Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH BUILDINGS.

and the patriotism Of the soldiers found
expression IN songs and oratory. The
time Of enlistment was now nearly OUT,
and the officers used every means IN
their power to induce the members OF
the battalion 20 re-enlist. They said
that the Californians would revolt as
soon as the battalion left the state.
but II Il remained they would be afraid
10 attempt such a thing But all those
brave men wanted TO return TO their
families and friends who, In turn were
also carving out most memorable pages
I'm American history. one company re-
NAMED. however. with that exception
the battalion was mustered out on July
lG ISi7. and the men at once began
march Of 800 miles and on August 26th,
camped on the banks OF the American
river. where the city Of Sacramento
now stands They soon after moved on
10 Suffers fort and on the promise OF
employment by Captain John A. Suffer
and James Marshall most Of them de-
cided 20 remain until the following
summer Messrs Suffer and Marshall
engaged forty or nftv Of the battalion
10 construct a grist mill and a saw mill
the latter 10 belong 10 Mr. Marshall The
"Normons" were the first 20 stand on
the site Of the mill, and between Janu-
airy 18th and 20th 1SiS, the mill was
completed The building OF the mill
would have been impossible M thattime
had II not been FOR the "Mormons" who
alone possessed the skill and the ability
IN construct a. because they had among
them millwriehts carpenters and me-
chanIcs Of all kinds
THE DISCOVERY or GOLD,
on January o2rd. 1siS the eye Of
James Marshall was attracted 10 the
bed Of the mill race by some yellow
substance that was living there He
secured n handful Of the substance
and after examining II, declared IN an
excited manner 10 his COMPANION.
James 6. Brown, Of the Mormon
hattallon) that II was gold Brown took
such small stock In the discovery that
he never even mentioned Il 10 his COM
panIons that night The next morning
Marshall came 10 Brown with his hat
full Of the yellow rock, and Brown,
selling n handful of Il. cried out, "Gold,
boys gold" and the thrill NJ those
magic words filed every man In the
camp and then spread over the world
with their notent smell. a search was
then instituted. and manv claims that
have since enriched hundreds N thous-
ands. with the exception Of those who
discovered them, we're located by the
battalion boys.
NEWS SPREAD RAPIDLY.
The exciting news was soon carried
10 San Francisco and was first pub
llshed 10 the world IN Brannan's paper
AZ first the story was ridlculed but
when the evidence ~ its truth was laid
out before the eyes ~ the world doubt
fed and in It's place rushed the wild de-
llrum NJ gold hunting and mon forsook
their pursuits ~ n life time and ran
madly towards the setting sun. MANY
NJ the inhabitants Of Utah we're lured
from their pioneer homes 10 follow ar
ter the train OF fortune seekers, but
most ~ them were dlsapnolnted, and
while some remained IN California and
turned their hand 10 other things. many
NJ them returned 20 Utah. The news Of
the old discovery really came from
Mormon" island where the greatest
deposits were subsequently found hut
were first located by the "Mormons."
There are things that the true Nor
mon thinks infinitely more ~ than
gold the first being the Gospel ~ Jesus
Christ and when they were told by
their inspired leader that Utah was the
place for them, IN Utah they would
have remained though the Sierra Ne.
vada mountains had turned into pure
gold and the shifting sands NJ the Pa
cihc coast had become precious dla-
monds.
RESULTANT BENEFITS.
In the light Of these events Is n not
fair 10 affirm that had not the "Mor-
mon" branch ~ the United states army.
after its dlshandment gone 10 the
American river that the gold Of Call
fornla might have remained undlscov-
cred for decades? But their usefulness
10 California was not confined 10 tho
discovery OF gold alone they assisted
materially IN the agricultural growth
n the State. and the benefits that have
accrued 10 the state from their system
Of irrigation cannot be estimated
THE GOSPEL IN CALIFORNIA.
with the same zeal that characterlzes
their material Industry they have IA.
bored I'm tho spiritual growth Of the
State In 1881 President George Q. Can
non had HIS Hawaiian translation OF