Show iB BRIGHAM BIGHAM YOUNG lETTER FOUND atey ty hugh oneil research worker historical survey A letter showing the ithe interest man if ested by brigham young in the 1 welfare ot of the people of parowan carowan was wag recently unearthed by a research worker at delta utah the letter of two pages written by pros pres young toung to elder john steele of par owan was dated may 1856 was about samples of ore sent in to church headquarters by people to be assayed the letter reads as follows i elder john steele parowan carowan Pa rowan 1 dear brother the lead ore has been examined by bro carrington with considerable care but no trace of silver was detected by the dry method A very t careful and detailed humid analysis may discover a small smail portion of silver I 1 am pleased with the diligence exercised by yourself and associates at reasonable opportunities in ne arching out the resources of the regions around your locality and am always gratified with descriptions ot of your travels and with tin the mineralogical specimens you forward the tha lead ore lately discovered in your region is remarkably tich rich yielding with moderate heat not c far from 90 per cent of lead the i cema remaining ining per cent being mostly sulphur S your brollier Brot lier in the gospel signed brigham Brig liam young |