Show THE JUAB STAKE since the of july I 1 have employed lu in visiting the different aloyed my time settlements in the 3 juab aab stake of zion in the interest of church history I 1 attended the quarterly conference in nephi on the and lost and subsequently in connection with president wm win held special meetings in levans levan moda montana and eureka atie juab stake of zion embraces all of baab county utah and con consists sistR of five organized wards and two branches the nephi first or south wards word sare are ward presided over by bis bishop hop wm win IR warner nepal L second or north setd with thomas H G parkes as bishop hop levan ward with bishop N P fasmussen amusse Bas mussen 11 at the head of affairs mona ward presided over by bishop james 11 newton newt n and juab ward over which elm elmer er ataylor presides as bishop the branches are A at t eureka and wellington john beek beck presiding over the first and thomas thomaa orzell over the last named place the whole stake consists of members or amiliea and elder wm favorably and extensively known from his successful missionary labors in areat britain an and I 1 new zealand is the president of the stake charles sperry one of the first settlers of nephi acts as his first and james W as his second counselor jacob G big ler the first firm it ordained bishop oj of no keibl phi and david udall formerly 13 bishop ishop of nephi ephs second ward are th the e patriarchs of the stake ne nephi hi the headquarters of the stake and TO t the county seat at of juab county is beautifully situated on an elevated tract of land at the mouth of salt creek canyon and is one of the most euter enterprising and prosperous towns town in utah territory south of salt lake city were it not for the limited water supply for irrigation purposes nephi would have been a large city years ago as thereto there is any amount of land adjoining the set settlement ue which could be brought under cultivation if there was only water for it As it is nephi has bas gradually grown growa since its first local on in 1851 until it now contains upwards of 2200 inhabitants of whom 1977 are latter day saints nearly two thirds of the mormon population in juab county of this last number the nephi first ward contains souls or mem ben and the nephi second ward 1084 souls or mem bers ben nephi has a fine tabernacle large enough for all local and stake purposes two relief belief society halls one in each ward where all ward meetings are held two more district school houses a church academy a beautiful court house a number of respectable pec table stores a bank lumber yards shops etc and numerous comfortable dwellings nestling mostly in the midst of thriving orchards and shady proves groves nephi to is the only place I 1 have visited so far where the sisters of the relief society furnish houses for all the members of the respective wards to hold meetings in and be it said to the praise of the sisters of the place that they are workers and have been eminently successful in their labors sister mary ts to the stake president of the R ilief societies lievan levan situated eleven miles south of contains ninety families or members of the church including children also here the sisters of the relief society backed by the brethren as a matter of course have erected a fine and commodious hall in which the ward meetings are being held levan first settled in 1868 1888 is an outgrowth of 01 old d chicken creek which dates back to 1860 but to Is now defunct while levan to is growing its water increasing and its resources being developed could dry farming be made a success throughout levan and juab valley like it il Is in malad valley described in a former communication hundreds of thousands of acres would be added to the limited area of country now under cultivation in this neighborhood juab bumb ward consists of sixteen families or one hundred souls who are mostly employee emp loyes on the U P railway at and around j juab aab station which is fourteen miles southwest of nephi and five miles of levan there is scarcely element enough to keep up a ward or wellington branch consists of 11 families or 49 souls belonging to the church who live in a scattered condi tion on or near the sevier river above mills mille station nine miles southwest of juab the place formerly belonged to millard county and was known as sucker town moua mona ward consists of the village of mona pleasantly situated on sloping ground at the base of mount nebo which points its three snow capped peaks heavenward immediately east of the settlement vett lement the altitude of the north peak to is about feet above the level of the sea and is considered the highest point in the whole wasatch range the people of mona owing to their close proximity to the grand old mountain have more than one our less jess every day clay the year ground around tb tan an most moat of the settlements in utah in the middle of winter it is 9 o in the forenoon before king sol SOW peeps over the lofty summit mona ward contains 60 families or souls including a few scattered families living north of the town the place is eight miles north of nephi eureka branch numbers 28 families or souls the grown up male portion of these are mostly employed at the bullion beek beck and champion mine at eureka a mining camp situated near the summit of that range of mountains which sepa separates rats utah from valley or in a canyon which about a mile below the town opens out into the last named valley the saints in eureka have recently built a nest neat and commodious meeting house which to is perched on the side hill hil immediately north of the bullion beck back and champion hoisting works meetings and sunday schools are held held regularly the latter under the super of elder berjohn john 0 freckleton robert gillespie and lorenzo fuellenbach act as counselors to president beek beck who only spends a small portion of his time at the mines at prevent present there are over men man employed at the bullion beok beck and champion mine from which the output is in about tons of ore per mouth month dennis sullivan one of the ablest and most successful miners to in the west is in foreman of the underground works work and prank frank Y taylor is in the general superintendent of the mine having recently been appointed to that position the main shaft of this renowned mine is now feet deep and for each one hundred feet there are tunnels or drifts running in all directions some of them over two miles in length it to is estimated that there are nearly twenty miles of drifts in the mine and about fifty shafts ah afta or dinzes each one hundred feet deep which connect the drifts on different levels with each other these thaw mines serve a double purpose as they not only give ventilation throughout the mine but are also a means of communication muni cation between the nine different levels the ore is found la in large bodies on all the levels and to all appearances there are mountains of the precious metals in this mine alone which in due course of time will find their way to the outside out elde world and augment the wealth of our country there are underground connections between the mine I 1 have endeavored to describe and the eureka mine the caroline the keystone and others thus making it possible for the miners to escape should the hoisting apparatus at arty any of the mines thus connected become disabled or any other accident happen cutting off the regular communication the bullon beek beck and champion ranks as an oue oise oi se of the most profitable mines in utah and the present activity in eureka is principally due to the operation of the owners of that minert may be worthy of note that eureka this year for the first time in its history honored pioneer day by unfolding the stars stare and stripes to the breeze from a number of its most mosi prominent business houses and hoisting works eureka is 84 miles by rail from salt lake city and about 35 miles via koehen from nepal there are two railways running into It name lys ly a branch of the union pacific ald a ditto of the rio bio grande western tin the last named road was recently constructed ted at a great cost over the mountains and represents a fine piece of engineering in climbing the mountain it makes a number of very interesting curves through three tunnels and forms forma one complete loop andrt W JESON EUREKA juab county utah july 26 1892 |