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Brewster County 394th District Court
Felony criminal cases and all civil cases P O Box 1410 Alpine TX 79831-1410 432-837-6216
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Sul Ross State University, the state university at Alpine in Brewster County, publishes its catalogue, its course schedules and its registrar transcript requests.
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- Brewster County Sex Offender SearchLocate offenders in the Brewster County area
- Brewster County Extension OfficeEducational programs on agriculture, health and environment
- Brewster County Press ReleasesInformation released to citizens of Brewster County Texas
- Brewster District ClerkRegistrar, recorder of all court pleadings, instruments, and papers 307 West Sul Ross Avenue Alpine, TX 79830 (432) 837-6216
- Brewster County Tax PaymentsPay property taxes online or by phone
- Brewster County Emergency ManagementContact emergency coordinator for help in event of an emergency
- Eighth Court of AppealsAppellate jurisdiction of both civil and criminal cases
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- Alpine Public LibraryInformation and resources at Brewster County libraries
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- Brewster County JudgePresides over a five member commissioners court
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- Alpine ISDOnline resources for Alpine Independent School District
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- Big Bend National ParkFind directions, hours, fees and activities at the park
- Marathon ISDMarathon Independent School District educational resources
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About public records in Brewster County
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Brewster County at a glance
- State
- Texas
- County seat
- Alpine
- Population
- 9,546
- Area
- 6,192 sq mi
- Founded
- 1887
- Cities and towns
- 4
Brewster County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Brewster County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order across Brewster County, particularly in unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Brewster County is served by Brewster County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments, including the Alpine Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Brewster County Sheriff's Office, located at 107 West Avenue G in Alpine, Texas 79830, is the primary law enforcement agency for Brewster County's vast 6,193 square miles. Inmate information and jail rosters may be requested by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly during business hours, though online inmate lookup systems may not always be available for this smaller rural facility.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Brewster County are maintained by Brewster County Sheriff's Office, which is responsible for documenting all arrests made within its jurisdiction.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Brewster County are taken and retained by Brewster County Sheriff's Office during the booking process at the detention center.
The jail provides an inmate lookup process where you can inquire about recent arrests. You may also call the jail directly at (432) 837-5541 for more information on an individual's arrest status and booking details. Within Alpine city limits, building permits and business licenses are handled by the City of Alpine at City Hall, 101 North 2nd Street, Alpine, Texas 79830. The Alpine Chamber of Commerce, located at 106 North 3rd Street in Alpine (phone 432-837-2326, website www.alpinetexas.com) provides information on local business climate, networking opportunities, and guidance for new businesses.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Brewster County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Brewster County
- Old mine sites
- 73
- Sites with no status in the records
- 4
- Still producing
- 9
- Main minerals
- Mercury; Fluorine-Fluorite; Uranium
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 201
- Shafts and tunnels
- 94
- What they are
- prospect pit, gravel pit, mine shaft, adit
- Maps surveyed
- 1968 to 1983
- Records behind them
- 292 records for 287 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 86 named mine sites inside the county, 73 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 201 holes drawn inside the county, 94 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Mercury; Fluorine-Fluorite; Uranium.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
Texas mine map and abandoned mine records
- Railroad Commission of Texas, Abandoned Mine Land data mapThe commission's map of abandoned mine land sites (a Power BI map).
- Railroad Commission of Texas, Abandoned Mine Land ProgramThe Surface Mining division program that reclaims pre 1977 mines and closes dangerous underground openings by backfilling, capping or gating.
Named workings recorded in Brewster County (98 shown, 189 unnamed on the map)
- Colquitt - Tigner MineMine Shaft | Amarilla Mountain map, 1971
- MineAdit | The Solitario map, 1971
- MineAdit | Amarilla Mountain map, 1971
- MineAdit | Terlingua map, 1971
- MineAdit | Christmas Mountains map, 1971
- MineAdit | Christmas Mountains map, 1971
- MineAdit | Amarilla Mountain map, 1971
- MineAdit | Amarilla Mountain map, 1971
- MineAdit | Mc Kinney Springs map, 1971
- MineAdit | Amarilla Mountain map, 1971
- MineAdit | Amarilla Mountain map, 1971
- MineAdit | Amarilla Mountain map, 1971
- LockhausenBarium-Barite | Unknown
- Unnamed OccurrenceBarium-Barite | Occurrence
- Alpine Bentonite PitBentonite | Occurrence
- Bentonite MineBentonite | Producer
- Border Mines Bentonite PlantBentonite | Producer
- Bissett ProspectCopper | Occurrence
- Unnamed ProspectCopper, Manganese | Occurrence
- Corazones Peaks DistrictFluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | a whole mining district, not one working
- Marathon PlantFluorine-Fluorite | Producer
- Paisano MineFluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 3 records for this one site
- Piedra Azul ProspectFluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence
- Unnamed OccurrenceFluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence
- Unnamed OccurrenceFluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence
- Unnamed OccurrencesFluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence
- Unnamed OccurrencesFluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence
- Unnamed OccurrencesFluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence
- Unnamed OccurrencesFluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence
- Unnamed OccurrencesFluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence
- Unnamed ProspectFluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence
- Unnamed ProspectsFluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence
- Unnamed ProspectsFluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence
- Unnamed ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Occurrence
- Unnamed ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Occurrence
- Woodward Ranch MineGemstone | Producer
- Hess Ranch ProspectIron | Occurrence
- HudspethIron | Unknown
- Clark ProspectManganese | Occurrence
- Stephenson ProspectManganese | Unknown
- Unnamed OccurrenceManganese | Occurrence
- Unnamed ProspectManganese | Occurrence
- Burdett ProspectManganese, Silver, Gold | Occurrence
- Adobe Walls MineMercury | Past Producer | Underground
- Brown ProspectsMercury | Occurrence | Surface and underground
- Canyon Group ProspectMercury | Prospect | Underground
- Chisos MineMercury | Past Producer | Underground
- Colquitt Tigner MineMercury | Past Producer | Underground
- Coltrin's Camp OccurrenceMercury | Occurrence
- Duncan MineMercury | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Fernandes MineMercury | Past Producer
- LafarelleMercury | Occurrence | Surface
- Le Roi ProspectMercury | Occurrence | Surface and underground
- Little Thirty-Eight MineMercury | Past Producer | Underground
- Lone Star MineMercury | Past Producer | Surface and underground | 2 records for this one site
- Lowe ProspectMercury | Prospect | Surface and underground
- Maggie Sink Mine (Bobs)Mercury | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Marathon Dome ProspectMercury | Prospect | Underground
- Margaret D MineMercury | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Mariposa MineMercury | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Mariscal MineMercury | Past Producer | Underground | 3 records for this one site
- Monte Cristo and Croesus ClaimsMercury | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Pickens Oil ProspectMercury | Occurrence
- Rainbow MineMercury | Past Producer | Underground
- Rio Grande Prospect (Sec. 70, Block 341)Mercury | Occurrence | Underground
- Rio Grande Quicksilver Co. claims (Sec. 40, Block G-12)Mercury | Occurrence | Underground
- Sample Group MineMercury | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Section 98 ProspectsMercury | Occurrence
- Star MineMercury | Past Producer | Underground
- Study Butte MineMercury | Past Producer | Underground
- Tarrant Property in Sec. 18Mercury | Past Producer
- Tarrant Property in Sec. 39Mercury | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Terlingua DistrictMercury | Past Producer | a whole mining district, not one working
- Two-Forty-Eight MineMercury | Past Producer | Underground
- Unnamed MineMercury | Past Producer
- Unnamed ProspectMercury | Occurrence
- Unnamed ProspectMercury | Occurrence
- Unnamed ProspectsMercury | Occurrence
- Unnamed ProspectsMercury | Occurrence
- Waldron Workings in Sec. 40Mercury | Past Producer | Underground
- Unnamed ProspectMolybdenum, Copper | Occurrence
- Kimball Quarry & PlantSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer
- The Ranch Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer
- Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer
- Unnamed ProspectSilver | Occurrence
- Bird MineSilver, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc | Producer
- Webb PitStone | Producer
- Anderson Ranch ProspectUranium | Occurrence
- Black Mountain ProspectUranium | Occurrence
- Fizzle Flat and Green Valley ProspectsUranium | Occurrence
- Nevill Ranch OccurrenceUranium | Occurrence
- Stillwell Mountain ProspectUranium | Occurrence
- Unnamed OccurrenceUranium | Occurrence
- Unnamed ProspectUranium, Copper | Occurrence
- Unnamed ProspectUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence
- Big Bend National Park DepositsOccurrence
- Unnamed OccurrenceOccurrence
- Unnamed ProspectOccurrence
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Brewster County, Texas?
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Brewster County Sheriff or a city police department in Brewster County. Ask that agency for its record. Texas Business and Commerce Code chapter 109 covers businesses that publish criminal record information, arrest photographs included, taken from public records or bought from DPS and that charge $150 or more to remove it or any fee to correct it; they must keep it complete and accurate and may not publish records they know are expunged or under an order of nondisclosure.
How do I get a criminal background check in Brewster County, Texas?
The Texas criminal history record comes from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime Records. Run an online name based search of deferred adjudication and conviction records through the DPS Criminal History Conviction Name Search, or have fingerprints taken by appointment at a DPS FAST location. Fee: $10.00 for a name based check done offline through DPS; $15.00 for a fingerprint based check, plus $10 for fingerprinting at a FAST location.
How can I look up sex offenders in Brewster County, Texas?
Search the Texas Department of Public Safety Sex Offender Registry, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
How do I register to vote in Brewster County, Texas?
Register with the county voter registrar or through the Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division. Texas has no online voter registration. Your county voter registrar must receive your application at least 30 days before an election; you can fill out the application online, but you must print, sign and mail it to the registrar.
How do I look up property records in Brewster County, Texas?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Brewster County are kept by the Brewster County clerk. Property values are set by the county appraisal district, and tax bills come from the county tax assessor-collector. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Brewster County, Texas?
Certified birth and death certificates for Texas come from the Texas Department of State Health Services, Vital Statistics. You can get vital records in the county, city or district where the event occurred, and some local offices also provide birth records from anywhere in the state. Online at Texas.gov, by mail to Texas Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, P.O. Box 12040, Austin, TX 78711-2040, or in person at the Austin office or a local office. Fee: $22.00 for a certified birth certificate, long or short form.
How do I find business license records in Brewster County, Texas?
Business entity filings are searched with the Texas Secretary of State, Business and Public Filings. The State of Texas does not require a general business license; the Governor's Business Permit Office says local permit requirements must also be met.
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