Gold Run Gulch first record book
Scope and Contents
Handwritten record book which includes names, dates, and locations of placer and quartz gold claims, a location certificate and a record of transfer of claims. Also included are the records of a meeting to make laws for Gold Run and to extablish the Summit Mining District. The placer claims included in the volume are those located above the Homestake Gold Mine shafts.
Dates
- Broadcast: 1876
Creator
- Carey, Thomas E., -1944 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Gold Run Gulch first record book must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Carey, the discoverer of placer gold in Gold Run Gulch, Dakota Territory, was elected recorder of the mining district.
Extent
1 v. (0.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated in 1974.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; 1974.
Appraisal
19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts.
- Title
- Register of Gold Run Gulch first record book
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Benjamin Sipes
- Date
- 2010 June 10
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States