Show tee FIRST presidency AND oom COM 1 11 4 I 1 ct gen D if 00 CA conn coun tt t y t 1 ma may bit wells berls we arrived reek reer about 6 p in of ah stans t the day we lef leftus left t G GS S L tati where we were hospitably entertained at the godbe of bf br eben ebert ezer ezerS rAwn 4 i rf A j is i S othe mr ong tf t tle ath at 8 ami we lett left tor ton pro passed past 10 dined with bishop ton in laker Lakel City and then cheh passed chiw ahr battle creek creeke or pleasant ril ria ant trove GT ovee at 3 P pm 1114 and arrived ia iii provo at 51 2 by 7 the roro wa wai was densely crowde crowded 47 and andar J M U grant and myself addressed the au audiano dieno on principles pertain pertaining ink unto their Imme drate drale practical datlef a good spirit and feel reel irig lug pre prevailed and I 1 am happy to toi i irate tate that the people of provo prove are ire awakening from their slumbering and lethar iti Itt harly hargy 0 o vigo vigor r in the scale of drs abail grant and nd myself mi self and some the kintly y regained oyer oye r night with br joseph A kei Kel Kelt celt tin til ln WT alet ett lovo dri dig the lofft loffi at 0 13 am pissed tart abd aad palmyra Patt hyra nyra annd at ryson anifant irvi 13 pm fiam ibm V ift placa piam i i wrote to yon on the thy rame game dav 1 at A 5 oafa in 0 tea iea ete elk uh ta th the t perpie people to in the 0 olien oiSen r air I 1 1 taws I tha most fa attention loa lot was par pal paid id to lne pies ples tbt d ift r ii av e I 1 11 I 1 we started mem nem rem at 7 im PL passed throy bro it phi 1 it 11 a am m ad camped cairn d for the n at onta springs in anaeta janye vile valety y where our borses ba had kad a riper of I 1 e tiia tila at antni atT 7 tm I 1 ni and at 13 12 1 3 2 baited halted neit n eite efte the ford forrd acoss across sa several sever ator alor of the company pany tarried a at t tvs tes teg pi placa 0 afie e others other with 8 wagons arons w I 1 C caglage oan can I 1 lage age a and n ll 11 about 15 oa horseback started for the oai coal oal ba beeg bees about 6 billos from the road this company was pite cir ctr beil neil from fort lph lab ephraim raim bet th tha the tnt int ot starting and slid the mouth of th the ka Y where toe too a coal was was discore redy there I 1 14 cinch much sage n 0 and and about inh Ink liloy there li Is l i a pretty rivulet 0 lear vol voi dol aoi bol water which wh ich at a future suture fut ureda day can be citadel ti ladel for irrigating purposes in that section ot of rn ritty ham hav afons broke the road to the mouth odthe of the yon you thea the anim alii were wee turned out to praze n ae ier r a ardy and the balanca of the company company proceeded one ne mlle mile and a halt hilt up tiie tile the kanyon to the iho coal bed led to our oar tur our gratification we e sound found that it was no mary mari hoax for we botn saw kiwy and handled it an itne I 1 secured specimens to take home be adms adorns apok a sack ruil full to vort tort plira lm where here it was arlid tried in a blacksmith shop and ind it made ail ari auf arf w excellent welding weiding heat beat the rhe part pari of the bed which we Is 1 in i cove in the ls anyon s ii rs t a massive stra 1 ti rock at althis thia this poIn rant titis it Is about 25 feet rett from 1 rom the sur tur 1 ij ace of the boil soil 0 to o of the outcrop down gown which falls a small stream arnof t water the upper out cropping vein Is 3 ft and thic kand rests upon a stra stratum turn of rock below which bich la Is another vein from 22 to 24 inch inches C 9 in thickness J succeeded by I 1 v a layer of rock about 2 inas inches thick which w alch it t Is thought will hill give out ina in a short distance below delow this thin beam seam of rock there Is a vein win of beautiful coal 6 5 feet thick As we were not prepared to mine we could not determine the position of ali ari lr under the surface ur tace face buttrom but from what hat bat we could conid discover discovery there Is a fair prospect of almost an inexhaustible quantity I 1 am endea vorin voria to naze the people of mantl and fort ephraim to make a road to the bed beds and to commence mining go to that we can cn have coal in G S L I 1 city thit thib srm sr inizer lier iier t S we wa again agala started cpr fort Ephr ephraim aimy almy and arrived there about 6 pm preached iry ily la the schoolhouse school house bouse at early candle candie light lighty and this thia mornine morning la in the tiie ole oie open air the brethren here have be been linte very r diligent lilke nt tuf iff n making i laurri improvements tb they are er erecting e acting I 1 a fort tort warr wali wall wali of stone to an ared area ogo 60 b y ai 12 1 2 rods rod and to b be e 18 feet A feet I 1 t thick hickie at the base aa and ana 18 inches at the top 1 in dil all 11 IL the tha settlement settlements it we have visited ti sited the a appear pear kear to ie be rubbing the f from oni their eyes ee sad awakening wak anini more lr re to and general improvement which affords me much much pleasure A As a insaf general thing 0 0 far as i w we a have d on WS Jour journey ligi rigi the grasshoppers grass grasshoppers hoppers are m much uc h more mord luderus numerous ihan llan in G S L city while fieldi oi ot wheat that a fen geks past promised a 4 plentiful harv harvest est at present noti not A ae spears or blade had only one small showery shower and that thal while passing up falt fait salt sait cheik creel kanyon b doctor prague reports that tb the health ot i the tha people people in the we have visited Is food pomy as Is also that of the company we vve have haire not had ii a case ol 01 sic k ness and the weather his as been very favorable bigl the tha exception of 0 dust dui dul f f we hae has a goodly company and A an pres pre i vails valls throughout b lout tout we aie aae ma kia as much headway 1 11 as we could reasonably expect ty conald considering iri irl g kii ali all ail C I 1 remain remain affectionately your bro 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