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WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

TUTSAGUBET MINING DISTRICT

in Washington County, Utah

LOCATION

See the map.


HISTORY

Utah Mining Districts
Open-File Report 695, Utah Geological Survey, by Ken Krahulec, 2018, Page 169

Miners in Washington County organized the Tutsagubet Mining District on 2 June 1883 at the camp of the Mountain Chief Mine. They established boundaries for the district, which included ten square miles in the Beaver Dam area in the southwest corner of the county. This district included the Apex Mine, which produced copper and was particularly active during the 1890s.

W. B. Pace was the Tutsagubet Mining District recorder from 1883 to 1885. He was responsible to record all mining claims within the mining district. Tutsagubet District by-laws required him to visit the ground at each claim and ensure that the claim was distinctly marked before he recorded it. The Tutsagubet Mining District recorder functioned for only two years, after which the responsibility for recording mining activity in the district fell to the Washington County recorder.


MINING COMPANIES

TBD


MINES

Apex Mine
Black Warrior Mine
Mountain Chief Mine
Paymaster Mine
Pen Mine
Utah-Eastern Mine


MILLS & SMELTERS

TBD

REFERENCES

Tutsagubet Mining District (Utah)

Tutsagubet Mining District (Utah).
Mining records, Record Book A, Utah State Archives, (Series 23670).