WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)

MINING INDUSTRY

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Early federal law authorized the democratic organization of local mining districts to regulate mining operations
within specified boundaries, record mining claims, elect a mining district recorder, and established by-laws.

In 1897, the Utah State Legislature enacted a mining law, which abolished the office of mining district recorder.
County recorders of the respective counties assumed all the duties and responsibilities previously performed
by mining district recorders. All books previously kept by district recorders were deposited in the office of the
county recorder.

For a map of the mining districts in Washington County, click here and click here.

Bull Valley Mining District
Goldstrike Mining District
Kolob Terrace Mining District
Mineral Mountain Mining District
Silver Reef / Harrisburg Mining District (originally Union Mining District)
Tutsagubet Mining District
Washington Dome Mining District

Mining Districts Outside Washington County
Escalante Mining District
Grand Gulch Mining District

Utah Mining Districts
Open-File Report 695, Utah Geological Survey, by Ken Krahulec, 2018

Salt Lake Mining Review (1899 - 1929)

Iron Mining in Utah
Compiled by Heber C. Jones, April 15, 1980