Utah Mining Law Legal History Capacity Building
GrantID: 76598
Grant Funding Amount Low: $10,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: $50,000
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Grant Overview
Utah Mining Law Workforce Requirements
Utah mining-law research centers on records held by the Utah State Archives, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office, and county recorder offices in seven mining districts. The state lists only 12 living former mining attorneys or former members of the Industrial Commission with direct knowledge of 1890–1930 labor statutes.
Infrastructure and Personnel Constraints
Salt Lake County holds the largest collection, but San Juan, Emery, and Carbon counties retain original claim registers that have never been microfilmed. Winter road closures on State Route 24 and U.S. 6 can isolate these counties for weeks, requiring summer-only fieldwork windows. The single university with a mining-law faculty member is the University of Utah; no other in-state institution offers paleography support for 19th-century claim notices.
Readiness Requirements for Utah Projects
Applicants must document prior experience with BLM's online General Land Office records system and submit a letter from the Utah State Archives confirming scheduled research appointments. Budgets require a line item for four-wheel-drive vehicle rental and winter-weather contingency days. Proposals that assume year-round access or reliance on out-of-state faculty without local archival coordination are returned without review.
Utah differs from Colorado and Nevada in the concentration of unmicrofilmed county-level mining registers and the absence of any regional mining-law research center outside Salt Lake City.
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