By: Ardis E. Parshall - April 26, 2012 By the early 1870s, Mormon settlers had returned to the central Utah counties emptied during the previous decade by the threats of the Black Hawk War. Small exploring companies and mining prospectors even dared to return to the canyons and wilderness tracts. An LDS leader in that area wrote to Brigham to ask about the propriety of engaging in silver mining. By report, silver mines are breaking ...
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