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Grant County Records Inventory
Mining Claim Records
1862-[ongoing]
Series documents actions filed with the county related to mineral interest claims. Types of actions include mineral rights and royalty assignments, mineral interest claims, lease releases, interest stipulations, corrections, bills of sale and conveyance assignments, and location notices. Information includes names of involved parties; action types and dates; and volume and page numbers. The series may also include copies of claim location notices giving descriptions and details of individual claims.
Since 1990 mining claims have been recorded in the clerk's Recorded Instruments (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings).
Oregon State Archives:
Miscellaneous [Mining Claims], 1862-1880 (1 reel of microfilm);
Rock Creek Mining District Record Book, 1864-1871 (1
volume).
Grant County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:
Affidavit of Posting Notices-Mining Claim, vol. 1, 1907-1940 (1 volume);
[Affidavit of Posting Notices-Mining Claim], vol. 1, 1907-1940 (4 sheets
of microfiche);
Direct and Indirect Index to Mining Claims [serves as claim register],
vol. 1, n.d. (1 volume);
Dormant Mineral Interest Record, vol. 1, 1985 (1 volume);
[Dormant Mineral Interest Record], vol. 1, 1985 (.50 inch of aperture cards);
Index to Mining Records Canyon Creek and Marysville [includes water rights],
1862-1863 (1 volume);
Mines Direct [Index], 1990-2008 (1 volume of computer printouts);
Mines Indirect [Index], 1990-2008 (1 volume of computer printouts); 2008-present (1 volume of computer printouts);
Mining Claim Record [includes water rights-with index], vol. C, 1864-1879
(1 volume);
Mining Record Canyon Creek and Marysville [includes water rights], 1862-1863
(1 volume); 1862-1863 (4 sheets of microfiche);
[Mining Record-includes river claims, bills of sale, bank claims, gulch claims,
and water rights], 1862-1865 (1 binder);
Mining Record [title varies-with index], vol. D-Z, 27-84, 1879-2005
(87 volumes);
[Mining Record-with index], vol. 53-75, 1980-1990 (13 inches aperture cards);
Patented Mining Claims [Record-with index], 1880-1907 (1 volume);
Record [Mine Claim Notices], 1878-1900 (1 volume);
Record Mining Claims Conveyance [with index], vol. A-B, 1864-1881 (2
volumes);
Record of Affidavits of Posting Notices [includes mining claims-with index],
vol. 2, 1928-1968 (1 volume);
Record of Mining Claims & Notices Granite Dist. [District], 1877-1880 (1
volume);
Records Mining Claims Conveyance [with index], vol. C, 1882-1901 (1 volume);
Request for Notice to Mining Claimants [with index], vol. 1, 1956-1960
(1 volume).
Grant County Courthouse, Clerk's Break Room:
Dormant Mineral Interests [Record], vol. 1, 1985 (.50 inch of aperture cards);
[Mineral Survey-Bureau of Land Management],
ca.1872-ca.1952 (3 inches of microfiche);
Mines [Claims], vol. 41-75, 1971-1990 (24 inches of
aperture cards).
Grant County Courthouse, Basement Vault:
[Mine Location Notice Records [includes related documents], ca.1889-ca.1919 (7 binders);
Record Certificates Issued to Co-owners [mining claim sales], vol. 1,
1904-1943 (1 volume);
Record Notices & Affidavits Co-owners [mining claim sales], vol.
1, 1904-1943 (1 volume);
Water Misc Proof of Labor [Miscellaneous Mining Claim and Water Rights Documents], 1884-1902 (1 binder).
Related Web Site:
Online Land Records [includes various federal land survey records related to Oregon such as survey plats and field notes, mineral surveys, and historical indices], ca.1850-present (Bureau of Land Management).
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