| Show r A UTAH PIONEERS STORY 1 of How Gold Discovered in California In 1848 2 t 0 u wold w oW ot of Utah liars had hada n a II t r thith I r l who picture t I Mr I one Ohe ot lIle lIleo th o fl td Id barI ot of Mormon Pioneers Pioneer who whon nl n tu t with the Mormon I 1 who warn nt ut the every ot of gold at mill In 4 1 Ue Ire WAit WR one ot of the gust ot the thet tt t ut ot when the annl ary of the was cele cel celI celet I to t d 4 In Sn San In January I 1 Hd U It 18 from Mr I It t flY n lI and authentic etall oC oCI o ot t I wore were Mr Ir I Is now 5 ears ear old and Is h cr II IY III At the St II Gore Temple Tempi lie He y 1 rate the an Irr slat that he was I H e a copy ot at the life liCe ot of DavId Dald W hum lie he Ill ho he ver cr under hi his name nume ot Captain Catan HH H U U U 11 U 14 U 14 LI U 11 14 11 11 11 same lame tIme puttIng hili hia hat on the work workbench ork bench stood In the In nl Int all hands hanM 1 him sure lure In the toll tOI of O his hiM hot the crown crOll knocked In a little lay IBY the metal The pieces arlet In use It mm small mall up to thy else ot of t ot of wheat The Themo mo most t however as In thin scale The coarse pieces were In alt all shapes Smith took from his hll pocket u a 16 15 gold And we compared the two Iwo metals WI We could plainly I se the differ r once lince In their looks which WIl was ItIS to the In the coin All were satisfied that thai It was wae pure gold 1011 though not one In the crowd had ever eyer een gold before In II Its natural state We were Invited b bIar by Marshall hall to accompany ln him back to the sLot where he had hod found It and there were er several other particles tn In the Seattle eRms and Ind ot of the bill bedrock rock rockI Mr I r II Marshall enjoined the mill hands not to tn much about the discovery untIl Ia hI hn inI t how the mine WAS Three or tour four dave dan lit cC ards we begun to be In wan sant t of at rH I II I II I r 1 T I I IX 1 4 X r f T i 1 4 Y 1 I r j jor or r Y j i y T 1 f I v x V j js t s t W 3 x I P i t p 4 c f t tf I It I f T T Tj Y j t tT T Y Y Y tt t B r r 4 r Y 4 1 c HENRY W V BIGLER 1 One ot of the discoverers ot of gold In California n a memo c I her ber ot of the Lurmon lJ 1 Fear eal Not Oot Ille flie book was at once Mr 11 Hillier and he was vu In to t nd the News the extracts I I Zu m his coverIng the Period ut of ti goli discover lie Ill kindly complied M J alu herewith Itt In lit III Milk Caine letter he Ivee from Il a aj j h he I kept ept from the time the Mor Battalion left Jett the bud body or o otc tc on the way to the west vest In 3 i und during the long and weary neross the deserts to 10 CalifornIa JI us hid historical trl trip h he many 4 n fl R lel leea h WI We do not quote tat n of at his narrative f nim names 1 ot of the l n who were at al 1 k it t sawmill says IS Mr Ir 1 r s at the time the I 4 t f ii H Id 1 t 1 as Inde made were Alexander 1 t I ns i S Brown James liar nar J c Johnston Smith I tt I rh nt sere Ir others otherl but bUI butI I I IHre ere the only members ot of the WI had ben been together IUS out Ut ot of the service or time the United Ia t s and hal had started on onti tt ti say home hom when we met Captain I 1 r n n 1 Ih ith hil detachment on the way B Bf f to obtain their discharge am al tam had an eDIte from fromI I 1 nt Youn Young and the Twelve to Ile the 4 q 4 t 1 the Batalon Battalion stating that al all allt t hu hi hal had no In Sl Salt Lake 1 1 reul n tu and 10 go to toI I k t 1 ith 1 a slew ot If r Ut t JorI and return to UtAh I the Th The letter also that provisions were scarce In Ini i Ut ul Lake Lak and that til the Lord would 11 It ill those WiD would tur turn back niso I 4 fe the dollars would b be worth I live livet t m mes Is Its value In Salt Lake Accord on the morning of at September I 4 1 J ul ol number myself o 1 I e our nur brethren the hand th I blessings on others heads u divided provIsions scarcely 1 Ing Ang enough our ourselves le to last us usI I the sett 1 mies miles distant ri tm at Suter he at 1 hired ni nil ot of IS as to work In his grist gristI I 1 LW I and It was there we were r raged In January IU when gold 1 I I d all the particulars I l New ev Years Yeara lay day ISU we hal had the I 11 k I tn anti and the tall race nearly coma com comI comaI I t I I A named James Verner I I harge ot if alme Ime Indians who were 4 surk Ind Jamel James W IV Marshall our f Jr ot had been In the habit down every to se see I I l the Indians vere progressing fur tur I had struck the berck rolly mostly of oC t r tl iten n granite and 11 tie the work wl vhs slow l I It this when he vent down hIs I L I e a t Duhl aught the glittering ot of somethIng Las II lay In the lie crevice on the base buo oC at t I bedrock n a Cel few inches under water ite Ie nt a young Indian to Mr Ir 1 wa Was at work In the mi yard ard whip 1 asking him to send him mm tin I late ate fron vas 1 n a 1 tn he 1 wonder what Marshall ants with lh a tin plate pint but he walked tJ ti our and gave De one to the Indian IndI This was on arm Monday evening I U January IUS Al Atm WE We were quittIng v c rk far Cor Ihl the da day Marhal Marshall came up CI f 1 Ta the tal tail race and 11 said he I hal had found a rold gold mIne Someone r marked I eIS there Is no such I k Nothing more was then t just before ting going to 10 bd bed me nI Into our And said he be he had found Cound gold near neRr the lower nd ad ot of the tho race that ht he 1111 hail trIe tried to In lome slime ot of the particles but no no do 80 j but before leaving u us lie he said ald Uro n I want you l and fligier In the to shut hut the hlat head kt get throw In some Ol sawdust rotten leaves aud amm make It al all tight light and I 1 ill see hAt thee II Is Next morning We Ve did al as directed and while At work We saw aw Marshall pass u through the mi rd d and 10 so on down dawn li the race Brown ld nd I 1 went Into Inlo breakfast after atler which 11 all hands hamis went to work It at the mi mill ari aN I was bua busy preparIng to blow 1 a n ot loW fr Into the that lay In time the lt teil race near nar tl nuter flutter heel heI when Marshall t am up carry Ut a In hil his arms hie hi old oil ht hll hI haI With lh I a wide he ald said p e I 1 te le len I ha hay r provisions an and Marshall Irshal said ald he ol go down to the fort Corl ant anu 1 se wh why St had Imad not theta them lie Ill voU also take our RaId gold and have hae It t tc I Ile Ilie le lie was gone a few tew days das mini 01 on his return he wa was asked what I it was D lIs answer vas 0 Oh boys bos It Is the stul stuff and continuing h ito saId I 1 alL I the he old captain Suter Sutter biked up itt In a room and for tor halt half a adar aday day dar tried I It and the regulars regular down there wondered what Wi was UI un and aur we Ild had found a quicksilver mi Cor or he 1111 said there was as a quIcksilver main found b by n a woman down Iown towards tn Mn tere terey but we 0 let them sweat Ve l found OUr goll gold to 10 agree wih with the rn and we also alo applied fortis We then weighed I it In oler b by balancing the dust against sliver n Q 4 pair ot of meales held In the air Vf 1 I Ithe t th the scales cales down and when hen it Il calr li h contact with the water vater the gold ss 11 mt 10 n the silver up So We were fled It was IS the pUre stuff The member ot of the Mormon lint Bat lalon dill did not long remain In Call I I iia imia after that that The They had leaned learned Hu th In the rr Gre Sa Salt I Lake va valley le and nd itt In lau the r turned to join their families and in n In the tal fail ot of that ver verlow low blow strong an the II 1 of oC the In hll ha t the discovery of oC gold is II well vl set Ht I f fIn In time the book bool just by James 1 S Irown entitled Life LICe at 01 Pioneer lie He s says I It IF Is m my understanding that wh h Captain Sutter and Mr T 1 time the erection ot of tWo 11 milk milkan an apparently InsurmountAble I confronted them In the inabilIty to Jf g I 4 and pay for tor the skIlled labor lawr an antor for tor portions ot of the work This Ie Ic WIS aa by the our committee had made to Captain Sutter at the first Interview and In two to or three days dars time alk asked d b by the captain a decision was reached reache to go ahead Therefore It It had not been for Cor the opportune a appearance of the members of the Mor Mormon mon the IW ml would not have been buil built that wInter nor would the dl discover oer ot of gold have hae ben been made malle lt at that time But Dut for tor the action ot of those thole Mormons Mormon In connection with the enter Illse by Captain Sutter and amid Mr Marshall In offering the tho desired class ot of labor lai or upon the terms term the they did th the State Slate of California might have waIted Indefinitely to ha have ben been devel and to bp be christened I time he Gollen Golden State Slat and the tue entrance to the hi bay ot of ofSan Sn San FrancIsco might never neer haE have reo re eee the ot of the th Gollen Golden Oat Gate Light sad Ind Power r I sid later a as tb the and with a stock tork of GO Tb of at this company I is perfect et In every vr and amply provides for lh the electrical and amid for tor gas aa or of AJ Silt Lake I it and O Ogden The m equipment I is perfect and I is cm corn pl ot of th most modern ad and bet best rn proved Water power ad and ma machinery chinery The wonderful resources of title company can be realy n ben It 5 stated that the insUlation I as gait Ik lk WIler waiter a n 11 J P al Iteal II 1 I II p I pr Ogden dl 1111 water b bH H p Dle ul u tl plants ad and the building t f the dams dum III D the cost 01 dular dollars The furnishes lit Ule tile 0 energy for Cor Iw power r for mol motors or t el electric heaters ald 1 dev R RAl 4 Al eel applan nl the II of 01 salt Lake anti 1 oK In With at etc II hta tor real enee and Tills all aio hu ha I a moal ad and m ern gos M In I its large on II Main street are Lobe tobe seen on one ot r the mt most extensive Ine of tl ll cooking In heating In the th country These Thue el ces hive found tao favot with al an reel o t gait Lake City who hue have u and nd from roM Indications the future d dv mAn fo tot gas a for helin heating wil will bl bi a lale large factor In the aWaits of tills The of Ih the are among mong our but beat known ant anti bUil teen aM tl to their ability and the city t owes a aVast VIal Vast amount fur this plant They are lion Uon George Q Cannon prel dent John R It Winder vice president L S 8 1 1 s treasurer these gentlemen In ar are a piar of oC financIal strength The lion Hon ler Q Is IN to er mn man woman Id laid child II In this State hl hers II ill the Cart arl dla day and amId has ha watched tile marvelous of this community Ind and has haR been dol d al all the most mONI of ofel el oily and State lt lie Wa was a rI tta tUtu the In ii the halls of oC Conr Congress il ill tOIl tOti itt In to being I It directOr In thi 1011 Mr 11 Cannon Ic h 11 fiel with a lar large numbe of Ih hI enterprises In the Wesl Co John R It WInder is II In the pub pul lt lie ts one of its mOlt most Influential and energetic II is of ci the D Isert and ami Manufacturing s and a dIrector In the D Deseret NatIonal Hank and Institution His Hla name hal ha bEn been constantly Ih the Public for forman man many years jul past le mie Is a large and w wealth breeder breler of oC le live tock stock In this State anI I Ic unIversally known I ci being ln a In of 01 sterlIng character ler Ind and ble reputation Mr Ir J II S 5 His the of DC thu Ihl company Is II 10 too wel well to 10 ne need an notIce 01 our lie He is presIdent ot of th National Jank and I Ii a of oC groat attainment sal ani ut ul esteemed and These gentlemen wih wIth the following comprise Ihl the IIRI board of 01 directors JH 1 F J J TO Webb W V S er and W LV J General attorney Legrand Yount for lle the company II hi numbered our 11 lights lie He II 1 also attorney for Cor Ih the Pa Pacific The Ihl tIe hJ 40 vested In I ri S 8 general manager and ld |
