TREASURE HOUSE RELICS Project
Chieftan Mining Claim - BCC

Location data

QUICK LOCATION PATH: Utah / Salt Lake County / Big Cottonwood District / South Fork or Cardiff Fork / Kessler Peak

Mineral Survey Plat

Below is a copy of the Mineral Survey Plat for the Chieftan Lode Mining Claim, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Mineral District #5, Mineral Survey #22, Lot #58, dated July 27, 1876. The original claim was 200 feet wide, and 1200 feet long, running East North-East to West South-West and encompassing 5.509 acres of ground.
 
The Plat shows the discovery marker near the center of the claim on the North-East slope of Kessler Peak. At the time of the survey, the Chieftan Claim was being worked by way of a long tunnel called the Blain Tunnel. The tunnel was 251 feet long at that time, and cross cut the claim at about 45 degrees. 

CHIEFTAIN_BCC_ms0058emboss.jpg

Base Plat is from original scans by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Modified digital map image Copyright 2011 - THRP - Tintic  Images
 

CLAIM_KESSLER_PEAK_AREA_Chieftan.jpg

Detail From larger 1902 Cottonwood - American Fork - Park City Claim Map showing the location and surrounding claims.             THRP - Winegar Collection 

What remains

Unknown at this time. 

______________________