claims in several formats. From 1970-1992 she kept a hand written index which lists claims alphabetically by claim name and includes names of locators, date of location, date of recording, entry number and mining district. She repeated the same information, presenting the same data alphabetically by names of locators. This information in this index is repeated in an electronic index, which provides the same information and also indicates the last date of any action on the claim. Computer printouts have been microfilmed in several formats, including alphabetically by claim name, by claimant name, and as a list of patented mines. A hard copy of the list of patented mines is also presented as a microfilm copy of a set of 3x5 cards.
Scope and Content
The Washington County recorder kept indexes to mining claims in several formats. From 1970-1992 she kept a hand written index which lists claims alphabetically by claim name and includes names of locators, date of location, date of recording, entry number and mining district. She repeated the same information, presenting the same data alphabetically by names of locators. This information in this index is repeated in an electronic index, which provides the same information and also indicates the last date of any action on the claim. Computer printouts have been microfilmed in several formats, including alphabetically by claim name, by claimant name, and as a list of patented mines. A hard copy of the list of patented mines is also presented as a microfilm copy of a set of 3x5 cards.
Notes
Various indexes are presented in the following order: hand written alphabetical index by claim name; hand written alphabetical index by locator name; computer printout of alphabetical index by claim name; computer printout of alphabetical index for patented claims only; computer printout in unidentified order; and alphabetically ordered 3x5 cards for patented claims only.
The Washington County recorders office is maintaining an electronic index to mining claims, which presumably generated these microfilmed printouts. The information contained in these hand written indexes or in the computer printouts from the electronic index can be best used through their office.