# Relief Mine
> Featuring visions, dreams, photographs, and news stories that compare current events to Koyle’s prophetic predictions.
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### Contact
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/contact/
Last updated: 2026-03-25T18:15:41.000Z
**Office:**  
PO Box 378  
Salem, UT 84653  
801-423-1492

The [buy / sell stock](https://www.reliefmine.com/buy-sell-stock/) page helps match buyers with sellers, and provides the needed "proof of identity" form needed to get a new certificate issued to a buyer. The Relief Mine Company does not set the price of stock, that is something the buyer and seller agree to on their own.

You can also send an email us using truthseeker4now \[at\] gmail.com. Just replace \[at\] with @. We don't publish the actual email address to thwart spam bots.

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### Frequently Asked Questions
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/faq/
Last updated: 2026-07-04T18:25:51.000Z
#### ****What is the purpose of this Nephite gold mine?**

1. Establish a food storage program similar to what [Joseph of Egypt](https://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/genesis-12-50-and-work/joseph-genesis-372-5026/josephs-successful-management-of-the-food-crisis-genesis-4146-57-4713-26?ref=reliefmine.com) did. In the coming days of famine, thousands of people will be in need of food. The stair-step style grain bin, built in the future by the Relief Mine, will be right on the mountain and hold one million bushels of wheat. According to Bishop Koyle, the grain silos at [Welfare Square](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/learn/welfare-square?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com) in Salt Lake will be empty at the time they're needed most.
2. Low interest loans will be given to people to help them save their homes, farms and businesses as the [banking system collapses](https://www.reliefmine.com/financial-collapse-will-destroy-everyones-assets/).
3. Means will be provided to establish people in the [United Order](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/united-orders?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com).
4. Additional ancient [Nephite](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/gs/nephites?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com) records will be recovered and translated which are inside the nine caverns.
5. Some of the gold will be used to beautify and adorn the temple in the [New Jerusalem](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/triple-index/jerusalem-new?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com), which will be located in [Jackson County, Missouri](https://maps.app.goo.gl/iadpiwFJwFL7ZAPj7?ref=reliefmine.com).
6. Several large cities of refuge will be financed and built that will offer protection from the violence of the coming [civil war](https://youtu.be/aDyQxtg0V2w?ref=reliefmine.com). You can get a glimpse of how massive these places of refuge will be by skimming the highlighted portions of the A[rticles of Incorporation](https://www.reliefmine.com/articles-of-incorporation/), which were included under the inspired mind of [Al Sinclair](https://www.reliefmine.com/arnold-shreeve-vision-of-alma-the-younger/), also known as [Alma the Younger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma%5Fthe%5FYounger?ref=reliefmine.com) in the Book of Mormon.
7. The gold coins will be the Lord's solution for the coming "mark of the beast" digital financial system that will soon be forced on the people of the world. The Bible warns, "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that ****no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark**, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." ([Revelation 13: 16-17](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/rev/13?lang=eng&id=16-17&ref=reliefmine.com))

#### What are we waiting for?

Bishop Koyle prophesied that after his death the Lord would send messengers to direct the miners, but that these messengers would be disguised. Later, when it was time for the Relief Mine to be vindicated, at the time of the [economic collapse](https://www.reliefmine.com/nde-depicts-civil-war-collapse/), these same messengers would return revealing their true identity as servants of the Lord.

There is good evidence to suggest that Al Sinclair, who came to oversee the Mine in 1950, is the same[ translated Nephite](https://rsc.byu.edu/book-mormon-3-nephi-9-30-my-gospel/three-nephites-doctrine-translation?ref=reliefmine.com) who will return to start up the Mine at the appropriate time. If you haven't read it yet, then you may be intrigued by the [Arnold Shreeve Vision](https://www.reliefmine.com/arnold-shreeve-vision-of-alma-the-younger/), and [The Return of Alma the Younger](https://www.reliefmine.com/return-of-alma-the-younger/), which are both about Al Sinclair, who is a messenger of the Lord and otherwise known as Alma the Younger.

#### ****Can a man be a prophet but not** president **of the Church?**

"Perhaps it may make some of you stumble , were I to ask you a question, does a man being a Prophet in this church prove that he shall be the President of it? I answer no! A man may be a prophet, seer, and revelator, and it may have nothing to do with his being the President of the church. (Brigham Young, [Journal of Discourses](https://www.josephsmithfoundation.org/journalofdiscourses/?ref=reliefmine.com) 1:333)

#### Have any of the prophecies been exaggerated?

John Koyle was told by the Lord to never write anything down. As a result, much of what he said privately and publicly was recorded from 2nd, or 3rd hand accounts. 

We are grateful to Norman Pierce for writing his book, "[The Dream Mine Story](https://www.ourhollowearth.com/DreamMineStory.pdf?ref=reliefmine.com)" decades ago, as it helped publicize Bishop Koyle's life and mission. Unfortunately, because he desperately wanted to see the Mine be vindicated in his lifetime, he revised his book a few times, changing some details to fit his understanding of current events. These changes were mainly about the year the Mine would start up again. Therefore, one must study and pray for discernment to know when the time is getting close.

Ogden Kraut was another author who wrote about the Relief Mine, but didn't make changes to fit his paradigm. His books can be read online or purchased at [OgdenKraut.com](http://ogdenkraut.com/?page%5Fid=183&ref=reliefmine.com)

#### Can I hike up the mountain to take a few photos?

There are some families that live up on the hill. So that they can maintain some privacy, the board of directors has said no one is allowed to casually stroll around on the Relief Mine property.

#### Why is it called the Dream Mine and Relief Mine?

Some people call it the Dream Mine because it was through divinely inspired dreams that Bishop Koyle was shown this great last days project the Lord wanted him to work on. It's also referred to as the Relief Mine, because it will provide relief in the form of gold and wheat when the [economic collapse](https://www.reliefmine.com/nde-depicts-civil-war-collapse/) and [famine](https://www.reliefmine.com/personal-family-famine-jim-phillips/) occur.

#### Was Bishop Koyle excommunicated?

On January 7, 1947, Bishop Koyle was summoned to a [LDS Church](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com) trial. He appeared before his stake president and the high council of his stake in a formal Church court proceeding.  
  
According to the few accounts which are available, the proceedings in some respects, composed a scene of questionable justice. In a secular court the accused normally has the advantage of a non-partisan judge and jury. As occasioned here, however, this was not the case. Practically everyone present was well versed in the history of the mine in addition to being intimately acquainted with its aged prophet. Partisan feelings for and against the old man were such that emotions might well have replaced facts as a basis for judgment. (Historical Study of the Koyle Relief Mine, Christianson, p. 54)  
  
The court proceedings had all been pre-arranged. An unmerciful decree had been written for this special occasion. The Bishop was ordered to sign this typed statement or else lose his membership in the Church. The Bishop repeatedly bore testimony of the reality of the numerous spiritual experiences that he had and the complete fulfillment of the promises that had been made to him by the Lord. He desperately sought to stay the decision of the court by requesting a hearing with the President of the Church--just as he had done in 1913\. However, they said that such a procedure was not according to the rules of the court; therefore, his request was denied. Like criminal lawyers who badger a client into a breakdown, Bishop Koyle was continually threatened with excommunication if he did not sign the paper. This was the same old procedure of the Catholics who, during the Dark Ages, forced signatures from the "heretics" who chose to disagree with the Pope. There seemed to be no way out for him--it was sign a lie or be classed as an excommunicated apostate. At this moment he was in a complete state of quandary. Under the pressure of such unwarranted bombardment, the poor man broke down and wept. The ultimatum was a most consequential form of mandate--both choices were bitter to his soul.  
  
From nearly 7 o'clock that evening until midnight he was pressured to "sign" that document. Finally he spoke up and said, "You are forcing me to sign a lie." Raymond Taylor, one of the high councilmen, told him that if he would sign it, then they could get the interview with the President of the Church.

**He John Koyle was getting old now, in his 84th year; for a long, long time his health had been failing badly, and even now he had been on a sick bed for several days. The years had taken their toil of his strength and vigor, filled as they had been with so much trouble and persecution, and now most of the fight was gone out of him. He knew that his days on earth were about over, and for the few that might be left to him, he did so want to cling to his membership in the Church--the Church for which he had been a missionary and a bishop--a membership which so many LDS believed was essential to salvation. (The Dream Mine Story, Pierce, p. 93)*

The Bishop was told, and knew, that if he did not sign that document, he would be excommunicated, and then others who were associated with him would be excommunicated also. What he didn't know was that they would excommunicate him and others like him anyway.  
  
One of his close associates begged him saying, "For heaven's sake, Bishop, don't let them take away your membership." He was expressing fear for both himself and for other stockholders. None of them thought that they would be brought to this final test--the truth or their membership in the Church! They didn't think the leaders of the Church would go that far in this issue. Koyle looked at the paper and then made one more request. If he signed it, would they agree not to make it public until after he had a chance to present his case to the head of the Church. The request was acceptable and agreed upon.

**Then John H. Koyle, sick and weakened, with the fight gone out of him, and his two closest friends urging him on, did that which his Nephite mentors, long ago in 1914, had warned him not ever to do. He signed this bold-faced lie and cleverly conceived repudiation to save his friends and himself from the Church axe, which was hanging over them ready to drop if he did not sign. Herein was the full significance of the Nephite warning to him that he should never write anything, nor sign any written statement about the mine. To that warning he had always tried to be strictly obedient--not even so much as writing a personal letter to anybody, and what is more unfortunate, not putting his wonderful experiences in his own writing. . . . (The Dream Mine Story, Pierce, p. 94)*

After the document had been signed and they went to the home of Quayle Dixon, the Bishop was weeping and sobbing like a child. He bore the consequence of a concession just as the Prophet Joseph did when he gave the Book of Mormon manuscript to Martin Harris. (See D & C. Section 10.) It was merely an expression of human weakness, but it was a spiritual catastrophe. As Moses, who in a moment of weakness took honor from the Lord, lost his chance to visit the Promised Land, so by the stroke of a pen the Bishop took honor away from the Lord for the mine. He would not live to see the promised ore.  
  
The statement was an explosive shock wave to the Dream Miners. However, everyone soon knew that he had signed it merely as a means to retain his membership in the Church.  
  
The men responsible for Koyle's trial did not keep their promises. First, they published that document without his consent and against their own word that they would not do such a thing. Second, they excommunicated him after they promised him that they would not if he signed that statement. Third, they never made the promised arrangements for Koyle to have an interview with the Church President. And fourth, they continued to harass, threaten and excommunicate stockholders of the mine.  
  
Quayle Dixon and Wallace Strong signed the declaration as witnesses. All three names appeared on the front page of the Deseret News in full size reproduction of the declaration with their signatures as they were signed on that document. (See following article.)  
  
It was an agreement with hell and he suffered the pains of hell. He suffered more and grieved more because of his signature on that document than for any other sin of his life.  
  
Because the General Authorities had consummated their cleverly conceived placard, the Bishop realized that he had been exploited and betrayed. The full impact of what he had done by signing that directive was now clear to him. Under coercion and threats, he had put his trust in the arm of flesh--the General Authorities--and now he suffered the curse. Remorse and regret are the consequences of sin, and now came the Godly sorrow that only repentant sinners know. His grief nearly brought, him to death.  
  
In that state of agony to the soul, his departed wife came to him in a dream to impress him with the necessary will to continue with his life and mission. She concurred that the signing of that document was wrong, that it was a satanicly inspired testament, but that they on the other side realized and understood the pressures that had been brought upon the Bishop. Centuries of history have been filled with these evil and coercive pressures and the influences that work upon men to use them. The whole picture became clear to his mind and he knew now why the messengers had warned him not to sign anything. The Bishop repented as best as he knew how. He always referred to that incident as the "worst thing I ever did in my life."  
  
The book, "Relief Mine I", can be purchased at [OgdenKraut.com](http://www.ogdenkraut.com/?ref=reliefmine.com)

#### How can I purchase stock?

You can upgrade your account on this website so that you can access the list of [buyers and sellers](https://www.reliefmine.com/buy-sell-stock/). This will include contact information so you can reach out. This buyer / seller page also provides the proof of identity form that every buyer needs to download, print, fill out, sign, and have notarized.

The Relief Mine does not sell stock, nor does it set the price per share. After a buyer and seller agree on a price, the mine secretary will take the buyer's proof of identity form, and then issue a new stock certificate in their name. 

Use the [Contact](https://www.reliefmine.com/contact/) page for contacting the mine office in Salem, UT when you're ready to make the transaction official.

#### Should I sell the stock that I inherited?

Let's let Bishop Koyle answer this one. Here is a quote from meeting minutes taken on February 7, 1946:

"People haven't been turning in nearly so much stock as they have in the past years. I hope this keeps up and that we can't buy people's stock for love nor money. It won't be long until there won't be any stock to sell. The stock will be worth a lot of money and you can't buy any more. When the people can't buy it, there will be a sad gloomy feeling around this valley. I hope you won't sell your stock for love nor money. ****The stock is too precious**. I hope and pray with all the faith that I can muster that you'll hang tighter than you have ever done. Keep it locked up in your safe and don't let anyone buy it from you for love nor money."

#### Should I buy gold and silver coins now?

Yes. The prophecies indicate that the dollar may be devalued in stages, making it increasingly difficult to buy the things you need. At the same time, the value of gold and silver will rise. So it will be important to have at least some precious metals on hand, to tide you over until the Relief Mine goes into production. Visit the [Links](https://www.reliefmine.com/links/) page to see a list of trusted vendors of gold and silver. Curious as to how and when the Mine will start up? Check out [Arnold Shreeve's Daytime Vision](https://www.reliefmine.com/arnold-shreeve-vision-of-alma-the-younger/) of the Mine coming in.

#### ****Is there any wealth left in this Nephite gold mine?**

Yes, treasures of both gold and ancient records are still in this ancient mine. Many people ask why the mine has not yet produced any ore in our modern day. This same question was asked of Bishop Koyle by Austin Fife, who wrote: 

"If you ventured the question which you thought would be the most embarrassing to him—How do you explain the fact that although you have dug for forty years, the mine has not yet produced a single ounce of pay dirt? —you were surprised by an answer that betrayed neither embarrassment nor lack of hope. The mine is to produce only when the financial structure of the world is about to [collapse](https://www.reliefmine.com/financial-collapse-will-destroy-everyones-assets/). ****It will begin to produce just in time to save the saints from the economic ruin that will wreck the world**." ([Saints of Sage and Saddle](https://www.amazon.com/Saints-Sage-Saddle-Folklore-Mormons/dp/1258432099?ref=reliefmine.com), Fife, pp.283-84)

But regardless of presumptions, Brigham Young once explained about the resources of the earth: 

"These treasures that are in the earth are carefully watched. They can be removed from place to place according to the good pleasure of Him who made them and owns them. He has his [messengers](https://www.reliefmine.com/return-of-alma-the-younger/) at his service, and it is just as easy for an [angel](https://www.reliefmine.com/arnold-shreeve-vision-of-alma-the-younger/) to remove the minerals from any part of one of these mountains to another, as it is for you and me to walk up and down this hall. This, however, is not understood by the Christian world, nor by us as a people. There were a great many [treasures hid up by the Nephites](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/morm/1?lang=eng&id=18&ref=reliefmine.com).

People do not know it, but I know there is a seal set upon these treasures of earth; men are allowed to go so far and no farther. I have known places where there were treasures in abundance; but could men get them? No." (Journal of Discourses 19:37, 39)

#### ****Can I attend the yearly stockholder meeting?**

Yes, anyone can attend the annual stockholder meeting which is held the second Monday in May at 2PM. In the past they were held in Spanish Fork at the Veteran's building. Recently a change was made to hold them at the [Community Center](http://www.salemcity.org/community-center.htm?ref=reliefmine.com) in Salem. Come early for a good seat, and available parking is limited.

#### ****Where is the Relief Mine located?**

The mine is located on the base of the mountain, east of Salem, UT. Aerial images of the mountain can be seen using [Google Earth](https://earth.google.com/web/@0,-0.317,0a,22251752.77375655d,35y,0h,0t,0r?ref=reliefmine.com).

#### ****How can I contact Mine officials?**

Linda, the Relief Mine secretary, can be reached at 801-423-1492\. She is usually in the office on Saturday mornings. Please leave a voice message if no one is available to take your call. Visit the [contact](https://www.reliefmine.com/contact/) page for other details.

Any written correspondence should be sent to:  
  
Relief Mine  
PO Box 378  
Salem, UT 84653

#### Has the Lord ever inspired men to dig for gold?

Yes. In 1896, two years after the first messenger visited John Koyle, [Jesse Knight](https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5064/?ref=reliefmine.com) filed a mining claim stating to a friend that he was shown in a dream that he would find a great store of ore. The friend replied, "Humbug!" So that's what Jesse later named one of the richest mines in the [Eureka, Utah](https://maps.app.goo.gl/FM4RZKVJ34JmzWqa7?ref=reliefmine.com) area.

"In a dream, or vision, there was revealed to Jesse that Utah was for the Mormons; that the doctrines of [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com) were true; that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God; also, if he went to a certain place (indeliby imprinted on his mind), that he would find a great vein of rich mineral--a mine.

He followed the instructions given him in his dream, which took him to the now well-known Eureka Mining District. Then, way up on the mountain, he found the spot he had seen in his dream, and he uncovered the vein which led to a vast mineral body. (Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p. 8)

But one day Jesse announced to the surprise of his son:

"Will, I want to tell you something. We are going to have all the money we want, as soon as we are in a position to handle it properly. We will also some day save the credit of the Church." (Towns of Tintic, p.160)

"It was this way in mine after mine with Jesse repeating the performance and pointing the way. Time after time, he pointed to a black wall that showed nothing and said it contained ore. It is a story that cannot be equalled in the history of ming. In Tintic, Jesse Knight was known as, "The Mormon Wizard" (Ibid, p.162)

Money piled up in the banks as Jesse uncovered deposit after deposit of silver and lead. His fortune was dedicated to a church, and according to his own prediction, he saved the credit of the Mormon Church. He donated enough money to wipe out over a million dollars of church debts. Then, almost single-handed, he financed the beginning of the [Brigham Young University](https://www.byu.edu/?ref=reliefmine.com).

#### ****Have others found gold before** the time was right?

William Neeley once found a ledge of gold and showed a sample to [Brigham Young](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/brigham-young?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com), but Brigham said to him, "You're not the man and this isn't the time." He then said that it would be hid up until a future time when the saints would need it. Neeley never found the mine again.

Elder Croslin, an English convert, discovered a ledge of gold near [Tooele](https://maps.app.goo.gl/MKvUm2ZuxP7xJqEj9?ref=reliefmine.com), but Brigham Young told him, "Digging gold would frustrate the plans of the Church. We could dig tons of gold and line the streets with it," he told Croslin, "but it would not feed a single hungry Mormon. We need to grow grains to feed ourselves and others to come, and raise sheep for wool for our clothing, but we don't need gold. Perhaps sometime in the future the time may come when we need it but that time is now now." (Western Treasures, Aug. 1968, p. 21)

#### ****How can I participate in the service projects?**

Until the Relief Mine starts back up, service projects include helping in the peach orchard, clearing vegetation to prevent fires, unblocking water lines that come out of the multiple springs, etc.

When projects and volunteers are needed, an email is sent out with the details. All we ask is that you respond to these emails, if you can attend, so that we have a rough idea of how many people to expect. To get on this separate email list, which is maintained by Russ Hatch, contact him using rghatch@yahoo.com.

#### Do I need an account to use this website?

There is a lot of content that is free to access without an account. Creating a free account allows you to be notified by email once new blog posts are published. You also get to participate in this community of like minded believers by posting your own comments.

After you register and create an account, whenever you click Login, a link will be sent to your email address. Click it and you'll automatically be logged in on this website, as we don't use account passwords here. Consider upgrading your free account to help cover web hosting costs, and gain access to premium content, like the [list of buyers and sellers](https://www.reliefmine.com/buy-sell-stock/) of Relief Mine stock.

#### Why don't I need a password when logging in?

It is becoming increasingly popular and accepted to use "magic links" or passwordless login methods, where websites email you a link to log in. This approach offers several advantages:

1. ****User Convenience**: Magic links simplify the login process by eliminating the need for users to remember or type passwords, which improves the user experience.
2. ****Enhanced Security**: By eliminating passwords, the risk of password-related issues, such as weak passwords or password reuse, is reduced. Additionally, magic links often include expiration times and are single-use, enhancing security.
3. ****Reduction in Phishing Risks**: Magic links can reduce the risk of phishing attacks compared to traditional passwords, as users don’t need to input passwords on potentially compromised or non-secure websites.
4. ****Growing Adoption**: Many companies, especially tech-forward ones, are adopting passwordless authentication for its convenience and security benefits. It's becoming more common in both consumer and enterprise applications.

#### Is your content on the Fediverse?

Yes, you can stay informed with how current news headlines relate to Bishop Koyle's prophecies by following @index@reliefmine.com

#### How does God view believers who buy stock?

In Doctrine & Covenants section 124, the Lord directs the Saints to build the Nauvoo House and discusses the use of stock to help finance its construction. Verse 119 states: “And again, verily I say unto you, let no man pay stock to the quorum of the Nauvoo House unless he shall be a believer in the Book of Mormon, and the revelations I have given unto you, saith the Lord your God.”  
  
This likely applies to believers of the Relief Mine, in that they too should have a testimony of the Book of Mormon and all of the Doctrine & Covenants.
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Bishop Koyle prophesied that 100 shares would be sufficient to get a family through the coming tribulation. The Relief Mine Company no longer sells stock to the public. So the only way to follow Bishop Koyle's inspired advice, and purchase at least 100 shares, is to find another stockholder who is willing to sell.

### **Recent Sale Prices**

The Relief Mine does not set the price per share, it all depends on what the buyer and seller agree to on their own. The following information is listed to give the buyer and seller a rough idea as to what fair market prices are.

- 9/2/2026 - Kenneth B. sold 100 shares for $32 per share.
- 6/2/2026 - Stephanie H. sold 100 shares for $30 per share.
- 3/14/2026 Doc H. sold 100 shares for $32 per share.
- 11/29/2025 Doc H. sold 100 shares for $39 per share.
- 4/28/2025 Rayan O. sold 75 shares for $50 per share.
- 4/21/2025 - Miriam W. sold 100 shares for $40 per share.
- 2/9/2025 - Stephen J. bought shares for $30.00 per share.
- 4/29/2022 - Kathy R. sold 92 shares for $32.50 per share.
- 8/18/2022 - Forrest W. sold 200 shares for $30 per share.

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## Posts
### The Grain Silos at Welfare Square Will Be Empty
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/grain-silos-at-welfare-square-will-be-empty/
Last updated: 2026-08-19T04:42:40.000Z
The photo above shows [Welfare Square](https://www.templesquare.org/eng/buildings/welfare-square?ref=reliefmine.com) in downtown Salt Lake City, owned and operated by the Mormon Church. The complex includes a 178-foot grain silo, a cannery, a bakery, and a milk-processing plant. These facilities are used to produce food and goods that are distributed to those in need through the Church's welfare system. But did you know that [Bishop Koyle](https://www.reliefmine.com/bishop-john-koyle/) prophesied that this silo will be empty during the coming famine? 😳

> ...He was told by the messenger that the Church program to care for the poor would all be used up during the first and second years of famine, that the mine would bring relief during the third year and would carry on the relief from the third year on. 

So how will an ancient [Nephite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephites?ref=reliefmine.com) gold mine offer relief to people who are starving? Simple. A one-million-bushel grain storage bin will be built right on the side of the mountain. This is over 3 times as large as the silos at Welfare Square! These bins will be built one below the other, allowing us to let the grain from the top bin run down into the next, and then down into the third and fourth bins at the lowest level. Think of a stair-step design.

> This treasure house would have several missions--one of which was to build huge storage bins and fill them with grain, just as Joseph did in Egypt. The real purposes of the mine would then be fully understood. Many would be saved from starvation, financial ruin, and other calamities. The Mormon people, too, would succumb to many of the perils that would come, for they would suffer temporal and spiritual bondage. (See [D&C 103:17](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/103?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com)) In this crisis, the Church would exhaust its resources and means to help its members. Thus, this venture would become a means of providing food and supplies to a poor and humbled people in distress. This mine would then be known as the "Relief Mine".

Part of the miracle will be that the concrete pours take place during the winter, with no danger of the concrete being ruined.

> ...this would rapidly make possible the launching of a great construction program for grain bins and buildings for the beautiful White City. There would be no danger of the concrete freezing, and people all around would marvel at the mild winter.

This past winter we broke all records with how mild it was, but there was still some snow in Utah. It sounds like this future winter will be even more mild!

Bishop Koyle also told his miners that we would have nine months to store the grain, that we would purchase it for $.50 per bushel, and this would be the longest that money would be any good. This is an indication that the grain will be purchased after the [dollar devaluation that starts the civil war](https://www.reliefmine.com/next-civil-war-begins-in-chicago/), because wheat right now is over $7.00 per bushel.

> ...this plan, said Bishop Koyle, will put the grain upon our property where no one can molest it, where we can make distribution as we see fit. All eyes are to look toward us for relief.

## Prepare for Famine

Bishop Koyle said the time would come when one could not buy a bushel of wheat for a bushel of gold. Entire states would be depopulated, with not enough people living to bury the dead. This, in turn, would cause a great influx of refugees into these Utah valleys, mostly women and children.

A wise person, then, would buy some wheat, store enough for others, and use diatomaceous earth to deter bugs. Start using wheat now so you can get accustomed to it. Get a quality manual or electric grinder. Collect bread recipes that only need four ingredients: wheat, water, salt, and oil. Get a good copper-ceramic waffle maker and a cast-iron pan for pancakes, muffin tins for muffins, and good bread pans for bread. Learn how to make tortillas. Plus, don't forget that bread will be a great barter item!

You can also sprout wheat for your daily greens. The D&C says wheat for man, but the Lord meant the heirloom grains of that time, such as spelt, einkorn, kamut (Khorasan), and emmer. Learn to make Ezekiel bread: “Take also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel…” (Ezekiel 4:9).

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## Not All Wheat is Equal

Most people assume wheat is wheat. It isn’t. Einkorn is a special wheat that has been cultivated for thousands of years. The wheat in most grocery store products today—modern bread wheat—didn’t emerge until the 1940s, when it was engineered for higher yields, not higher nutrition.

Then there’s the gluten question. Einkorn does contain gluten—but it’s a different kind. Modern wheat has been hybridized over centuries, picking up a “D genome” that einkorn simply doesn’t have. Einkorn has two sets of chromosomes. Modern wheat has six. Less complexity in the grain often means less work for your body and easier digestion.

Put simply, einkorn is closer to its original form. And a lot of people find that their bodies know the difference. In fact, many who are "gluten intolerant", find they can eat organic einkorn bread with no problem. (See [Real Reason Wheat is Toxic](https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/real-reason-for-toxic-wheat-its-not-gluten/?ref=reliefmine.com))

Could it be possible that one of Bishop Koyle’s descendants, Jade Koyle, will supply the grain to fill the storage bins once they are constructed? Time will tell. You can learn more about regenerative organic farming, and buy some einkorn products at his website, [Einkorn.com](https://www.einkorn.com/about/?ref=reliefmine.com).

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Remember, Bishop Koyle told believers that owning 100 shares would be sufficient to care for any man's family. But, if a man had more than 100, he would be in a better position to assist his fellow men during the times of financial trouble and famine.

## **Questions to Ponder**

1. Do you have your own manual or electric grain grinder? If not, check on Facebook Marketplace or KSL Classifieds for a used one.
2. Have you been baking bread with different types of organic wheat to gain some experience? All you need is wheat, water, salt and oil. Check YouTube for instructional videos.
3. Did you know it's not gluten that gives people health problems? It's actually the Glyphosate farmers spray on the wheat prior to harvesting it. (See [Real Reason Wheat is Toxic](https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/real-reason-for-toxic-wheat-its-not-gluten/?ref=reliefmine.com))

Leave your comments below.

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Now here are some really good einkorn recipes that my friend gave me. They are for tortillas, waffles, pancakes, and blueberry muffins. Enjoy!

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### When Money Dies Overnight: The Hyperinflation Nightmare
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/when-money-dies-overnight-the-hyperinflation-nightmare/
Last updated: 2026-07-11T17:54:28.000Z
We should all educate ourselves on what it's like to live with hyperinflation, because [Bishop Koyle](https://www.reliefmine.com/bishop-john-koyle/) said we would experience it prior to the dollar crash and vindication of the Relief Mine.

> "He was shown that our entire wage and price structure had risen higher and higher so that it was like it was up on high stilts, and then suddenly it was as if someone over-night had kicked the stilts out from under it, and the whole thing came down with a crash to about 20 cents on the dollar. A working man who had been getting $20 or $30 a day would then be lucky to find work at $5 or $6 a day, but mainly there was no work to be found. His property would only be worth 20% of its former value, but his mortgage and other fixed debts would remain the same." (The Dream Mine Story by Norman Pierce p. 54)

Most people are aware that Weimar Germany experienced severe hyperinflation in the 1920s. You’ve likely seen the famous black-and-white photos of people pushing wheelbarrows full of cash just to buy basic goods like bread. By late 1923, the situation had become so extreme that even hard assets reflected the currency collapse—as an ounce of gold was worth roughly 87 trillion German marks!

Today, we’ll look at a modern version of the same pattern, but this time in Venezuela, where a similar breakdown of currency stability unfolded under very different circumstances. Because if you believe in [Bishop Koyle's prophecies](https://www.reliefmine.com/fulfilled-prophecies-of-bishop-koyle/), then you know hyperinflation is coming before the dollar crash. This post is about being prepared.

Venezuela experienced one of the most severe cases of hyperinflation in modern history, beginning around 2016 and continuing for several years. At its peak, annual inflation reached thousands to millions of percent depending on the measure used. In practical terms, this meant prices were rising so quickly that money lost value almost immediately after it was earned.

During the worst periods, when their [hyperinflation reached nearly 1,000,000%](https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2018/0724/980659-venezuela%5Fimf/?ref=reliefmine.com), prices could double in as little as two weeks or even less. This created a situation where everyday goods had to be constantly repriced just to keep up with the collapsing value of the currency. Businesses often updated prices frequently—sometimes weekly or even more often—because yesterday’s prices could already be outdated. Strangely enough, Walmart has just replaced all of their printed price tags with new ones that are digital and can be updated in seconds. See their [short video](https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2024/06/06/new-tech-better-outcomes-digital-shelf-labels-are-a-win-for-customers-and-associates?ref=reliefmine.com) about this. Could it be in preparation for constantly changing prices due to hyperinflation? 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/10/0810f8fb-c29c-4e95-86a6-5372edf7aec2/content/images/2026/04/venezuala-1.jpg)

(Hyperinflation in Venezuela)

Basic staples in Venezuela like bread, rice, and cooking oil were especially affected. A loaf of bread that might have cost just a few bolivars early in the crisis rose to around 15,000–20,000 bolivars at the height of inflation. Over time, items that once cost tens or hundreds of bolivars surged into the thousands, then continued climbing into the hundreds of thousands and even millions as inflation accelerated.

As inflation worsened, people’s behavior changed in response. Many rushed to spend money as soon as they received it, since holding cash even for a short time meant losing purchasing power. Savings became unreliable, and long-term planning was extremely difficult because prices were unstable from week to week.  
Eventually, many Venezuelans began relying on U.S. dollars, bartering, or informal exchange systems to buy essentials like food and medicine. The local currency still existed, but in many cases it no longer functioned effectively as a stable store of value or a reliable way to price everyday goods.

## The United States May Be Next

You might already be aware of Brandon Biggs, and the gift of dreams that he claims. Granted, he is not infallible, and is not the same calibre of visionary as Bishop Koyle, however, the Lord still may have used him to warn people of future events. Discern for yourself.

Apparently the Lord [showed him the first assassination attempt](https://youtube.com/shorts/ZrvBvmrdTt8?ref=reliefmine.com) on President Trump, and how it would affect his right ear, months before that very thing happened. Also, the Lord showed him the devaluation of the U.S. dollar, the transition to a new digital money system, and the bankruptcy of all banks. Strange, that's what Jospeh Smith said:

> "The time will come when the banks in every nation will fail and only two places will be safe where people can deposit their gold and treasures. These places will be the White Horse and England's vaults." ([White Horse Prophecy](https://www.reliefmine.com/white-horse-prophecy/))

Brandon describes the first drop in the value of the dollar as an overnight 50% devaluation. In practical terms, this would mean that if you had $1,000 in your checking account one day, its purchasing power could be reduced to $500 the next, as the currency loses value relative to goods and services. In an official devaluation scenario, your account balance would still read $1,000, but its real-world buying power—especially for imports and everyday goods tied to global prices—would be significantly reduced. Take a look at his short video.

(4 minutes)

## How a Dollar Devaluation Hits Home

You may be wondering how an overnight devaluation of the dollar will affect the average American. Well, here are some examples:

1. **Housing – Sarah the Renter**  
Sarah pays $2,000/month for her apartment in Denver. The next morning, she wakes up to news of the 50% devaluation. Her landlord calls and says new tenants are now being charged $4,000/month. Sarah’s current lease is fixed for the next year, so she’s temporarily safe—but her paycheck hasn’t doubled.  
Friends looking to move find they can’t afford apartments anymore, and tension spikes in her building.  
Lesson: Fixed leases offer short-term protection, but housing becomes more expensive quickly for everyone else.
2. **Gas – Mike the Commuter**  
Mike drives 30 miles each way to work. Gas was $4/gallon. By noon, he fills up his tank for the week—cost: $8/gallon. Suddenly, commuting and deliveries become painfully expensive. Mike starts carpooling and thinking about moving closer to work, but rental prices have already skyrocketed.  
Lesson: Transportation costs soar almost instantly after a devaluation.
3. **Groceries – Jessica the Mom**  
Jessica goes grocery shopping for her family. Eggs were $3, milk $4, bread $3.  
Today, she notices eggs are $6, milk $8, bread $6\. She swaps fresh produce for cheaper alternatives, but her weekly bill has doubled. Snacks and imported electronics for her kids are now out of reach.  
Lesson: Everyday essentials double in price; middle-class families feel it immediately.
4. **Loans – Jason the Homeowner**  
Jason has a fixed-rate mortgage at $1,500/month. Overnight, his payments are still $1,500, but the dollars are now worth half as much. Of course, if he had a variable interest rate, then his payment would rise. Jason breathes a sigh of relief—he’s winning while renters and savers are struggling.  
Lesson: Fixed debts become easier to manage; borrowers gain at the expense of lenders.
5. **Savings – Linda the Retiree**  
Linda has $50,000 in her savings account. The next morning, her bank balance hasn’t changed—still $50,000—but her dollars now buy half as much. She can only afford half her usual groceries and must cut back on medications and utilities.  
Lesson: Cash savings are immediately devalued; retirees and savers suffer the most.
6. **Crypto – Alex the Early Adopter**  
Alex had $5,000 in Bitcoin and other cryptos before the devaluation. As the dollar falls, his holdings double in USD terms, preserving his purchasing power. While everyone else panics over rent and groceries, Alex feels a strange sense of amazement.  
Lesson: Pre-existing crypto or hard assets can protect wealth; dollar-pegged assets do not. Keep in mind that crypto is volatile and can go down.
7. **New Currency Possibility – The Paper Reset**  
The government announces a “new note” worth half a greenback to reset the system. People line up to exchange old cash, but in reality, nothing has changed in real purchasing power—it’s just a formalization of the loss.  
Lesson: Issuing a new note doesn’t undo the pain; it only labels it officially.

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Remember, Bishop Koyle told believers that owning 100 shares would be sufficient to care for any man's family. But, if a man had more than 100, he would be in a better position to assist his fellow men during the times of financial trouble and famine.

## The Devaluation Leads to Civil War

According to the prophet Joseph Smith, who [will return in the future](https://www.reliefmine.com/resurrected-joseph-smith-will-return/), the depreciation of the currency is what starts the [second civil war](https://www.reliefmine.com/next-civil-war-begins-in-chicago/). The following is a letter from Nephi Packard to A. Milton Musser on July 24, 1896:

> "My brother, Noah Packard, says that he heard the Prophet Joseph say that the next great (U.S. civil) war after the war of the rebellion (the Civil War of the 1860's between the North and the South) would commence in a little town now called Chicago, but at that time it would have grown to be a very large city. And another brother told me that **the Prophet said that the cause of the next great trouble of the United States would be the depreciation of the currency of the United States**. I believe I have given you all the facts in as short and concise manner as possible."

It seems that before the [return of Alma the Younger](https://www.reliefmine.com/return-of-alma-the-younger/), as seen in Arnold Shreeve's fully awake [vision of the mine starting up](https://www.reliefmine.com/arnold-shreeve-vision-of-alma-the-younger/), conditions in the economy will continue to decline. The coming hyper-inflationary period, along with civil war, may be needed to humble our nation before the Lord allows the Relief Mine to begin providing relief. After all, Bishop Koyle once prophesied: 

> "The rich will grow richer and the poor poorer, until many will be blue in the face with hunger when the mine comes in." (John Jordan's List #62)

The purpose of this post is to warn and prepare people for the turbulent financial times that are coming, but it's not a message of fear. The Lord has spoken about the end times and said:

> "If ye are prepared ye shall not fear." (D&C 38:30)

## Conclusion

So how do we prepare so we’re not overcome by fear? Here are some suggestions:

- Do whatever you can to get out of debt ASAP!
- Buy gold and silver coins. This includes junk silver, which are dimes, quarters, and half dollars minted in 1964 or earlier that contain real silver. Obviously the whole point of the Relief Mine is to mint gold and silver coins, but until that day arrives, precious metals will help maintain your purchasing power. If you are looking for a place to buy, then I recommend fellow believer, Abe Day, who runs the [OZ Bullion](https://oz-mint.com/?ref=reliefmine.com) in Alpine, Utah.
- Help your friends and family get prepared by [sharing this post](#/share).
- Read the post, [Crypto Explosion Before Relief Mine Vindication](https://www.reliefmine.com/crypto-explosion-before-relief-mine-vindication/), and prayerfully consider getting into crypto as a hedge against hyperinflation. I’m not a financial advisor—do your own research before making any decisions.
- Look over the various preparedness resources listed on the [Links](https://www.reliefmine.com/links/) page.
- Search on YouTube for "hyperinflation dreams" to see what other people are sharing.
- Switch your variable-rate mortgage to a fixed rate to lock in your monthly payment and protect yourself against rising interest rates. As Bishop Koyle prophesied, interest rates will rise very high:

> "Banks at this time would be full of money, but would be reluctant and afraid to lend a dollar to anyone since their credit would be no good anymore, for most of them could not pay it back. Instead there were numerous foreclosures on homes and farms and business, while interest rates soared to 10% and 12%. The bank established by the Relief Mine would salvage as many of these mortgages as they could and charge only 3% and 4% interest. It would vex the other banks, but they could do nothing about it because this bank had so much gold back of it."

And..

> "The United States will experience increasing interest rates which will finally reach 20% to 24% after a period of 10% to 14%." (John Jordan's List # 38)

## **Questions to Ponder**

1. Do you own at least 100 [Relief Mine shares](https://www.reliefmine.com/buy-sell-stock/)? This is all Bishop Koyle said a man would need to take care of his family during these times.
2. If your cost of living doubled overnight, what would you cut first—and what would you refuse to lose?
3. How diversified are your savings between cash, assets, and [crypto](https://www.reliefmine.com/crypto-explosion-before-relief-mine-vindication/) or other alternatives that would still hold value even if the U.S. dollar lost significant purchasing power?
4. Do you have a clear exit strategy for converting crypto into necessities like housing, food, or fuel?

Leave your comments below.
### Translated Nephite Reveals Crop Rejuvenation Program
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/translated-nephite-reveals-crop-rejuvenation-program/
Last updated: 2026-02-11T17:16:30.000Z
Did you know that a translated man directed operations at the Relief Mine from the 1950s to the 1960s? After the passing of [Bishop Koyle](https://www.reliefmine.com/bishop-john-koyle/), Al Sinclair—who many believe is [Alma the Younger](https://www.reliefmine.com/return-of-alma-the-younger/) from the Book of Mormon—came to the Relief Mine and served on its board of directors from 1960 to 1965\. Among his many contributions, he played a crucial role in saving the Mine from a potential government shutdown. His most consistent message was the need for harmony, unity, and endless patience among all Relief Mine believers. 

## Soil Conditioner

Al’s *Soil Conditioning Program* was one of his most important teachings, designed to improve farming practices. The program restored planting soils and neutralized environmental toxins. Al emphasized that this would be essential in the future, when the land is poisoned by Strontium-90 fallout. Its key component was rock sourced from specific areas within the Relief Mine, which replenished depleted soils with essential trace minerals. Sinclair emphasized that this effort mattered more than the physical gold that will come forth from the tunnels.

To implement the program, the rock was to be crushed into a fine powder and spread over crop soils. It would then be lightly tilled into the ground. (Since Sinclair's time, the Mine has been tested and found to contain over forty trace minerals.) These minerals would result in higher crop yields, fewer weeds and pests, and better nutritional value in the food produced. Sinclair taught that consuming these enriched foods would lead to healthier bodies, which would, in turn, promote spiritual well-being in mankind.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/10/0810f8fb-c29c-4e95-86a6-5372edf7aec2/content/images/2026/01/Al-Sinclair.jpg)

Al Sinclair in a white suit

## Shocking the Ground

In addition to using the mineral-rich soil conditioner, Sinclair advocated for "electroculture"—a process of charging the soil with electricity to stimulate healthier crop growth. This was done using a modified lead-acid battery, which had its sulfuric acid replaced with a special liquid mixture made from crushed rock from the Mine. The minerals in this "acid-less battery" would generate special electrons that, when connected to a copper wire and a brass rod, could be used to pulse the soil with energy. The process involved walking the fields while periodically inserting the rod into the ground to charge the soil with the electricity.

Summary of What Al Taught:

1. Grind a variety of rocks from the Mine's diggings and spread them on crop soils, lightly tilling them in.
2. Modify a lead-acid battery by replacing its sulfuric acid with a special liquid rock-slew formula from the Mine.
3. Use the modified battery to pulse the soil with electricity, enriching the ground for better crop production.

## A Truly Godly Man

You may be wondering what other things this translated being had to say. Well, here is a quote from one of his letters to the Relief Mine board of directors:

> To preserve harmony and unity, do not persist and insist on a course of action which results from personal conclusions, but instead, submit your thoughts, your reasons for so thinking, then willingly accept the majority determination and continue to cooperate fully.

What kind of prayers does a man like this offer up to the Lord? Good question. Here's one example:

> Gracious and Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we come unto Thee, in this our hour of need for guidance, and the gift of understanding, through our advocate, our blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our Heavenly Father, grant us Thy blessing of understanding which provides us that which we need personally, whereby we may correct our faults and our failures, and equipped with this understanding, faithfully and fruitfully render that device which it be Thy will we perform within the full limits of our talents and individual abilities. Strengthen us we pray, that we shall contribute our full measure to the development of harmony and unity, that Thy will be done. Forgive us we pray, our sins of commission and omission, this we pray in the name of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. Amen (Derived from a letter by Al Sinclair, dated 10/5/1963)

## Letters from Al Sinclair

If you really want to learn as much as you can about Al Sinclair, a translated Nephite, then you should download the following PDF which contain excerpts from many of his letters. You will learn more about the divine mission of the Relief Mine, and how to implement the soil conditioning and electroculture methods. This will restore garden soils at a crucial time when the land is poisoned by nuclear fallout.

_This post is for paying subscribers only._
### Crypto Explosion Before Relief Mine Vindication?
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/crypto-explosion-before-relief-mine-vindication/
Last updated: 2025-11-04T20:42:03.000Z
You may have heard the old saying, "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." It’s a witty way of saying that money has lost value over time due to inflation. But with how much worse things have gotten in recent years, maybe the saying should now be, "A five-dollar bill ain't worth a ten anymore."

Today, we'll explore how major corporations like Amazon and Walmart are launching their own stablecoins, and how investing in certain 'prophetic' crypto coins could provide a potential hedge against the looming threat of hyperinflation.

As you may know, Bishop Koyle left behind a list of prophecies nearly a mile long, many of which were focused on the future of our economy and nation. The following example was given so long ago that, at the time, the U.S. dollar was still redeemable in gold and silver. Today, our currency is no longer redeemable—and, according to his prophecy, it will soon cease to be used.

> "Here in Utah, big industries like Kennecott Copper and Geneva Steel, would be shut down, as well as government related industries, and unemployment would be widespread. The U.S. paper dollar and coinage, having no intrinsic value, would no longer be redeemable in gold and silver, and it soon would become worthless and no longer be regarded as legal tender."

I believe the government's adoption of crypto is a likely reason why. The [GENIUS Act](https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-signs-genius-act-into-law/?ref=reliefmine.com) just became law, and there are other crypto-related bills moving through Congress.

## Will Inflation Trigger Hyperinflation?

While we know the economic collapse foreseen by Bishop Koyle is coming, we don’t know exactly when. The current system, flawed and fragile as it may be, could continue limping along longer than expected — maybe even for a few more years. In the meantime, how do we deal with inflation? How will we survive if hyperinflation hits and a loaf of bread costs $5,000? Think that couldn’t happen? Keep reading.

In recent history, many countries have experienced hyperinflation — including the Weimar Republic, Hungary, Zimbabwe, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Venezuela. Despite modern safeguards, no country is immune. Hyperinflation can still occur when leaders abuse power, ignore sound economic principles, or destroy public trust in the national currency. If the United States is next, as the value of the dollar continues to decline, then the numbers in the following chart may eventually apply to us.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/10/0810f8fb-c29c-4e95-86a6-5372edf7aec2/content/images/2025/08/Weimar-chart.jpg)

During the Weimar Republic’s hyperinflation crisis, the German mark plunged in value due to massive money printing, flooding the economy with worthless currency. By late 1923, inflation spiraled so wildly that a one-ounce silver coin was worth about 543 billion marks because the mark’s purchasing power collapsed—prices doubled every few days.

Businesses struggled to cope: they paid employees daily, sometimes multiple times a day, with stacks of rapidly depreciating marks, often in wheelbarrows, so workers could rush to stores before prices rose again. Prices on goods were updated hourly, with shopkeepers using chalkboards or stickers to adjust costs. Is this what Walmart is preparing for with its rollout of digital price signs that can update in seconds? Watch the [short video](https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2024/06/06/new-tech-better-outcomes-digital-shelf-labels-are-a-win-for-customers-and-associates?ref=reliefmine.com) on Walmart's corporate website to see it in action.

So, if the U.S. experiences hyperinflation in the future, could we see a loaf of bread costing over $5,000? Absolutely!

## Stable Coins Will Replace the Dollar?

What are stablecoins? They’re digital currencies pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar, ensuring their value stays stable, unlike the often volatile Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. You can think of them like the chips you get at a casino: you exchange your money for chips, and when you're done, you can redeem them for the same value in cash. Also, stablecoins operate on blockchain technology to enable secure, decentralized transactions. This stability makes them ideal for everyday payments, offering the convenience of digital currency without the worry of price fluctuations.

And now, according to an article in the [Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-14810171/walmart-amazon-astonishing-upend-banking-stablecoin.html?ref=reliefmine.com), major corporations are preparing to launch their own stablecoins:

> Retail giants including Walmart and Amazon are exploring a bold plan to bypass traditional banks — by creating their own currency. The move to create a stablecoin would allow the companies to handle payments with a form of cryptocurrency pegged to the US dollar. Walmart and Amazon could then cut out middlemen like Visa, Mastercard, and major financial institutions. The shift could save retailers billions of dollars annually in card processing fees — but experts warn it could trigger a crisis for the banking system.

So what kind of crisis are the experts referring to? Are they suggesting that the new financial system and the rise of stablecoins could eliminate the need for banks altogether? If so, that would align closely with what Joseph Smith prophesied in the famous [White Horse prophecy](https://www.reliefmine.com/white-horse-prophecy/):

> The time will come when the banks in every nation will fail and only two places will be safe where people can deposit their gold and treasures. These places will be the White Horse and England's vaults.

Anyway, to use a Walmart or Amazon stablecoin, you would load funds into a digital wallet through their app or website, exchanging U.S. dollars for their dollar-pegged stablecoin at a 1:1 rate. You could then use the digital wallet to pay instantly at checkout, similar to using a gift card. Since transactions would happen within their closed system, Walmart and Amazon could bypass traditional banks, allowing for instant settlement rather than the typical 1–3 day delay of bank-cleared payments. They would also save billions of dollars each year on processing fees currently paid to Visa. To encourage adoption, Walmart and Amazon might offer incentives like discounts, loyalty rewards, or exclusive deals for users of their stablecoin.

If we take Koyle’s prophecy seriously, as quoted above, suggesting that our currency will eventually be rejected as legal tender, then this could point to a future where all purchases are made using stablecoins issued by large corporations.

However, what good are stablecoins if their value is pegged to the declining dollar? Meaning if the dollar loses significant value during a period of hyperinflation, then the value of the stablecoins in your digital wallet would also diminish. Not good.

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Remember, Bishop Koyle told believers that owning 100 shares would be sufficient to care for any man's family. But, if a man had more than 100, he would be in a better position to assist his fellow men during the times of financial trouble and famine.

## Prophetic Dreams About Crypto

Buying and selling crypto coins is similar to trading stocks. This is done on crypto exchange websites, and getting started is relatively easy. There are thousands of coins, but not all are worth investing in. Many Christians worldwide report receiving the Lord’s guidance on crypto through dreams and visions, often mentioning huge spikes in value that could multiply investments overnight. One coin that frequently comes up is [Shiba Inu](https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/what-is-shiba-inu-coin-full-guide?ref=reliefmine.com). Priced at around $0.0000234 per coin, you can buy one million coins for about $25. Many people on YouTube claim the Lord has shown them that this coin would eventually rise to over $1.00\. If this happens, your $25 investment would turn into one million dollars upon selling.

Keep in mind, even if these so-called "prophetic coins" spike and allow wise crypto investors to make millions, we may need every bit of that wealth just to survive financially until the Relief Mine is vindicated—especially if hyperinflation kicks in and a loaf of bread costs $5,000! Prayerfully considering investing in crypto isn’t about greed; it’s about stewardship—using what the Lord reveals to help us endure until His money system is established.

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Is the man in this video, and others like him, truly being shown by the Lord how to invest in crypto? Only time will tell. But this is exactly what happened with Bishop Koyle. He was also shown, in dreams, a great financial crash and how buying at least [100 shares](https://www.reliefmine.com/buy-sell-stock/) of Relief Mine stock would help people get through the great tribulation. Although inflation is troubling now, I believe we have yet to face the truly catastrophic times Bishop Koyle warned about. He once said:

> The rich will grow richer and the poor poorer, until many will be blue in the face with hunger when the mine comes in. (John Jordan's list, #62)

The Bishop further elaborated on what seems to be hyperinflation:

> The crash would be brought about by prices going up, which condition was illustrated to him as being like a person on high stilts. When prices became extremely high, something happened in the land like knocking the stilts from under the person and down came everything. Businesses closed down, labor was thrown out of work, people were hungry, and great tribulations were in the land.

Apparently, our economy will worsen significantly and then, at the very last moment, the Mine will start up. How will you navigate such a challenging time? 

> Economic conditions will be so bad that people will say that the Mine has come into production too late to do any good. (John Jordan's list, #81)

The stock-market has seen record highs recently, so we aren't in a depression yet. Even if it started next week, apparently the startup of the Relief Mine will be another four years away according to the following quote. Could investing in specific crypto coins help keep you financially afloat until the day of vindication?

> The first dividends will be paid just before Christmas—just in time for stockholders to have a little something. It will be the 4th year of depression. (John Jordan's list, #71)

Another crypto coin that many people have reportedly seen in dreams is [XRP](https://www.coingecko.com/learn/what-is-xrp-ripple?ref=reliefmine.com), created by a company called Ripple. The globalists are fully backing XRP for its utility and for solving real-world problems in cross-border payments—issues that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin cannot effectively address. If the evil globalists are pushing this crypto, why on earth would the Lord be revealing its future price points to many Christians on YouTube? Perhaps we can glean an answer in the Happiness Letter, written by the prophet Joseph Smith on March 21, 1842:

> That which is wrong under one circumstance, may be, and often is, right under another. *History of the Church* (Vol. 4, Ch. 32)

Finally, this two-minute video explains why XRP is one of the chosen cryptos, and it's worth watching more than once. Just remember, XRP is the cryptocurrency, and Ripple is the company that created it.

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## Conclusion

I'm not a financial advisor, but I can say that a digital financial system is being built. Unfortunately, all US citizens may have to participate in it until the Lord vindicates Bishop Koyle and the Relief Mine. This could still be several years away. Once the Lord’s financial system is in place, stockholders should switch over to it. This will allow you to avoid participating in the coming beast system, which we are warned of in the scriptures:

> And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (Revelation 13:16-17)

You may want to start learning the [basics of crypto](https://www.coinbase.com/learn?ref=reliefmine.com) now. Go to YouTube and search for phrases like “Shiba Inu dreams” or “XRP dreams”—you’ll find plenty. These are just two of the crypto coins frequently mentioned in people’s dreams, but it’s enough to get you started.

As with any investment, cryptocurrency comes with its risks. Only invest what you are willing to lose, and always read the fine print. Most importantly, never compromise your core spiritual beliefs. In the end, trust what makes the most sense to you after seeking guidance from the Lord. Let’s be wise as serpents and harmless as doves—staying ahead of the new digital monetary system and avoiding the 'rug pull' that will unfortunately surprise many Americans.

## **Questions to ponder**

1. Do you have friends or family who have received dreams about crypto?
2. Are you open to using an Amazon or Walmart stablecoin if it came with discounts or other incentives?
3. What are the chances that the Relief Mine will create a crypto called KoyleKoin backed by the gold from the Relief Mine?
4. Would you consider starting with a small $25 investment in Shiba Inu crypto, especially if it could potentially grow to one million dollars, helping you survive a period of hyperinflation?

Leave your questions and comments below.
### A Gold-Backed Debit Card Built in Texas
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/a-gold-backed-debit-card-built-in-texas/
Last updated: 2025-07-25T20:55:45.000Z
Do you recall [Bishop Koyle](https://www.reliefmine.com/bishop-john-koyle/)’s prophecy about the future of our nation’s currency? The following quote from Norman Pierce’s book on the Relief Mine might refresh your memory. Keep in mind, Bishop Koyle lived during a time when you could still redeem paper dollars for gold coins at your local bank.

> Here in Utah, big industries like Kennecott Copper and Geneva Steel would be shut down, as well as government-related industries, and unemployment would be widespread. The U.S. paper dollar and coinage, having no intrinsic value, would no longer be redeemable in gold and silver, and it soon would become worthless and no longer be regarded as legal tender.

If this prophecy proves accurate—and our currency will no longer be recognized as legal tender—then preparation becomes essential. That appears to be exactly what Texas lawmakers are doing with the passage of HB 1056\. But this raises a question: Doesn’t the U.S. Constitution already establish gold and silver as lawful money? Why pass a new law that seems redundant?

The U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 10) states:

> "No state shall... make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts..."

This clause restricts states from declaring anything other than gold and silver as legal tender. However, it does not mandate that states must *use* gold and silver—it only allows for it. Therefore, if a state wants to integrate gold and silver into its modern financial system, legislation is necessary. Here's why:

**Practical Infrastructure**

The U.S. economy is deeply rooted in Federal Reserve Notes. For a state to enable gold and silver transactions, it must establish rules about valuation, processing, and the handling of taxes and debts. Texas’s new law addresses these logistical concerns.

**Legal Clarity**

Without a state law in place, businesses, courts, and government agencies lack a framework for accepting precious metals. HB 1056 provides that structure, making their use clearly lawful and actionable.

**Political Signaling**

To some lawmakers, this legislation represents a step toward financial independence and a safeguard against inflation and federal monetary policy. In other words, they see the writing on the wall regarding the future of the U.S. dollar.

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Remember, Bishop Koyle told believers that owning 100 shares would be sufficient to care for any man's family. But, if a man had more than 100, he would be in a better position to assist his fellow men during the times of financial trouble and famine.

The movement to recognize gold and silver as legal tender is picking up speed—just look at the growing number of states jumping on board behind Utah!

| State         | Year | Reference |
| ------------- | ---- | --------- |
| Utah          | 2011 | HB 317    |
| Oklahoma      | 2014 | HB 2896   |
| Kansas        | 2013 | HB 2379   |
| Texas         | 2025 | HB 1056   |
| Wyoming       | 2018 | HB 103    |
| Arizona       | 2017 | HB 2833   |
| Mississippi   | 2025 | SB 244    |
| Alabama       | 2025 | SB 130    |
| Idaho         | 2025 | HB 177    |
| Louisiana     | 2025 | HB 682    |
| West Virginia | 2019 | SB 502    |

But wouldn’t it be cumbersome to buy groceries or gas using physical gold and silver coins? Yup. That’s why Texas addressed this very issue in its new law. Residents will be able to deposit precious metals into the Texas Bullion Depository and use a debit card linked to their holdings—making everyday purchases fast and easy. Will Utah implement something similar when the Relief Mine starts minting gold coins? Who knows.

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## Texian Partisan News Article

Now let’s dive into the details of the new Texas law, sourced from the Texian Partisan website.

Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1056 into law late on June 22nd, making Texas the first state in the Union to establish a practical, electronic payment system backed by gold and silver. The landmark legislation recognizes precious metals as legal tender and creates a revolutionary transactional currency system that could fundamentally change how Texans conduct everyday business.

The signing represents a major victory for Texas sovereignty advocates who have long pushed for alternatives to the Federal Reserve’s fiat currency system. HB 1056 goes far beyond the symbolic precious metals legislation passed by other states, creating actual infrastructure that will allow Texans to use gold and silver for everything from buying groceries to filling up their gas tanks.

“Texas is taking back control of our money, one ounce at a time,” declared Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola), the bill’s Senate sponsor. The legislation passed with strong Republican support, clearing the House 89-45 and the Senate 18-12 after amendments were made to ensure constitutional compliance.

### Bullion-Backed Debit Cards

The heart of HB 1056 lies in its authorization for the Texas Comptroller to establish electronic systems that will make precious metals “functional money” for the first time in modern history. Texans will be able to deposit gold and silver in the state-run Texas Bullion Depository, then access those holdings through debit cards and mobile applications.

The system works by allowing fractional transactions backed by physical precious metals. When a Texan swipes their card at a grocery store or gas station, the system automatically converts the appropriate amount of gold or silver value to complete the purchase. This solves the practical problem that Representative Mark Dorazio (R-San Antonio), the bill’s House author, highlighted: “How am I supposed to buy groceries? How am I supposed to put gas in my car with a gold bar?”

Dorazio, who referenced Genesis 2 in his advocacy for the bill, argued that gold was intended by God for commerce and that returning to constitutional money represents both sound policy and biblical principle.

### Building on Texas’s Bullion Depository

The legislation leverages Texas’s already-existing advantages in precious metals infrastructure. The Texas Bullion Depository in Leander, operational since 2018, currently safeguards nearly $400 million in precious metals and stands as the only state-administered bullion facility in the United States.

This gives Texas a head start that no other state can match. The 10-acre facility features the highest level of vault security, capacity for millions of ounces of precious metals, and Lloyd’s of London insurance coverage. Under the new law, this infrastructure becomes the backbone of a payment system that could revolutionize how Texans store and spend their wealth.

### Implications for Texas Independence

For supporters of Texas independence, HB 1056 represents critical infrastructure development for a future Republic of Texas. The ability to operate independent monetary systems is essential for any self-governing nation, and Texas is now building that capability while still technically part of the union.

The Federal Government has weaponized the dollar through endless money printing, crushing inflation, and using the banking system to enforce political compliance. Texas is providing its citizens with an alternative that cannot be debased by federal bureaucrats or manipulated for political purposes.

Texas has once again proven that we will not wait for Washington to protect our interests. We will forge our own path, build our own systems, and secure our own future. HB 1056 is now the law in Texas, and the age of constitutional money is about to begin.

You can read the full article at the [Texian Partisan website](https://texianpartisan.com/news/texasnews/texas-strikes-gold-as-abbott-signs-historic-bill-making-precious-metals-legal-tender/?ref=reliefmine.com).

## **Questions to ponder**

1. Do you plan to deposit gold at the Texas Bullion Depository and access your holdings using this new debit card?
2. What are the chances the Relief Mine will adopt a similar electronic system—allowing stockholders to make everyday purchases with a debit card linked directly to their gold holdings at the Relief Mine bank?

Leave your comments below.
### The New Utah Gold Bill
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/utah-house-bill-306-gold-silver/
Last updated: 2025-03-27T00:05:52.000Z
According to #10, on the list of Bishop Koyle last days prophecies collected by John Jordan, "gold will be legal in trade". Good, because that is how it should be. Our founding fathers were well informed on the necessity of sound money; therefore, they wrote it into the constitution so that Congress would keep the responsibility of a sound money system. In article 1, section 10, it reads:

> No state shall make anything but gold and silver coin tender in payment of debts.

Mike Maloney, from the [GoldSilver](https://www.youtube.com/@Goldsilver?ref=reliefmine.com) channel on YouTube, just posted a video with great news! He discusses Utah’s House Bill 306, which would allow residents of Utah to use gold and silver as payment for goods and services, alongside the U.S. dollar. It has passed both the House and the Senate, and the governor intends to sign it.

This new bill builds on the [Utah Legal Tender Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah%5FLegal%5FTender%5FAct?ref=reliefmine.com), which was spearheaded by Larry Hilton in 2011\. Here are highlights of the law that got things started:

- Gold and silver coin issued by the federal government is legal tender in the state.
- A person may not compel any other person to tender or accept gold and silver coin.
- Tax credit for capital gains: If you make a profit from selling or trading gold and silver coins, Utah will provide a nonrefundable tax credit to reduce the taxes you owe on that profit.
- The exchange of gold and silver coin is exempt from sales and use taxes.

*Source: Utah Code 59-1-1501 through 59-1-1503*

Currently, paper money, or fiat currency, is the standard for transactions in the U.S., but this new bill could pave the way for gold and silver to be used again. The proposed law would make gold and silver coins AND bullion legal tender in Utah, meaning they would have the same status as the dollar in transactions.  
  
This development is important because it might be the first sign of a broader trend where gold and silver, which have historically been used as money for thousands of years, could return to the spotlight. These metals are often seen as a more stable store of value compared to paper money, which is susceptible to inflation and government control. Maloney suggests that Utah’s bill could cause a shift away from fiat currencies like the dollar and towards a more sound monetary system based on something tangible, like gold and silver.

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Remember, Bishop Koyle told believers that owning 100 shares would be sufficient to care for any man's family. But, if a man had more than 100, he would be in a better position to assist his fellow men during the times of financial trouble and famine.

This discussion is part of a larger conversation around the potential collapse of the fiat currency system. Advocates for gold and silver often argue that they provide a safeguard against inflation, unlike the dollar, which can lose value when central banks print too much of it. Over time, people have become concerned about how government debt and inflation are eroding the value of paper money, and some see precious metals as a way to protect their wealth.  
  
In the book, The Dream Mine Story, by Norman Pierce, he recounts what Bishop Koyle said will ultimately happen to the dollar:

> Here in Utah, big industries like Kennecott Copper and Geneva Steel, would be shut down, as well as government related industries, and unemployment would be widespread. The U.S. paper dollar and coinage, having no intrinsic value, will no longer redeemable in gold and silver, and it soon would become worthless and no longer be regarded as legal tender. This would cause every bank in the country to fail except one established near the Dream Mine, which would have enough gold back of it to survive.

So basically, the [Utah Gold Bill](https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0306.html?ref=reliefmine.com) will likely accelerate the movement to reintroduce gold and silver as a legitimate, widely accepted forms of payment. This is essential for the gold coins minted by the Relief Mine to be useful throughout the economy. It's clear the day of vindication for Bishop Koyle's dream-inspired gold mine is drawing closer with each passing day!

Now, for the short video by Mike Maloney:

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**Some questions to ponder:**

1. Have you watched the [2 minute video](https://www.reliefmine.com/gold-backed-debit-card-coming-to-utah/) where Larry Hilton describes how people could use debit cards that are backed by gold?
2. Do you feel this legislation is laying the groundwork for people being able to use, on a daily basis, the coins that will be minted by the Relief Mine?

Leave your comments below.
### Kevin Kraut Interview on the Relief Mine
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/kevin-kraut-interview-on-relief-mine/
Last updated: 2025-02-02T23:28:09.000Z
[Steve Pynakker](https://www.facebook.com/spynakker) is a content creator on YouTube, and has a channel called, [Mormon Book Reviews](https://www.youtube.com/@MormonBookReviews?ref=reliefmine.com). Although he is not a member of the LDS Church, he actually knows its history far better than most Latter Day Saints. He also has a great personality, which comes in handy for the many interviews that he does on his channel.

This particular interview Steve did was posted November 7, 2024, but I just recently had a chance to watch it all the way through. Kevin Kraut did a good job of answering questions about the general story of the Mine, what kind of man his father was, and the unique relationship Ogden Kraut had with Bishop Koyle. As a reminder, Ogden is the author of two books, Relief Mine I and Relief Mine II, both can be purchased from [OgdenKraut.com](http://www.ogdenkraut.com/?ref=reliefmine.com), which is maintained by Kevin.

Even if you are quite familiar with the story of [Bishop Koyle](https://www.reliefmine.com/bishop-john-koyle/) and the Mine, you may still find this interview worthy of your time.

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Are there any important details that [Kevin Kraut](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN8nmma4-9BoIkUMeIkwsEg?ref=reliefmine.com) left out? If so, then let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Remember, Bishop Koyle told believers that owning 100 shares would be sufficient to care for any man's family. But, if a man had more than 100, he would be in a better position to assist his fellow men during the times of financial trouble and famine.
### Russia Will Attack the USA Twice
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/russia-will-attack-the-usa-twice/
Last updated: 2025-07-13T03:57:13.000Z
Did you know the Lord showed Godly men, including Bishop Koyle, that Russia would attack the United States?

> The Bishop said after the Reds took over most of Europe, Asia and Africa, they would invade the United States and Canada, and because of our chaotic condition, we could offer very little organized resistance. He said the Reds would get as far as the Missouri River before they were stopped by divine intervention. The Chinese would invade the West Coast and get as far as the Sierra Nevadas before they were stopped by divine intervention, and that these invasions would not reach us here in these valleys of the mountains.

You may think that we still have plenty of time, because Russia has yet to take control over most of Europe, Asia and Africa, as they're still working on Ukraine. However, other prophecies indicate that Russia will actually attack the USA two different times, and we may be getting close to their first attempt.

The prophecy that foretells this comes from Lorin C. Woolley and was confirmed by LDS President John Taylor. As a quick introduction to Lorin, I will quote from Drew Briney's book, [School of the Prophets Meeting Minutes](https://www.amazon.com/Lorin-Woolleys-School-Prophets-1932-1941/dp/B0CHCPGYKK?ref=reliefmine.com):

> Lorin C. Woolley, the spiritual grandfather of virtually every Mormon fundamentalist movement, called six men to form a special priesthood council. This quorum of seven comprised the leadership of a new religious movement founded upon a commission given to Lorin C. Woolley by President John Taylor in 1886\. Their meetings were referred to as the School of the Prophets - after Joseph Smith’s Kirtland school and John Taylor’s Salt Lake school. Within those meetings, Lorin C. Woolley prophesied, taught new doctrines, and instructed the quorum about the scope of their authority.

Now that you know who Lorin was, let's take a look at the powerful vision he had that confirms what Bishop Koyle was shown about Russia:

> In about the year 1886, after having retired to rest, all of a sudden I appeared to be standing on a high range of mountains, ...then there appeared a black cloud in the Balkans traveling westward. **It only reached the shores of the USA when it seemed to stop and go back to its starting point. Then it came again and covered all of the eastern part of the United States and north to Canada**. ...a black cloud also arose over the Pacific Ocean and traveled eastwards as far as the Sierra Nevada mountains where it was arrested, not reaching Utah.  
>  
> In relating the above to [President John Taylor](https://www.mormonwiki.com/John%5FTaylor?ref=reliefmine.com) and others of the brethren, President Taylor said **the vision showed two wars**, the first reaching only to the eastern shores of the United States, while the second would reach to the shores of the Missouri River. The Asiatics will overrun the west coast, but will not be able to hold it..." (Items from The Book of Remembrance of Joseph W. Musser, p.13)

You may have read in the news recently that President Biden authorized US missiles to be used by Ukraine in their fight against Russia. Six missiles have already been launched. Seriously? Right before he leaves office he's going to aggravate the Russian bear one more time?

The Russians possess the most sophisticated anti-missile systems on earth by far, and they were able to shoot down five of the missiles and damage the sixth [before it reached the target](https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/europe/ukraine-russia-atacms-biden-strike-intl/index.html?ref=reliefmine.com). To the Russians, when missiles are fired into their territory it is a joint attack by Ukraine and the United States. And we are being warned that the Russians could use nuclear weapons in response. On November 19th, Vladimir Putin signed a document which updates Russia’s official nuclear doctrine…

> The Kremlin has repeatedly warned the West against allowing Ukraine to use its long-range weapons to attack Russia directly. Moscow upped the ante Tuesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree approving its updated nuclear doctrine, shifting the parameters on when Russia can use nuclear weapons. 

You may also be familiar with LDS [President George Albert Smith's vision](https://ldsfreedomforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=16106&ref=reliefmine.com#p175756) of a coming invasion, where he said our people will "die like flies". His nephew, David Horne, who recorded the details of the vision, said this:

> President Smith indicated that this nuclear attack would take place on a holiday after the new president was elected, but before he took office.

This devastating war foreseen by Bishop Koyle and George Albert Smith is likely Russia's second attack, and at least a few years in the future. But don't be surprised if Russia makes its first strike against the USA fairly soon, especially now that President Biden has authorized the use of our missiles by Ukraine against Russia. Fortunately, Lorin Woolley's prophecy clarifies that the first attack will be limited to the East Coast, and that the Russians will be pushed back.

If you have never read President Smith's vision, then check out this short video.

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As we celebrate Thanksgiving today, let us take a moment to thank God for revealing to Godly men what the future holds. Knowing the "big picture", even though we may not have all the details, can help us prepare spiritually, mentally and physically.

During this highly chaotic time, remember to keep your faith strong, as the Lord protects those who love him and keep his commandments. Also, be ready to gather to the [places of refuge](https://www.reliefmine.com/dream-of-gathering-in-texas-during-chaos/) the Lord will designate, like the future [White City](https://www.reliefmine.com/white-city-will-build-600-homes-within-month/) that will be built around the Relief Mine in Salem, UT.

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Remember, Bishop Koyle told believers that owning 100 shares would be sufficient to care for any man's family. But, if a man had more than 100, he would be in a better position to assist his fellow men during the times of financial trouble and famine.

**Some questions to ponder:**

1. Do you believe Russia's first of two attacks will take place as George Albert Smith was shown—'on a holiday after the new president is elected, but before he takes office'?
2. If you were the enemy, which holiday after a U.S. election would you choose to catch Americans off guard: Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year's?
3. Are you taking advantage of Black Friday sales to stock up on preparedness items?

Leave your comments below.
### Congress Catastrophe: New Law for Replacing Members After a Mass Casualty Event
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/congress-replacing-members-after-mass-casualty-event/
Last updated: 2025-07-13T04:02:11.000Z
When covering current news, I like to start by including a quote or two from Bishop Koyle. One time in 1946 an attorney who sometimes attended the Thursday night meetings, said to the Bishop, "How are you going to stop the government from taking about 94% of the gold away from you?" The Bishop replied with:

> ...there ain't goin' to be no government when the Mine comes in!

And according to #70 on the list of Koyle prophecies that John Jordan maintained:

> Taxes will be impossibly oppressive. But the government will collapse following the mine coming in, but before the next tax collection time. Tax is not to be taken out of the Lord's values.

Let that sink in for a minute. No federal government includes no more IRS, exciting I know, but this will be a dark time in our nation. Perhaps the chaos caused by the election, no matter who wins, will be the start of what eventually leads to the government collapsing?

Some of you may have read the 1895 vision had by [Newman Bulkley](https://www.reliefmine.com/vision-of-us-congress-destroyed/), a LDS patriarch from Springville, Utah. He too describes something awful that will happen to congress in the future:

> Next I saw a whirlwind commence in the center of the house of representatives which increased until it frightened all the members out of the house. They scattered to various parts of the United States, and the inhabitants of the city of Washington, D. C. became frightened and scattered until the city became almost desolated. Then I saw a great tumult commence all over the United States, which ended in a great deal of blood being shed. 

In the 1930's, a Quorum of the Seventy member named [Alma D. Erickson](https://www.reliefmine.com/vision-of-alma-d-erickson/), was also shown vivid details of the government's future in a prophetic vision he received:

> Then I see the U.S. flag with all its bright colors in the northwesternsky; and then it disappears and another flag appears in its stead, which is plain and without colors; but made up of many different parts. And the meaning of it is made clear, that the people of the U.S. will disagree and divide up and split up, forming many separate organizations, until the central government is completely overthrown, and the nation is in civil chaos--without civil administration or leadership.

Apparently, the federal government doesn't stay collapsed forever. For Newman describes below what will happen next, which aligns with what Bishop Koyle was also shown by the Lord: a 100,000-man army will come to Utah to attempt to take over the Relief Mine:

> Then the government of the United States patched up their difficulty and elected a **new congress** which assembled to do business. The crusade still continued against the Latter Day Saints. Our enemies attributed all their troubles to the saints, and crusaders raised such a howl and sent forth their petitions to congress so that the first business they did was to order 100,000 of the best and most able bodied men that could be found to come against us.

These visionary and godly men: Bishop Koyle, Newman Bulkley, Alma D. Erickson were all shown by the Lord, decades ago, that our government will collapse. And it looks like we're getting close to that happening, now that congress is actually preparing for a "mass casualty" event.

As I mentioned in a recent post about the [coming civil war](https://www.reliefmine.com/civil-war-movie-a-foreshadowing/), the "powers that be" like to use predictive programming to tell the sheeple what is coming. Predictive Programming is a subtle form of psychological conditioning provided by the media to acquaint the public with planned societal changes to be implemented by our leaders. If and when these changes are put through, the public will already be familiarized with them and will accept them as natural progressions, thus lessening possible public resistance and commotion.

Check out this short clip from the show, "Designated Survivor". In the background you'll hear a TV news anchor say, "some kind of explosion in or around the capital building". Is this show portraying a future event that visionaries like Koyle were shown? Will it include the [prophesied death of a US president](https://www.reliefmine.com/prophesied-death-of-a-us-president/)? Only time will tell.

(4 minutes)

Or how about this other example of an explosion going off at the capital building? It's a segment from the movie, "White House Down", which was released in 2013.

(2 minutes)

Now as the 2024 election approaches, Congress is pushing forward a proposed 28th amendment to the constitution. They say they are prepping for a mass casualty event in Washington DC, specifically the death of over 100 members of congress. They are calling it the continuity of government amendment, and it would not require a new election to replace the lost members of congress. What could go wrong? This sounds insane because it is. Clayton Morris does a good job of explaining the details in this short video:

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Here is another article showing that the future doesn't look bright for Americans.

[EXECUTION SQUADS: Update to DoD Directive Expands Military Authority To Use Lethal Force Against Americans | SHTF PlanWith the election only a few weeks away, the Department of Defense (DoD) has given the U.S. military authority to assist in domestic law enforcement, including giving them the right to use lethal force against American citizens under certain circumstances. It’s a development that has largely gone under the radar despite its very significant implications.![](https://www.shtfplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-sfp-badge-270x270.png)SHTF PlanCassie B.![](https://www.shtfplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tyranny-e1585491415758.jpg)](https://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/execution-squads-update-to-dod-directive-expands-military-authority-to-use-lethal-force-against-americans?ref=reliefmine.com)

Like other posts on this blog, the purpose here is to keep you informed with what the future holds, based on the dreams of visionaries, and how they relate to current news headlines. Vindication of the Relief Mine draws closer with each passing day. Stay positive and hold on tight!

**Some questions to ponder:**

1. What are your thoughts on [Congress](https://www.reliefmine.com/vision-of-us-congress-destroyed/) trying to change how members are replaced after a catastrophe?
2. Will this conflicted election, along with the devaluation of the US dollar as [prophesied by Joseph Smith](https://www.reliefmine.com/next-civil-war-begins-in-chicago/), soon lead to the next civil war?
3. Are you considering the possibility of relocating to White City, which will be built around the Relief Mine in Salem, UT, or to other [places of refuge](https://www.reliefmine.com/dream-of-gathering-in-texas-during-chaos/) that will be designated by the Lord?

Leave your comments below.

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Are you looking to buy or sell Relief Mine stock? [Upgrade](https://www.reliefmine.com/membership/) to the Gold membership today! You’ll not only learn the requirements and download the necessary 'proof of identity' form, but you’ll also gain access to a network of buyers and sellers.  
  
Remember, Bishop Koyle told believers that owning 100 shares would be sufficient to care for any man's family. But, if a man had more than 100, he would be in a better position to assist his fellow men during the times of financial trouble and famine.
### Port Strike Will Paralyze the East Coast?
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/port-strike-will-paralyze-the-east-coast/
Last updated: 2025-07-13T04:04:36.000Z
The purpose of this blog is to keep you informed about Bishop Koyle's prophecies related to the Relief Mine. Despite the sometimes negative news headlines, this knowledge can help you prepare and provide hope that vindication is near.

Here is what Bishop Koyle said about strikes, and how they lead up to the great financial crash:

> ...prices would go higher and higher, and all at once something happened, and in one night the props would be knocked out from under everything and down would come everything. This condition would be brought about by strikes. (BKDM in Relief Mine II, p. 205)

Paul Steele, a firm believer in the Relief mine who died a few years ago, published a booklet called, "Dream Mine Experiences". In it he said the following, which you should read slowly:

> Bishop Kole saw troubles in the East, trouble in the East. My father asked him what that meant, and the bishop responded, 'Mostly the eastern United States, but also the Middle East.' I've heard that expression, 'troubles in the East, trouble in the East,' repeated over and over again by my father.

I'm not sure who Ella Cupit is, but Lynn Bishop quotes her in his book, "The Winding-Up Scene". She adds additional clarification to Koyle's prophecy:

> The bishop said there would be trouble in the eastern part of the United States, from strikes and from the colored men, and that the Balkans would fall at the time the Dream Mine would come in.

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Remember, Bishop Koyle told believers that owning 100 shares would be sufficient to care for any man's family. But, if a man had more than 100, he would be in a better position to assist his fellow men during the times of financial trouble and famine.

Okay, so I've established that strikes and riots are coming to the East Coast. Now, let’s highlight a few headlines from the news that you can click on to read further:

[Our First October Surprise! The East Coast Port Strike Could Throw U.S. Supply Chains Into A State Of ChaosIf there is something that you really need to buy, you might want to get it now, because it might not be available later. The International Longshoremen’s Association port workers are on the verge of initiating![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/10/0810f8fb-c29c-4e95-86a6-5372edf7aec2/content/images/icon/favicon-10.ico)The Economic CollapseMichael![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/10/0810f8fb-c29c-4e95-86a6-5372edf7aec2/content/images/thumbnail/Port-Full-Of-Containers-Pixabay-1.jpg)](http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/our-first-october-surprise-the-east-coast-port-strike-could-throw-u-s-supply-chains-into-a-state-of-chaos/?ref=reliefmine.com)

[Port crisis as dockworkers from Maine to Texas strike over payDockworkers at U.S. ports have gone on strike, protesting wages and automation. The walkout involves 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/10/0810f8fb-c29c-4e95-86a6-5372edf7aec2/content/images/icon/180-3.png)Daily MailJames Gordon![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/10/0810f8fb-c29c-4e95-86a6-5372edf7aec2/content/images/thumbnail/90301673-0-image-a-17_1727760946168.jpg)](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13910159/Port-crisis-dockworkers-strike-pay-sparking-fears-shelves-stripped-bare-prices-soar.html?ref=reliefmine.com)

As always, time will tell how this East Coast strike will play out. It may or may not align with what Bishop Koyle was referring to. Regardless, it's wise to be prepared, because, as we saw during COVID, a supply chain crisis is far from pleasant.
### The 2024 Civil War Movie - Foreshadowing of Things to Come?
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/civil-war-movie-a-foreshadowing/
Last updated: 2025-07-13T04:10:25.000Z
As everyone can see in the news, the United States is currently grappling with a range of significant issues that have heightened divisions within the country. From political polarization to social unrest, the nation faces numerous challenges. These struggles have led some to question whether the current climate could potentially escalate to a more severe conflict, such as a civil war.

Oddly enough, Bishop Kole was shown by the Lord that when our country breaks down, 66% of the people will die, which is astounding!

> I saw that two out of every three people would lose their lives from starving, or from being killed on account of the judgments of God that would be in full swing. I saw that I could walk great distances right here in Utah, by stepping from one man's dead body to the other.

Here is another relevant Koyle prophecy that talks about what happens after all of the cars and trains stop running, and even manufacturing would cease because of a complete breakdown in our economy:

> ...then the really big troubles began with famine, warfare, plagues and judgments, and we would have to make White City and the Dream Mine into a fortress to protect ourselves from ravaging mobs. In many places, Koyle said, the dead would outnumber the living, while in others there would not even be enough living to bury the dead.

As you may know, the "powers that be" like to tell the masses what is coming through the use of movies. This is referred to as predictive programming. One example in 2005 may be the [Oil Storm](https://youtu.be/EqArSrZHGi8?ref=reliefmine.com) documentary. It was released on TV just two months before [Hurricane Katrina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%5FKatrina?ref=reliefmine.com) ended up causing the very damage the documentary depicted. Apparently the mass devastation was orchestrated through the use of [weather modification](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather%5Fmodification?ref=reliefmine.com). Dane Wigington warns of this technology at [GeoengineeringWatch.org](https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/?ref=reliefmine.com) and in this [2 minute video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rekx6Oa6Liw&ref=reliefmine.com). Regardless, according to the "elites", the masses were warned.

Some people are saying that the Civil War movie released earlier this year may also foreshadow things to come. Are "they" telling us what to expect in the near future? Have you seen this movie yet? If not, check out the short trailer!

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Within the first few seconds, you'll hear the narrator say, '19 states have seceded,' followed by, 'the three-term president assured that the uprising will be dealt with swiftly.' What a strange statement to include in the opener. If this movie is truly foreshadowing, who are "they" hinting will return to the presidential office after already serving two terms? A three-term president, of course, is clearly against the Constitution. A situation like this could only arise during a time of chaos, martial law, or outright civil war. Right?

Also, there are many voices online highlighting the real possibility of another civil war starting soon. I'll share a few excerpts below.

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**Historian Warns 4 out of 4 Major Predictors for Civil War in the US Have Already Happened**  
by [Kevin Hughes at NaturalNews.com](https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-09-10-historian-warns-major-predictors-civil-war-us.html?ref=reliefmine.com)

A noted historian, demographer, and author is warning that the United States is on the verge of another civil war.

Neil Howe, who co-authored the book “The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy,” noted that four out of five predictors for a crisis have already happened, leaving the country on the edge of unparalleled internal conflict. In a recent interview with the *Daily Signal*, Howe summarized the factors he considers are pushing the American nation toward a possible civil war.

He said the first of four that have come to pass is a “crisis over debt”.

The second is a WMD (weapon of mass destruction) attack on a major American city, this being the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New York City. Howe said the terrorist attacks accomplished this prediction by bringing destruction and enduring consequences.

The third was the pandemic, specifically the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic which swept across the world beginning in 2020.

The fourth one was Russia invading a former Soviet republic. This was fulfilled when Russia began its special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022, and it connects with his prediction of international tensions reaching a fever pitch.

Howe said the only remaining predictor is a nullification crisis, where “one or more of the states would actually nullify federal regulation, which could lead to a new secession movement.” Such an event could be the tipping point that drops the country into chaos.

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**“We Are Now on the Brink”: Billionaire Investor Says a US Civil War Likely**  
by [Raw Egg Nationalist | Infowars.com](https://www.infowars.com/posts/we-are-now-on-the-brink-billionaire-investor-says-a-us-civil-war-likely/?ref=reliefmine.com)

There could be a 40% chance of a new US civil war breaking out, according to billionaire investor Ray Dalio.

In an interview with the Financial Times on Thursday, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, said that the probability of civil strife is higher than it has ever been.

“We are now on the brink,” he said. The US faces “much more turbulent times.”

This is not the first time Dalio has made such a warning. In late 2020, he suggested the US was already “seeing a form of civil war.” He was referring to internal movements within the nation as large numbers of people moved to other states for political and financial reasons.

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**Leading Security/Disaster Rescue Expert Warns Government And Major Corporations Are Secretly Preparing For Civil War & Martial Law**

Also recently on infowars.com, Alex posted an informative [30 minute video](https://www.infowars.com/posts/leading-security-disaster-rescue-expert-warns-government-and-major-corporations-are-secretly-preparing-for-civil-war-martial-law?ref=reliefmine.com) you may want to watch. Steve Slepcevic breaks down the importance of preparedness as the "establishment" prepares to implode civilization.

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**Putin Ally Predicts US Will Collapse in 'Imminent New Civil War'**  
By [Newseeek.com](https://www.newsweek.com/putin-ally-dmitry-medvedev-predicts-us-collapse-imminent-civil-war-1950276?ref=reliefmine.com)

Former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, issued a warning on Saturday predicting the United States will collapse in an "imminent new civil war" amid this year's election over Russian sanctions. He said, "So, it's sanctions forever. Or rather, until the US collapses during an imminent new civil war. After all, Hollywood makes films about this for a reason."

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These various quotes are significant. But what about members of the Church you may be asking? Have they said anything? Yes, there are many quotes from leaders and members, both in the distant past and in modern times.

As you may recall, [David Whitmer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%5FWhitmer?ref=reliefmine.com) was one of the three witnesses to the gold plates of the Book of Mormon. Here is what he said about the coming civil war.

> Question: When will the temple be built in Independence, Missouri?  
> Answer: Right after the great tribulation is over.  
> Question: What do you mean by that?  
> Answer: A civil war more bloody and cruel than the rebellion. It will be the smashing up of this nation, about which time the second great work has to be done, a work like Joseph did, and the translation of the sealed plates and peace all over.  
>  
> (Source: Interview by Dr. Poulson with David Whitmer, Deseret News, Friday, August 16, 1878)

Here's one from 1880:

> It shall fall upon them like the visitation of a whirlwind, sweeping the country like a night flood. The populace will be divided into innumerable factions, and blood, carnage and woe will be rampant among them, filling the hearts of the more peacefully disposed with fear and dismay. Many may laugh at such a prediction, but, unless the people repent, it will come as surely as night follows day. Weakened and powerless from internal broils and disturbances, the nation will become a prey to the remnants left of the aboriginal inhabitants, who will be filled with vengeful rage at the wrongs that have been perpetuated upon them and furiously spread destruction in every direction. ("The Coming Millennium", published in the Millennial Star in 1880)

Here's one from [President John Taylor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%5FTaylor%5F%28Mormon%29?ref=reliefmine.com):

> "Not only Salt Lake but other adjoining cities will be destroyed, and in the east, in Missouri, in Jackson County, civilization will become entirely extinct. All means of transportation, such as railroads and highways, will be destroyed; the only means of travel will be on foot, and all manufacturing of all kinds will be entirely destroyed. Be sure when you see these things come, see that you have buttons, needles, and things to work with in order to make yourself clothing, thread and cloth as far as possible because all tools and every kind of machinery will be destroyed. It will be such a destructive war that the sufferings and drivings of the people from Nauvoo will only be as a drop in the bucket as compared with the suffering that will take place at this time, until one- half of the people will not follow the leaders and one-half of the others will die and turn because of the sufferings they will have to go through; but the Lord will bless those who stay with the authorities, and they shall not all be destroyed.

Here's one from the [Prophet Joseph Smith](https://www.reliefmine.com/resurrected-joseph-smith-will-return/):

> The time is soon coming, when no man will have any peace but in Zion and her stakes. I saw men hunting the lives of their own sons, and brother murdering brother, women killing their own daughters, and daughters seeking the lives of their mothers. I saw armies arrayed against armies. I saw blood, desolation, fires. The Son of Man has said that the mother shall be against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother. These things are at our doors. . . . Satan will rage, and the spirit of the devil is now enraged. I know not how soon these things will take place; but with a view of them, shall I cry peace? No! . . . How long you will have good crops, and the famine be kept off, I do not know; when the fig tree leaves, know then that the summer is nigh at hand. (Joseph Smith, DHC 3:390-91, 1839)

Here's one from A. Milton Musser:

> My brother, Noah Packard, says that he heard the Prophet Joseph say that the next great war \[in the United States\] after the war of the rebellion would [commence in a little town now called Chicago](https://www.reliefmine.com/next-civil-war-begins-in-chicago/), but at that time it would have grown to be a very large city. And another brother told me that the Prophet said that the cause of the next great trouble of the United States would be the depreciation of the currency of the United States. I believe I have given you all the facts in as short and concise manner as possible. (Letter of Nephi Packard to A. Milton Musser, July 24, 1896, A. Milton Musser Papers)

Here's one from Jedediah M. Grant:

> When we hear of war in foreign lands--when we hear of the revolutions among nations afar off, we necessarily infer that distresses incident to war and the hottest of the battle will not come nigh unto us. It is natural for man to make favorable conclusions as to his own safety, when danger threatens, but the Prophet saw in the vision, that war and distress of nations will not only occur in Europe, in Asia, and in the islands of the sea, but he saw it upon the American Continent--in the region of country where he first introduced the doctrine of the Son of God; so we may look for calamity in our own borders, in our own nation, as well as in the nations of foreign climes. (Jedediah M. Grant, *JD* 2:147, 1854)

Here's one from President Heber C. Kimball:

> I would like to see the people take a course to make their own clothing, make their own machinery, their own knives and their own forks, and everything else we need, for the day will come when we will be under the necessity of doing it, for trouble and perplexity, war and famine, bloodshed and fire, and thunder and lightning will roll upon the nations of the earth, insomuch that we cannot get to them, nor they to us. (Life of Heber C. Kimball, p. 411)

Also, if you haven't read it yet, be sure to check out this post, [Near Death Experience Depicts Civil War and Collapse](https://www.reliefmine.com/nde-depicts-civil-war-collapse/).

Finally, what is the purpose of this post? It's to remind people that Bishop Koyle and other true prophets have been shown by the Lord that a second civil war will take place in our nation, and that it happens around the time that the Relief Mine is vindicated. So get prepared for what is coming!

**Some questions to ponder:**

1. Will this tumultuous election, along with the devaluation of the US dollar as [prophesied by Joseph Smith](https://www.reliefmine.com/next-civil-war-begins-in-chicago/), lead to the next civil war?
2. Are you considering the possibility of relocating to White City, which will be built around the Relief Mine, or to [other places of refuge](https://www.reliefmine.com/dream-of-gathering-in-texas-during-chaos/) that will be designated by the Lord?

Leave your comments below.

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### BRICS Makes Major De-Dollarization Announcement
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/brics-makes-major-de-dollarization-announcement/
Last updated: 2024-09-13T00:29:16.000Z
First a quote attributed to Bishop Koyle about what will eventually happen to the US Dollar. This prediction was made decades ago, back when a common man would earn $20 to $30 per day! This coming price and wage crash will also be what allows the Relief Mine to purchase wheat at 50 cents per bushel. At current prices, wheat is typically between $6.00 and $7.00.

> He was shown that our entire wage and price structure had risen higher and higher so that it was like it was up on high stilts, and then suddenly it was as if someone over-night had kicked the stilts out from under it, and the whole thing came down with a crash to about 20 cents on the dollar. A man who had been getting paid $20 or $30 a day would then be lucky to find work at $5 or $6 a day, but mainly there was no work to be found. His property would only be worth l/5 of its former value, but his mortgage and other fixed debts would remain the same.

Fortunately one of the things the Relief Mine will do is offer low interest loans to help people from losing their home or farm.

> As early as 1911, his prediction about the economic decline and collapse was recorded by Carter Grant. At that time he told about how he saw the Relief Mine establish a bank on a corner in Spanish Fork, and later he spoke of another one at the mine in White City. He saw groups of people coming to this bank with long, sad faces, their pleas for help having gone unheeded by other banks; but they left with happy faces because here they had found relief, and their homes and farms were saved from foreclosure.

Now for today's news story about the major BRICS announcement...

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June 11, 2024  
[watcher.guru](https://watcher.guru/news/brics-makes-major-de-dollarization-announcement?ref=reliefmine.com)

At a meeting Tuesday in Russia, BRICS announced that it is in the final stages of its de-dollarization mission. According to BRICS representatives at the meeting, their new payment system was confirmed, and it will become a competitor for the current global reserve US dollar.

Economic ministers of leading BRICS member countries have announced that they are in the final stages of completing complete de-dollarization. The bloc’s goal is for its multipolar international monetary system to mark the end of the US dollar as the sole global reserve currency. A new payment system has been rumored and discussed for a significant time, but now the BRICS alliance has officially confirmed its development and first target: the US Dollar.

The BRICS economic alliance has sought to challenge the global economic status quo for the last two years. The bloc has sought increased resistance from the Western-dominated financial order. Those efforts have come in the form of increased de-dollarization practices and the promotion of the bloc’s own local currencies.

Furthermore, the BRICS alliance initiated this two-day meeting with 20 countries in attendance to discuss expansion and economic cooperation. Foreign Ministers of countries belonging to the bloc are currently in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod. Topics at hand included the upcoming expansion of the BRICS+, de-dollarization efforts, and building further economic and trade relations with one another. Now, its work in developing its BRICS currency has also been discussed.

BRICS aims to cut ties with the US dollar and use local currencies for all cross-border transactions among member nations. The move is attracting other developing countries to join BRICS in 2024\. The idea of ditching the US Dollar for local currencies and a new global reserve has become more popular. The alliance’s gold-backed currency concept and CBDCs are considered worthy alternatives.

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### The Return of Alma the Younger
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/return-of-alma-the-younger/
Last updated: 2026-08-23T18:35:07.000Z
Back in May of 2013, a man from Utah County shared an unusual experience with some Dream Miners after the stockholder meeting. At the time, he had an online business selling items on eBay, and had an email conversation with one of his customers named Al Sinclair. Some Dream Miners believe Al Sinclair to be the translated Alma the Younger from the Book of Mormon, who will soon return to start the Relief Mine up again.

Bishop Koyle prophesied that after his death the Lord would send messengers to direct the miners, but that these messengers would be disguised. Later, when it was time for the Relief Mine to be vindicated, at the time of the [economic collapse](https://www.reliefmine.com/nde-depicts-civil-war-collapse/), these same messengers would return revealing their true identity as servants of the Lord.

For those not familiar, [Alma the Younger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma%5Fthe%5FYounger?ref=reliefmine.com) was an ancient [Nephite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephites?ref=reliefmine.com) prophet who played a significant role in the spiritual and political history of the people. He received divine callings and revelations from the Lord, preached the gospel, and led the people in righteousness.

But what does translated mean exactly? A translated being is someone who has been blessed by Jesus Christ to remain living until his second coming. [John the Revelator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%5Fof%5FPatmos?ref=reliefmine.com) is one example, as we see in the New Testament:

> 20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?  
> 21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?  
> 22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.  
> 23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? ([John 21: 20-23](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/john/21?lang=eng&id=20-23&ref=reliefmine.com))

Jesus also gave this promise to at least three Nephites when he came to visit the people on the American continent:

> 4 And when he had spoken unto them, he turned himself unto the three, and said unto them: What will ye that I should do unto you, when I am gone unto the Father?  
> 5 And they sorrowed in their hearts, for they durst not speak unto him the thing which they desired.  
> 6 And he said unto them: Behold, I know your thoughts, and ye have desired the thing which John, my beloved, who was with me in my ministry, before that I was lifted up by the Jews, desired of me.  
> 7 Therefore, more blessed are ye, for ye shall never taste of death; but ye shall live to behold all the doings of the Father unto the children of men, even until all things shall be fulfilled according to the will of the Father, when I shall come in my glory with the powers of heaven.  
> 8 And ye shall never endure the pains of death; but when I shall come in my glory ye shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye from mortality to immortality; and then shall ye be blessed in the kingdom of my Father. ([3 Nephi 28: 4- 8](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/28?ref=reliefmine.com))

Of course, there is also this verse about interacting with the Lord's messengers who may not reveal their true identity:

> Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. ([Hebrews 13:2](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/heb/13?lang=eng&id=2&ref=reliefmine.com))

And who are these men that don't sin that the Lord is referring to? Translated beings perhaps?

> Wherefore, I will that all men shall repent, for all are under sin, except those which I have reserved unto myself, holy men that ye know not of. ([D&C 49:8](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/49?lang=eng&id=8&ref=reliefmine.com))

And finally, the Book of Mormon doesn't claim that Alma actually died:

> And when Alma had done this he departed out of the land of Zarahemla, as if to go into the land of Melek. And it came to pass that he was never heard of more; as to his death or burial we know not of. Behold, this we know, that he was a righteous man; and the saying went abroad in the church that he was taken up by the Spirit, or buried by the hand of the Lord, even as Moses. But behold, the scriptures saith the Lord took Moses unto himself; and we suppose that he has also received Alma in the spirit, unto himself; therefore, for this cause we know nothing concerning his death and burial. (Alma 45:18-19)

In 1950 Al Sinclair showed up at the Relief Mine after the death of [Bishop Koyle](https://www.reliefmine.com/bishop-john-koyle/). He seemed to know the details of the mine, inside and out, so much so that it was uncanny. Al gave hints to some of the miners that he was a [translated Nephite](https://rsc.byu.edu/book-mormon-3-nephi-9-30-my-gospel/three-nephites-doctrine-translation?ref=reliefmine.com), sent by the Lord to oversee work on the mine. One such hint was to show the scars on his legs, which he said were from sword wounds received in battle. 😳

So basically the Lord sent Al to the Relief Mine, where he provided divine guidance and leadership for several years, authored the new, highly unusual [Articles of Incorporation](articles-of-incorporation/), and then backed out of the picture. Here are just a few unusual things Al allows for in the articles:

- homes
- schools and learning institutions
- power plants
- airports, railroads, tramways, ships, boats and barges
- radio and television broadcasting, telephone services
- banks and financial services
- insurance policies and coverage of all kinds
- culinary water systems, sewer systems
- oil wells and refineries, fuel and fuel line systems, gasoline products
- plastic products
- chemical plants and factories
- hospitals, medical and dental facilities, veterinary facilities, and health services of all kinds
- standing army

Just how large will the Relief Mine be when it is fully operational? The scope of this project sounds astronomical! And to think all of this will come together at a time when the rest of the nation is in [civil war](https://www.reliefmine.com/next-civil-war-begins-in-chicago/), which apparently starts in Chicago according to Joseph Smith.

One Dream Miner had a daytime vision**,** not a dream, of how the Relief Mine would start up again, and it involved "Al Sinclair" coming back to take charge. If you haven't read that post yet, then check out, [Arnold Shreeve's Vision of Alma the Younger](https://www.reliefmine.com/arnold-shreeve-vision-of-alma-the-younger/).

Below is a short audio recording from the Utah County man who had the eBay business. He tells about the email correspondence with "Al Sinclair Staffer", a modern substitute name for Alma the Younger. This includes asking the mysterious man whether he has sword wounds on his legs. Seriously!

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August 27th marks the anniversary of when the Nephite messengers first visited Bishop Koyle. He speculated that it might be an appropriate date for the messengers to return when it is time to start up the Relief Mine again. If so, this would follow the pattern set by the [Angel Moroni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel%5FMoroni?ref=reliefmine.com), who visited [Joseph Smith](https://www.reliefmine.com/resurrected-joseph-smith-will-return/) on three successive anniversaries prior to being given the gold plates.

Speaking of divine messengers, have you read the inspired poem called the [Portal Guard](https://www.reliefmine.com/prophetic-poems/)?

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**Some questions to ponder**:

1. Will Al Sinclair show up on August 27th this year, revealing his true identity to the faithful believers who have been waiting for decades, or will it be sometime in the future? We just don't know, but as always, time will tell.
2. Have you contemplated when the Lord's messengers will return to kick-start this ancient Nephite gold mine into action? It is prophesied to be the largest gold mine in the world.
3. Do you believe Al Sinclair is Alma the Younger? If not, how come?

Leave your comments below.
### Republicans & Democrats Will Go to War
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/republicans-democrats-will-go-to-war/
Last updated: 2024-08-31T04:26:38.000Z
Prophet and Presidential candidate Joseph Smith, who [will return to set the LDS Church in order](https://www.reliefmine.com/resurrected-joseph-smith-will-return/), gave the following prophecy on 19 June, 1844\. It is recorded in the autobiography of Mosiah Hancock.

> There will be two great political parties in this country. One will be called the Republican, and the other the Democrat party. These two parties will go to war and out of these two parties will spring another party which will be the Independent American Party.  
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> The United States will spend her strength and means warring in foreign lands until other nations will say, "Let's divide up the lands of the United States". Then the people of the U.S. will unite and swear by the blood of their fore-fathers that the land shall not be divided.  
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> Then the country will go to [war](https://www.reliefmine.com/nde-depicts-civil-war-collapse/), and they will fight until one half of the U.S. Army will give up, and the rest will continue to struggle. They will keep on until they are very ragged and discouraged, and almost ready to give up — when the boys from the mountains will rush forth in time to save the American Army from defeat and ruin. And they will say, "Brethren, we are glad you have come; give us men, henceforth, who can talk with God".  
>  
> Then you will have friends, but you will save the country when its liberty hangs by a hair, as it were.

**Some questions to ponder:**

- What will cause the Democrat and Republican parties to "go to war" in the first place?
- Is this all part of the future [Civil War 2.0](https://www.reliefmine.com/next-civil-war-begins-in-chicago/) which Joseph Smith prophesied would begin in Chicago and be due, in part, to the devaluation of the US currency?
- Will the war between the Republicans and Democrats start with the [prophesied death of a US president](https://www.reliefmine.com/prophesied-death-of-a-us-president/)?
- Who exactly are the "boys from the mountains"?
- Are you are trying to purchase Relief Mine stock? If so, visit the [buyer / seller](https://www.reliefmine.com/buy-relief-mine-stock/) page to learn more and contact sellers.

We don't know all the details about how this Joseph Smith prophecy will unfold. But we do know things are getting crazier by the day in our nation. Stay close to the Lord and hold on tight!

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### Prophesied Death of a US President
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/prophesied-death-of-a-us-president/
Last updated: 2026-08-17T03:28:45.000Z
Many Dream Miners believe that a US President will die around the time the Relief Mine [starts up](https://www.reliefmine.com/arnold-shreeve-vision-of-alma-the-younger/). Where do they get this? It comes from Bishop Koyle's Republican Elephant prophecy, which is summarized below by Norman Pierce:

> Bishop Koyle had another outstanding dream of a political nature, the climax of which would have a bearing on the great mission of this Mine. He saw that President Hoover would not win the next election but that the man on the Democratic Donkey would. And this man (Franklin D. Roosevelt) would stay in the White House longer than any other, for he would be re-elected again, again, and again. In fact, the Republican Elephant was shown to Koyle as becoming very sick. In the various elections that followed, the Elephant's supporters tried hard to get it up on its knees, then it would fall over on its side, sick again, and in very poor shape.  
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> Koyle saw this happen four or five times (or elections), then the Republicans would finally succeed in getting the Elephant up on its feet to win. But the Elephant was not up very long until it fell over dead. **Then they carried it off and buried it; and** [**that was the end of the Republican party, and the Democrats, too**](https://www.reliefmine.com/republicans-democrats-will-go-to-war/)**, for the chaotic disintegration of the government and nation rapidly ensued**.  
>  
> When this president died, Koyle was shown, "they" would then search the length and breadth of the land for a **MAN** who could hold the nation together, and they would not be able to find a man strong enough to do it, because the whole government would go to pieces, financially bankrupt. At this time the Relief Mine would bring financial relief, because almost everyone would be in need of it." (DMS, 1st edition, July 1958)

There were several Dream Miners who heard Bishop Koyle talk about this future president who would die while in office. Here is what Steve Wood said:

> Bishop Koyle also saw the man in the President's office would die in office, **just a while after the Mine came in**, and he saw them look up and down the country everywhere to try to find a **MAN** to take his place, and they would not be able to find one, and the nation wandered in chaos. That's how bad it will get. (RM II p. 205)

This prophecy is very unusual. How is it possible that there won't be a single man who can become the next President of the United States? Well, perhaps the "powers that be" want the next president to be a **WOMAN**, not a man. This idea is already circulating in the media.

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Despised by most Americans, and highly unelectable, Kamala Harris could only become the president IF something were to happen to Joe Biden. As you've likely seen in the news recently, Biden has dropped out of the election race against Donald Trump. Will Biden also step down as president or be "removed" within the next few months? Kash Patel, former Department of Defense Chief of Staff and Deputy Director of National Intelligence under President Trump, believes [Kamala Harris will be installed as president](https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/kash-patel-believes-kamala-harris-will-be-installed/?ref=reliefmine.com) before the election.

Dan Bohler, a previous guest on [The Prophecy Club](https://www.watchprophecyclub.com/authors/author-oNbqbq-Wofs?ref=reliefmine.com) many years ago, claimed that God told him a woman will one day become president of the United States. Will he be right?

Dan Bohler — A Future Female President

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Again, according to the Republican Elephant prophecy, there will be a search for someone to replace the deceased president, yet they will fail to find a **MAN**. Are there alternative interpretations of how this could unfold other than a woman becoming president?

In this 1 minute video clip, check out what President Gerald Ford said back in 1989\. He specifically says that a female vice president will take over after a president dies. The "powers that be" have clearly planned this event several decades ago.

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I hear you asking, "But doesn't the Elephant killing over imply that the president who dies will be a Republican, not a Democrat?" Yes. Therefore it's possible that another assassination attempt will be made against The Donald. If it actually plays out like this, where we see two presidents being removed and Kamala coming to power, then we will likely see chaos in our nation in the near future, maybe even the start of [Civil War 2.0](https://www.reliefmine.com/next-civil-war-begins-in-chicago/). Only time will tell.

In the [White Horse Prophecy](https://www.reliefmine.com/white-horse-prophecy/), Joseph Smith foretold that the supreme government would be removed from the land, which supports what Bishop Koyle said earlier, "... the disintegration of the government and nation rapidly ensued".

> A terrible revolution will take place in the land of America, such as has never been seen before, for the land will be literally without a supreme government, and every species of wickedness will run rampant; it will be so terrible that father will be against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother. The most terrible scenes of murder and bloodshed will take place.

**Some questions to ponder:**

1. Will the Republican Elephant Prophecy come to pass this year with the death of Donald Trump?
2. Could this lead to the demise of both political parties and the formation of the "Independent American Party"? Because this was prophesied by [Joseph Smith](https://www.reliefmine.com/resurrected-joseph-smith-will-return/), and documented in the autobiography of [Mosiah Hancock](https://www.reliefmine.com/republicans-democrats-will-go-to-war/).
3. Do you think Kamala Harris will become the first female president if something happens to Joe Biden?
4. Are you are looking to buy Relief Mine stock? If so, visit the [buyer / seller](https://www.reliefmine.com/buy-sell-stock/) page to learn more and contact sellers.

Leave your comments below.
### FinTech App Leaves Millions Unable to Withdraw Funds
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/fintech-app-leaves-millions-unable-to-withdraw-funds/
Last updated: 2024-07-12T01:02:07.000Z
Bishop Koyle has been accurate in all of his prophecies, including ones that related to the great crash of the 1930's:

> He had a dream that the banks all over the United States would close in one month. He went to the Spanish Fork Bank and told the president to get his business in shape fast because the bank will close in thirty days. President Gardner smiled and said, "We are OK and such a thing can't happen. The United States is back of us." At the end of the month Bishop was walking past the bank and President Gardner called Bishop in and said, "Bishop a month is gone and everything is lovely." Bishop said, "Just wait. I still have one more day; call me tomorrow." Early the next morning President Roosevelt declared a bank holiday and all banks had to close.

Because the Relief Mine is the Lord's project, the few remaining prophecies of Koyle will also happen as he said. We are getting close to the great crash, as evidenced by the following article.

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By Brian Shilhavy, Editor, [Health Impact News](https://healthimpactnews.com/2024/the-banking-crisis-is-accelerating-in-big-tech-banks-10-million-americans-cannot-withdraw-their-funds-on-one-fintech-app/?ref=reliefmine.com)

The technology that America’s infrastructure is now hopelessly dependent upon continues to fail, as it was reported this week that one of the most popular FinTech (Financial Technology) apps, which are supposed to “reinvent” banking by getting rid of such pesky nuisances such as over-draft charges, having to wait until your paycheck clears before having access to funds, and many other wonderful Big Tech promises that have swindled tens of millions of people to open accounts on these FinTech apps, has left millions of customers today without access to their funds on deposit.

> **The collapse of a fintech firm with 10 million users has left many Americans without access to their money**  
>  
> A dispute between a fintech startup and its banking partners has ensnared potentially millions of Americans, leaving them without access to their money for nearly two weeks, according to recent court documents.  
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> Since last year, Synapse — an Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup that serves as a middle-man between customer-facing fintech brands and FDIC-backed banks — has had disagreements with several of its partners about how much in customer balances it owed.  
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> The situation deteriorated in April after Synapse declared bankruptcy following the exodus of several key partners. On May 11, Synapse cut off access to a technology system that enabled lenders, including Evolve Bank & Trust, to process transactions and account information, according to the filings.  
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> That has left users of several fintech services stranded with no access to their funds, according to testimonials filed this week in a California bankruptcy court.  
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> One customer, a Maryland teacher named Chris Buckler, said in a May 21 filing that his funds at crypto app Juno were locked because of the Synapse bankruptcy.  
>  
> “I am increasingly desperate and don’t know where to turn,” Bucker wrote. “I have nearly $38,000 tied up as a result of the halting of transaction processing. This money took years to save up.”  
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> Until recently, Synapse, which calls itself the biggest “banking as a service” provider, helped a wide swath of the U.S. fintech universe provide services like checking accounts and debit cards. Former partners included Mercury, Dave and Juno, well-known fintech firms that catered to segments including startups, gig workers and crypto users.  
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> Synapse had contracts with 20 banks and 100 fintechs, resulting in about 10 million end users, according to an April filing from founder and CEO Sankaet Pathak. ([Source](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-collapse-of-a-fintech-firm-with-10-million-users-has-left-many-americans-without-access-to-their-money/ar-BB1mSkPH?ref=reliefmine.com).)

These funds on deposit with these FinTech apps are NOT FDIC insured. And a judge just ruled that if you lost your money on this app, too bad.

As I have been warning for over a year and a half, if you trust in the technology, you risk losing everything as a reward for your faith in Big Tech, as the Big Tech Crash that started in 2022 just after the demise of FTX, with its [billionaire founder now sitting in prison](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/22/business/sam-bankman-fried-new-prison/index.html?ref=reliefmine.com), is now accelerating.

> Federal bank regulators are not coming to rescue the thousands of fintech customers who have lost access to their money during the unfolding bankruptcy of banking-as-a-service provider Synapse Financial Technologies or the millions more who are at risk.  
>  
> That was the grim news delivered in a five-hour hearing today before U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Martin R. Barash, of the Central District of California.  
>  
> Earlier this week, he’d urged federal regulators to step in to protect “everyday people” and prevent a “potential disaster.”  
>  
> While the fintech industry is new and largely unregulated, he observed, the customers should be thought of as “depositors.”  
>  
> The most immediate cause of pain for individual consumers is a dispute between bankrupt Synapse and one of its bank partners, Arkansas-based Evolve Bank & Trust.  
>  
> That disagreement has left customers of fintechs Yotta Technologies, Juno Finance and Copper Banking unable to access the money in their accounts or use the credit and debit cards tied to them since May 11th.  
>  
> But Assistant U.S. Attorney Elan Levey, representing the U.S. Trustee (the arm of the Justice Department involved in bankruptcy cases), said she had investigated Barash’s idea and federal banking regulators couldn’t intervene.  
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> “It’s my understanding that the FDIC insurance coverage is only available in the event of a bank failure,” she said. ([Source](https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilymason/2024/05/17/federal-bank-regulators-wont-rescue-fintech-customers-caught-in-synapse-bankruptcy/?ref=reliefmine.com).)

Some reactions from depositors who cannot access their funds.

> Among the affected customers is Mark Egidi, a 39-year-old mechanic from Phoenix. He switched his direct deposit to Yotta for its gamified savings rewards and FDIC insurance. Now, with an 11-month-old child, recent hand surgery, and no access to his funds, Egidi faces severe financial strain. “At this moment in time, it is absolutely every penny that I have.” ([Source](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/synapse-financial-technologies-collapse-raises-concerns-for-20-million-fintech-depositors/ar-BB1mvPUM?ref=reliefmine.com).)

And this one...

> One user said they had “over $60,000” tied up in an account that was unreachable. Another, a single mom, had just bought a home and couldn’t access the funds to make the first mortgage payment. A third had saved emergency funds for their family: “I feel powerless and unable to do anything. I’m so upset.” ([Source](https://prospect.org/economy/2024-05-23-fintech-fight-frozen-bank-accounts-synapse/?ref=reliefmine.com).)

[Read more accounts from people who lost access to their funds here](https://www.reddit.com/r/yotta/comments/1cu7jse/impacted%5Fyotta%5Fusers%5Fopen%5Fto%5Fspeaking%5Fwith%5Fmedia/?ref=reliefmine.com).

And this isn’t the first time people have been unable to withdraw their funds from a FinTech app. Here is a story that is about 2 years old regarding Chime.

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Behind these Big Tech apps, of course, are REAL banks that are FDIC insured, and many of these banks are committing fraud and money laundering to cash in on the popularity of these FinTech financial apps.

The banking regulatory system is slow to move on these crimes, but they seem to be wising up to this encroachment into the banking sector, realizing that Big Tech could bring down the entire financial system, which we got a preview of a year ago with Silicon Valley Bank and other Big Tech banks collapsing.

The facts and evidence that are available for the world to see today, such as the fact that this week HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Americans cannot withdraw money they had on deposit with FinTech financial services, clearly show how dangerous it is to depend on this technology!

How long will you wait until you realize that today’s technology claims about the future belong in fictional Hollywood scripts made for the movies and TV as entertainment, rather than something to invest in and trust in?

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Do you use FinTech apps for banking? What has been your experience so far? Leave your comments below.
### Warning: 282 Banks in Danger of Failing
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/282-banks-in-danger-of-failing/
Last updated: 2024-07-02T18:46:24.000Z
With all of the depressing news that keeps coming out, one can take hope in knowing that RELIEF is just around the corner. According to Bishop Koyle:

> He saw the Relief Mine establish a bank on a certain corner in Spanish Fork, and later he spoke of another one at the mine in White City. He saw groups of people coming to this bank with long, sad faces, their pleas for help having gone unheeded by other banks; but they left with happy faces because here they had found relief, and their homes and farms were saved from foreclosure.

By Noah at [100percentfedup.com](https://100percentfedup.com/warning-audit-reveals-282-u-s-banks-are?ref=reliefmine.com) (go here to read the full article)

Hundreds of banks around the United States are in danger of closing.

Consulting firm Klaros Group conducted an audit, which revealed that 282 banks are in danger of closing due to commercial real estate loans and losses connected to higher interest rates.

The Klaros Group's audit also noted the bank's refusal to open new branches, implement technological innovations, and hire new staff members also will play a role in the bank's potential closures.

Of course, this audit is not the only piece of evidence that the banking system is about to implode. Check out what Lena Petrova is saying in this video:

(10 minutes long)

What are your thoughts on the risk of so many banks failing? Do you know if your bank is on the risk list? Leave your comments below.
### Trump Wants to Eliminate Income Taxes
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/trump-wants-to-eliminate-income-taxes/
Last updated: 2024-07-04T04:22:28.000Z
Even if Trump lives long enough to win the election and get rid of federal income taxes, it does not change the Bishop Koyle prophecies that say the government and dollar will go away. 

John Jordan was a man who created a long list of the various signposts Bishop Koyle said to be watching for. The following is #70 on that list:

> Taxes will be impossibly oppressive. But the government will collapse following the mine coming in, but before the next tax collection time.

Below is some commentary from Norman Pierce, author of The Dream Mine Story. Keep in mind that Norman sometimes tweaked the words of Bishop Koyle, so prayer and discernment should be used when reading his book:

> By the time it was time to collect taxes (April), there would be no federal government left to collect them, and consequently the paper dollar became worthless, having no intrinsic value, although for a little while it would drop to 20 cents on the dollar.

It's nice to know the corrupt, bloated government will soon be no more. In the following story about Bishop Koyle, it implies that the government will be gone when the mine comes in. However, based on other quotes, first the mine will start up, and then shortly thereafter the government collapses.

> One time in about 1946 an attorney who was quite interested in the Relief Mine, and sometimes he attended the Thursday night meetings, said to the Bishop, "How are you going to stop the government from taking about 94% of the gold away from you?" The Bishop said, "Turney, there ain't goin' to be no government when the mine comes in!"

But once the federal government has collapsed, and the prophesied [civil war](https://www.reliefmine.com/next-civil-war-begins-in-chicago/) has played out, what form of government will take its place? This is when the Political Kingdom of God will rise up. It will have its own laws and means of enforcing them. For those who may not know, the Kingdom is separate from the Church. Daniel in Old Testament saw it would be like a stone cut out of the mountain without hands, which will roll forth and crush all other kingdoms.

> In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever. Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will take place in the future; so the dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.” ([Daniel 2:44-45](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/dan/2?lang=eng&id=44-45&ref=reliefmine.com#study%5Fsummary1))

In his book, Norman Pierce elaborated on how the Relief Mine ties into the Kingdom of God:

> The purpose of this great wealth was that it must be reserved for building the nucleus for the Kingdom of God. It would provide an honest money of gold and silver that would make possible the rapid construction of Cities of Refuge, and stock them with food supplies, and equip them with essential industries, so that these cities could be a refuge for righteous which would be segregated out in fulfillment of the parable of the wheat and the tares, thereby bringing to pass "an entire separation of the righteous from the wicked," as stated in [D&C 63:54](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/63?lang=eng&id=54&ref=reliefmine.com), and also in [Section 86](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/86?lang=eng&id=1-7&ref=reliefmine.com). This gold would also serve a wonderful purpose in beautifying the [New Jerusalem](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/gs/new-jerusalem?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com#title1) and the great temple to be built there for the Lord's coming. — A city to be inhabited by Nephites, Lamanites, the [Ten Lost Tribes](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/gs/israel?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com#title6), and the repentant LDS Gentiles then sifted out.

Bishop Koyle made frequent reference to the Kingdom of God bearing rule over the Relief Mine, and he referred to a time to come when we would see the Ensign of Nations, the Kingdom's flag, flying high on Knob Hill above the mine, when this Parliament was established in strength here on the earth.

Exciting times!

Now for the recent news about Trump wanting to eliminate the income tax, which is likely a moot point, as the government will likely be collapsed before this could be implemented.

---

By Giulia Carbonaro at [Newsweek.com](https://www.newsweek.com/warning-issued-over-donald-trump-income-tax-plans-1913683?ref=reliefmine.com)

Donald Trump's idea to eliminate the federal income tax by creating an "all tariff policy" should he win the November election would likely further burden lower- and middle-income Americans, an expert told Newsweek, while favoring higher-income individuals.

The former president and Republican presidential candidate reportedly floated the idea during a private meeting last week, sources told CNBC, which first reported on the story. Addressing Republican lawmakers at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C., on June 13, Trump talked about imposing an "all tariff policy" that would ultimately allow the country to eliminate the income tax entirely, while also suggesting using tariffs as leverage during negotiations with bad actors.

Assaf Harpaz, and assistant professor at the University of Georgia School of Law, told Newsweek that replacing the federal income tax with an "all tariff policy" as suggested by Trump is an idea that raises several practical and theoretical questions.

"In addition to the legislative task of overhauling the Internal Revenue Code, it is difficult to envision how tariffs could completely replace the revenue from federal income taxes," Harpaz told *Newsweek*.

"In 2023, the federal government collected over $2 trillion from individual income taxes, alone," he explained. "Moreover, foreign governments may levy punitive tariffs in response to the policy, and increased costs would presumably roll over to individual taxpayers."

That, for Harpaz, is the biggest issue.

"The policy, if implemented, is unlikely to benefit most Americans," he said. "The federal income tax is progressive by design, whereas an all-out tariff could create regressive outcomes—burdening lower and middle-income Americans while favoring higher-income individuals and corporations."

(3 minutes long)

What are your thoughts on all this? Leave your comments below.
### Cuban Banking System Has Collapsed
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/cuban-banking-system-has-collapsed/
Last updated: 2024-07-23T18:43:03.000Z
Are the globalists doing a "test run" with Cuba to see how the people will react to a new cashless society? Who knows for sure. But we can expect these same types of financial problems in the USA when the dollar crashes. Bishop Koyle said:

> ... the messenger told me when the time and the conditions are right, you will have the ore and all the wealth you need. The conditions would be a few trustworthy people gathered out, a financial crash, transportation stopped, civil strife, foreclosures on debts, banks closed, worthless paper money, etc.

Posted on [HalTurnerRadioShow.com](https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/flash-urgent-cuban-banking-system-has-collapsed?ref=reliefmine.com)

The Banking system of Cuba has reportedly collapsed.

Cubans are reporting via Social Media all their money is gone from their accounts, and all Automated Teller Machines (ATM's) have been emptied.

This news is being heavily suppressed but it is getting out slowly.

At banks all over the country, angry mobs descended upon banks where Police tried to turn them away. Instead, the mobs overturned Police Cars and sent the cops running.

It was all for naught. Not only were the banks closed, they were empty too. People who got in found open vaults - they weren't even broken into – and no cash in them at all.

The Cuban people have been left with no financial resources, they have no means of buying food …they are desperate and they are afraid.

Many people are saying "This is the final destination, this is where globalism wants to lead you to the apocalypse."

Cubans were forced to adopt the digital banking system and now they are financially ruined, they have no recourse.

The government will next likely offer the Cuban citizens universal basic income...

### Hal Turner's Remarks

If they did this to Cubans, what would stop them from doing it to the rest of us?

I think you should start taking some CASH out of the banks. These bankers are globalists. If they did it in Cuba, I think they'll try it here – and everywhere else.

I think they've done this on an island nation to get a sense of how bad the reaction will be. If it's manageable, I think they'll do it to all of us. And if government is "in on it" what could any individual do? 

Thankfully for individuals, when there are enough victims, individuals become large groups . . . and we know what large GROUPS of individuals can do to banks, bankers, and to governments, so keep those possibilities in mind.

---

Now a short video that was recently uploaded to YouTube:

(2 minutes long)

Check it out and leave your comments below.
### Five Stages of Denial About the Economic Collapse
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/5-stages-of-denial-about-economic-collapse/
Last updated: 2024-06-14T03:44:20.000Z
By Brandon Smith at [Alt-Market.us](https://alt-market.us/the-five-stages-of-denial-when-skeptics-are-faced-with-economic-collapse/?ref=reliefmine.com)

As with any collapse there eventually comes a point of popular intolerance – That moment where people finally realize that the “doom mongers” were right all along and that the weight of the implosion is too much to refute. I believe we’re approaching that moment very quickly. In the meantime. Here are the five stages of denial that people go through before they admit that a fiscal calamity is upon them…

### Stage 1: “I Don’t Know What The Conspiracy Theorists Are Talking About – I’m Doing Fine”

There’s an old saying from the Great Depression that goes something like this: “It’s only a depression for the people without jobs.”

If you weren’t a part of the 30% unemployed in the US at that time, then in your narrow world the Great Depression might not have seemed all that bad. In other words, people will ignore the sinking of the Titanic as long as they still have their own lifeboat.

I will say that this is a major problem in the midst of the stagflation crisis today, and it’s the root of what many Zennials are complaining about. In their minds, this is the worst economy in history of the world and they blame “boomers” for their pain. It’s really not (at least not yet), but it’s true that many “boomers” are going into the crisis with the advantage of time. They have had the time to build a lifeboat while Zennials have not.

It’s not about what’s fair, there’s no such thing as “fair” in economics. But older Americans need to realize that even if stagflation is not a crisis for them personally, it is indeed a crisis for younger people in particular. Any person still denying the reality of the collapse because “they’re doing fine” needs to shut up and take stock of the bigger picture.

### Stage 2: “They’ve Been Talking About Collapse For Years & We’re Still Here”

A lot of people out there have childish notions of what a collapse is, mostly derived from Hollywood films and television. They imagine stock market mayhem, endless soup lines, mass starvation and even Mad Max-style destruction. When these kinds of things do happen it’s always at the END of the collapse process, not at the beginning. The former nation of Yugoslavia suffered through multiple inflation events before it finally exploded with balkanization and war. It didn’t happen overnight, but all the signs were there.

When analysts predict these events years ahead of time they are doing you a favor; they are giving you ample time to prepare. Unlike the banking elites and their proxies who only warn the public right before (or right after) the crisis hits a peak.

Believe it or not I still see deniers arguing that all is well today, even after massive stagflation, attempted nationwide medical tyranny, multiple regional wars around the globe that could trigger WWIII, constant civil unrest, etc. Is the threat of imminent death the only thing that will wake these people up to reality?

### Stage 3: “Maybe Things Are Bad Now But The Crisis Is Transitory, It Will Be Over Soon”

This is the stage in which deniers finally accept that there is indeed some instability, but they cope with the issue by claiming the storm will quickly pass and there’s nothing to worry about. The thing is, they spent so much time trying to debunk the economists that were warning them they now fear being proven wrong more than they fear the crisis ahead. It’s a kind of mental sickness common to our culture – The absolute refusal of a large percentage of Americans to admit being wrong and moving on.

It’s okay to be wrong sometimes. It’s not okay to be in denial about it.

The claim that a collapse is “transitory” is a way for skeptics overwhelmed by facts and evidence to continue dismissing reality. If the economic decline doesn’t last very long then they never have to concede defeat to the “conspiracy theorists.”

### Stage 4: “No One Saw The Crisis Coming”

I saw this argument thousands of times during the pandemic lockdowns and the initial inflation spike. There were so many people raging about the circumstances and a lot of them were the types of people that used to deny that anything out of the ordinary was going on. They started looking for scapegoats and they came up with the idea that there was no early warning.

If only someone had given them some kind of hint of what was about to happen, they would have prepared better, right?

The media and government officials tend to play into this stage of denial aggressively. In other words, this is the moment they assert that “No one saw this coming.” The event struck like lightning out of the blue. No one could have foreseen this outcome and there’s nothing anyone could have done about it.

Whenever I hear these arguments I’m reminded of the movie trend in the early 2000s of global disaster flicks. There’s always those scenes where the asteroid or the ocean wave or the tornado hits and we see thousands of people scurrying like ants, only to be crushed by a godlike force that they had no power to defend against. I never liked those movies, but I recognize that they play into a hidden element of fatalism in the human mind.

There is a strange mechanism in some people’s thinking that wants to believe they have no power to change their circumstances. They feel better assuming that the tides of fate are beyond their control and that there’s nothing they could have done differently. In reality, all they had to do was listen and think critically and they could have prepared accordingly. Their pain is the result of their own ignorance and ego.

### Stage 5: “Everyone Saw The Crisis Coming”

Ah yes, the final stage of denial. This one is my favorite. It is the inevitable moment when skeptics fully concede that the economic collapse is a fact of life and then they claim they “saw it coming all along.” The inability for these people to admit they were wrong debases their ability to make informed decisions about the future.

They know a crisis is upon them and they’ll now pretend as if they knew it was going to happen. Therefore, all the “conspiracy theorists” that tried to warn them are not special or better informed than they are.

Of course, you’ll never see any evidence of these skeptics (and many mainstream economists) actually predicting anything. You will see them predicting the opposite and attacking anyone that suggest they might be wrong. One wonders why it’s so important for them to avoid giving credit where credit is due and learning from their mistakes, but when a person’s identity is so wrapped up in being the “expert,” the idea of completely fumbling the ball on the biggest economic disaster of their lifetime is too much to bear.

The full article can be found at Brandon Smith's website, see the link above.
### Nearly 1,300 Stores Closing in 2024
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/nearly-1300-stores-to-close-in-2024/
Last updated: 2024-06-12T00:06:50.000Z
First a reminder of what Bishop Koyle was shown would happen in the United States around the time of the great crash:

> He was told by the messenger that there would be a great crash in the land before the period of famine began. This crash would be brought about by prices going up, which condition was illustrated to him as being like a person on high stilts. When prices became extremely high, something happened in the land like knocking the stilts from under the person and down came everything. Businesses closed down, labor was thrown out of work, people were hungry, and great tribulations were in the land.

By Dominick Reuter and Alex Bitter at [Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/stores-closing-in-2024-list?ref=reliefmine.com).

- At least nine retail brands have said they're closing US stores in 2024, totaling some 1,280 locations.
- Family Dollar is the largest chain on the list, planning to close at least 600 stores this year.
- Other companies, such as Walmart and TJX, are closing a few stores while opening others.

A Business Insider tally of disclosures from nine retail chain brands found as many as 1,290 stores have closed or are set to close across the US in 2024.

The number is down considerably from prior years, including last year, when the collapse of Bed Bath & Beyond contributed to a total of more than 2,800 locations shuttering.

Analysts at UBS think the total number of US retail closures could reach 45,000 over the next five years, led largely by smaller stores going out of business, even as larger firms such as Walmart, Costco, Target, and Home Depot continue to expand.

Topping this year's list is the Dollar Tree-owned Family Dollar, which is set to close at least 600 locations, with more to come as leases expire.

Some companies, including Express and Foxtrot, are in dire financial straits. Others, such as Walmart and TJX, have plans to expand by more stores than they close. Still others, like Foot Locker and Macy's, are shifting their strategies as shopping patterns change.

See the full list below:

### Family Dollar: 600 stores  

Its parent company, Dollar Tree, said it would close 600 Family Dollar stores in the first half of this year, while an additional 370 locations are set to close in the coming years as leases expire.

### CVS: 300 stores

  
CVS is in the final year of its three-year plan to shutter 900 locations. The company says changing populations and buying patterns led it to reconsider how many stores it needed in certain areas.

### Foot Locker: 113 stores

  
Foot Locker closed 113 locations during the fiscal quarter that ended on February 3\. In the same period, the company opened 29 locations and relocated or remodeled 66 others.

### Express: 107 stores

  
Express announced in April that it would close 95 flagship brand stores and all 12 of its UpWest branded locations.

### Rite Aid: 77 stores

  
Rite Aid is closing another 77 locations after closing 150 last year.

### Macy's: 50 stores

  
Macy's said in February that it would close 150 locations over the next three years, starting with 50 in 2024.

### Foxtrot: 33 stores

  
The boutique convenience store Foxtrot abruptly shuttered its 33 locations in April after it came up $35 million short of its 2023 sales goal, Modern Retail reported.

### Walmart: 7 stores

  
Walmart plans to close seven locations across four states, which it said did not meet financial-performance expectations. The company said earlier this year it planned for a total of 150 new or upsized stores in the next five years, starting with 14 new locations in 2024.

### TJX: 3 stores

  
The off-price retail company TJX closed two T.J. Maxx locations and one Marshalls store earlier this year. Those will be more than offset by the addition of 45 new US locations across the two brands, plus 83 more across the other three brands in the TJX family.
### Supreme Court: State Banks can Issue their Own Currency
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/supreme-court-rules-state-banks-can-issue-their-own-currency/
Last updated: 2024-08-01T14:37:49.000Z
What are your thoughts about this ruling? This seems to allow for the future Relief Mine bank. Leave your comments down below.

---

Article originally posted by [The Silver Academy](https://thesilverindustry.substack.com/p/supreme-court-ruling-state-sponsored) on Substack.

- States banks can issue their own gold backed currency bypassing the Federal Reserve.
- Ruling just released Thursday May 30, 2024\. Mark this on your calendar as #EndtheFed day.
- State sponsored banks do not have to adhere to the Federal Reserve charter.
- And states can then acquire gold reserves for their state banks and disband from the Federal Reserve system.

### The USA effectively has a dual banking system

Each state in the USA operates its own banking system, parallel to the Federal Reserve. While the Federal Reserve has inflicted severe pain locally and globally, the Supreme Court has upheld the state's right to maintain its own charter, independent of the corporate Fed system.

The Federal Reserve doesn't respect state rights for banks to adhere to their own charter outside the control of Washington, D.C., (but these are the same animals when asked by Ron Paul that don't believe Gold and Silver are money, thus proving they don't want competition - LOL)

But states are taking their power back. (The Silver Academy recognizes Money Metals and [Sound Money Defense League](https://www.soundmoneydefense.org/?ref=reliefmine.com) for their zealous work in fueling a State to State movement.) Major kudos to Stefan Gleason and Jp Cortez.

This document below shows that we never needed the Federal Reserve on a legal basis.

How? Simple.

Banks with federal charters, called national banks, are subject primarily to federal oversight and regulation. Banks with state charters, called state banks, are subject to additional state oversight and regulation. Those two banking systems co-exist and compete.

Now you have it in writing. Officially. See the link below for verification.

[https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-529\_1b7d.pdf](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-529%5F1b7d.pdf?ref=reliefmine.com)

### Conclusion

- If the villagers get together and write their State House and State Senate this will get legs.
- This is massively bullish for Silver and Gold.
- If you take US debt alone approaching 35 trillion and divide by ounces of gold above ground (US holds) there is your fundamental value of gold, $25,000 per ounce.
- I will do the math for you (erroring conservatively). We can go with conservative gold to silver ratio of 60.
### Missouri Senate Passes Legislation to Accept Gold & Silver as Legal Tender
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/missouri-senate-passes-legislation-accepting-gold-as-legal-tender/
Last updated: 2024-06-16T20:52:01.000Z
When the Relief Mine is vindicated, and begins minting gold coins, there needs to be an infrastructure in place to support people buying things and paying bills with precious metals. Fortunately [Utah law](https://connorboyack.com/blog/the-utah-sound-money-act/?ref=reliefmine.com) already supports this. Other states, including [Texas](https://schiffgold.com/key-gold-news/texas-committee-passes-bill-to-create-100-reserve-gold-and-silver-backed-transactional-currencies/?ref=reliefmine.com), have similar laws on the books. Now Missouri is joining the band wagon.

---

By Ethan Huff at [NaturalNews.com](https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-05-02-missouri-passes-sound-money-legislation-central-bank.html?ref=reliefmine.com)

We have some great news to share with you out of Missouri! The state Senate just voted to pass [Senate Bill 735](https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/mo/2024/bills/MOB00021042/?ref=reliefmine.com), also known as the Constitutional Money Act, to establish a sound money system in the Show-Me State.

Described by [Citizens for Sound Money](https://www.citizens4soundmoney.org/?ref=reliefmine.com) as "the most comprehensive sound money bill in the country," SB 735 lays new groundwork for the use of gold and silver as legal tender in the United States.

The bill's summary states that its purpose is to modify and create new provisions relating to the sole purpose of regulating the use of gold and silver. Specifically, SB 735 exempts all bullion and investment coin purchases from income taxation.

"SB 735 creates the 'Constitutional Money Act' and declares that specie legal tender and electronic currency, as those terms are defined in the act, shall be accepted as payment for all public debts and may be received as payment for all private debts contracted for in the state of Missouri, in the discretion of the receiving entity," reads Section 408.010 of the bill.

"The Director of the Department of Revenue is required to promulgate rules on the methods of acceptance of specie legal tender as payment for any debt, tax, fee, or obligation owed. Costs incurred in the course of verification of the weight and purity of any specie during any such transaction shall be borne by the receiving entity."

Where the Constitutional Money Act is lacking is in its handling of FRNs, which are not explicitly prohibited for use as legal tender. Had the legislation prohibited the use of FRNs, Missouri would be well on its way to freeing itself entirely from the shackles of the private Federal Reserve.

"The bill still allows payment in Federal Reserve Notes which is illegal per Article 1 Section 10," tweeted "mike x" (@ratsmachine) on X. "The state must move to end the illegal occupation by the Federal Reserve Bank."

Citizens for Sound Money responded to this by stating that no individual state can ban federal legal tender, which at the current time is FRNs.

"The states however can execute their constitutional right to make gold and silver legal tender per Article I Section X Clause I of the Constitution."

Banks in Missouri are unaffected by the bill's passage, unless they choose to start accepting gold and silver in addition to FRNs.

"This is way more comprehensive than the Texas bill," Citizens for Sound Money further noted about Missouri's sound money legislation. "Texas only has a state depository; they don't have anything else, unfortunately. But we are working with our partners at @economicwarroom (Economic War Room) to get it done in Texas."

The full article can be read at NaturalNews.com

**Sources for this article include:**

[DollarDemise.com](http://dollardemise.com/?ref=reliefmine.com)

[Twitter.com](https://twitter.com/4SoundMoney/status/1785067891533938707?ref=reliefmine.com)
### Commercial Real Estate Crisis Absolutely Explodes
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/commercial-real-estate-crisis-explodes/
Last updated: 2024-05-18T03:40:43.000Z
Here is another news article demonstrating that Bishop Koyle saw our day over 100 years ago.

> He was told by the Lord's messenger that there would be a great crash in the land before the period of famine began. This crash would be brought about by prices going up, which condition was illustrated to him as being like a person on high stilts. When prices became extremely high, something happened in the land like knocking the stilts from under the person and down came everything. Businesses closed down, labor was thrown out of work, people were hungry, and great tribulations were in the land.

By Michael Snyder  
[theeconomiccollapseblog.com](http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/u-s-cities-fall-into-a-doom-loop-as-the-cre-crisis-absolutely-explodes/?ref=reliefmine.com)

In the entire history of the United States, we have never witnessed an urban collapse of this magnitude. During the pandemic, millions of Americans started working from home, and many of them have never returned to the office. Meanwhile, rapidly rising levels of crime, homelessness and migration have transformed many of our inner cities into extremely dangerous places. As a result, thousands upon thousands of businesses have left our core urban areas in search of greener pastures. So now there is lots and lots of commercial real estate space that is sitting empty, and commercial real estate prices have absolutely plummeted.

At this moment, we are in the midst of a meltdown that I believe will eventually be regarded as the worst commercial real estate collapse that America has ever seen.

In fact, we just learned that the number of commercial real estate foreclosures in March was 117 percent higher than it was during the same month in 2023…

> The commercial real estate market is starting to buckle under the weight of higher interest rates and remote work.  
>  
> There were 625 commercial real estate foreclosures in March, up 6% from February and 117% from the same time last year, according to a new report published by real estate data provider ATTOM.

Things are particularly bad on the west coast.

The struggles of San Francisco and Los Angeles are well documented, and so it is not much of a surprise that last month commercial real estate foreclosures in the state of California were up [405 percent](https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/commercial-real-estate-foreclosures-jumped-march-trouble-looms?ref=reliefmine.com) compared to the same month last year…

> California had the highest number of commercial foreclosures in March, with 187 properties. While that marked an 8% decrease from the previous month, it is a stunning 405% jump from the previous year.  
>  
> “California began experiencing a notable rise in commercial foreclosures in November 2023, surpassing 100 cases and continuing to escalate thereafter,” the report said.

But it isn’t just the west coast that is facing a nightmare. St. Louis used to be a glorious city back in 1904 at the World Fair. But now it looks like a hellhole.

Recently, a vacant office building in the downtown area sold [for 98 percent less](https://www.businessinsider.com/st-louis-downtown-doom-loop-is-worse-than-san-francisco-2024-4?ref=reliefmine.com) than it did in 2006…

> A vacant office building in downtown St. Louis just sold for $3.6 million — a nearly 98% discount from its 2006 sales price, signaling a concerning course for the Midwestern city’s downtown area.  
>  
> The former One AT&T Center, which at 44 stories is the third-tallest building in St. Louis, sold for $205 million in 2006 and recently sold for $3.6 million to the Goldman Group, a real-estate investment firm, according to CoStar News.

Very few people want to live or work in downtown St. Louis these days, because it has become [“a very dangerous place”](https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/st-louis-downtown-trapped-doom-loop-marred-empty-offices-break-ins-store-closings?ref=reliefmine.com)…

> The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday published a story on the “real estate nightmare” and detailed stories of boarded-up properties and occasional raids by police and firefighters searching for squatters and missing people.  
>  
> “It’s a very dangerous place,” St. Louis Fire Department Chief Dennis Jenkerson told the paper.

As things continue to get worse, more people want to leave. Honestly, I don’t know why anyone would still want to be in St. Louis. Violence is a constant threat, and it has experienced the largest decline in foot traffic [of any major U.S. city](https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/st-louis-downtown-trapped-doom-loop-marred-empty-offices-break-ins-store-closings?ref=reliefmine.com)…

> Locals said they are often depressed and scared by the sight of empty shops and restaurants, according to the WSJ. Sidewalks are left barren as fewer people choose to commute into the downtown area, and recently installed signs urge visitors to “park in well-lit areas.”  
>  
> According to the University of Toronto’s School of Cities, the business district of St. Louis experienced the greatest drop in foot traffic of 66 major U.S. cities between the start of the pandemic in 2020 and the summer of 2023.

Sadly, this is the road that almost all of our major cities are now going down.

New York was once one of the finest cities on the entire planet, but now the streets are littered with open air markets that are selling [stolen goods, drugs and sex services](https://nypost.com/2024/04/14/us-news/nyc-block-turned-into-illicit-open-air-market-for-migrant-crooks-sources/?ref=reliefmine.com)…

> Roosevelt Avenue near 91st Street is littered daily with migrant vendors hawking goods they ripped off from shopkeepers just steps away, while prostitutes proposition passersby at all hours — and frustrated merchants and residents say they’re helpless to do anything about it.  
>  
> “It’s relentless,” said Milton Reyes, who manages Mi Farmacia pharmacy on the avenue. “You should see it on Saturdays. It’s so heavy, you can’t even step onto the sidewalk. There are a lot of doctors’ offices right around here and my customers don’t even want to get dropped off.

What a nightmare.

If New York authorities cannot get crime under control, the mass exodus out of the Big Apple will get even worse.

According to the video that I have posted below, the city now has [“a $4.4 billion shoplifting economy”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ-sA69hPo0&ref=reliefmine.com)…

(16 minutes)

This is what societal collapse looks like. And you definitely do not want to be in an environment like that [when things really start hitting the fan](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CM6S4V9V?ref=reliefmine.com).

The moral character of our country really matters. Sadly, it has been declining for decades, and now we have a complete and utter horror show on our hands.

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The full article can be found at theeconomiccollapseblog.com
### Banks Moving to All-Digital Future
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/banks-moving-to-all-digital-future/
Last updated: 2024-05-14T03:54:35.000Z
In the [White Horse Prophecy](https://www.reliefmine.com/white-horse-prophecy/), Joseph Smith the Prophet said:

> The White Horse will find the mountains full of minerals and they will become very rich. You will see silver piled up in the streets. You will see gold shoveled up like sand. Gold will be of little value even in a mercantile capacity, for the people of the world will have something else to do in seeking for salvation. The time will come when the banks in every nation will fail and only two places will be safe where people can deposit their gold and treasures. These places will be the White Horse and England's vaults.

If everything is done digitally, and everyone is given a "cloud wallet", then there really is no need to have banks at all. Perhaps things are starting to play out the way Joseph Smith was shown by the Lord.

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The following is an AI generated summary of the 15-minute [video shown above](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhfELHlyHT8&ref=reliefmine.com), which was published on April 20, 2024 by [Redacted’s YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@RedactedNews/videos?ref=reliefmine.com).

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### Impact of Banks Moving to All-Digital Future

- Cash withdrawals are becoming increasingly difficult at local banks in several Western countries, where customers are being questioned about their withdrawal purposes and sometimes denied access to cash.
- The refusal by banks to provide cash may be a tactic to avoid disclosing the lack of physical cash in their reserves.
- Banks aim to prevent the occurrence of bank runs, where many customers simultaneously withdraw their funds due to a lack of confidence in the financial system.
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns of the risks posed by cyber incidents, emphasizing the vulnerability of the financial sector to cyber attacks and the potential for such attacks to trigger bank runs.
- To mitigate these risks, the IMF suggests transitioning towards an all-digital financial framework, eliminating the need for physical cash transactions.

> “Sorry you’re not getting any cash today. Of course the real reason she’s asking that question is because she’s trying to avoid at all costs having to admit the fact that they don’t actually have cash in the bank anymore.”

### Digital Currency and Cybsercurity Concerns

- The government, through legislation like the fiso law, is getting involved in cybersecurity to prevent infiltration of American businesses and manage potential panic in the banking industry.
- Small businesses may struggle to afford high-tech cybersecurity measures, leading to potential monopolization by larger corporations.
- The move towards a cashless society is highlighted by the CEO of Bank of America, who expressed a strong preference for digital transactions over cash due to high costs associated with handling cash.
- European Union regulations and discussions point towards a similar direction, with limitations on cash transactions and a shift towards digital transactions to enhance control and security.

> “They hate cash. They don’t want cash. They want an all-digital future.”

### Banking and Digital Transformation Impact

- Bank of America’s CEO emphasizes the momentum towards a cashless society driven by popular digital payment methods like Apple Pay and Google Pay, with a significant decline in cash transactions being observed.
- The strategic shift towards digital transactions aims to lower operational costs associated with handling cash and checks, with a focus on efficiency and fraud prevention.
- The implications of a fully digital banking system include reduced human involvement, potentially leading to a future where AI plays a crucial role in banking operations, limiting the scope for human whistleblowers.
- The digitalization of currency raises concerns about vulnerability to cyberattacks and the ability of authorities to control transactions, with implications for individual privacy and financial autonomy.

> “We hate cash. We want a cashless Society.”

### World Economic Forum and Digital IDs

- The World Economic Forum’s agenda leans towards a future focused on digitalization, including the adoption of digital IDs and a push towards a digital wallet system for enhanced tracking and control of financial activities.
- Reports highlighting historical backgrounds of influential figures shedding light on potential motivations for digital transformations in the finance sector.
- Concerns over privacy and surveillance are raised concerning the implementation of digital IDs and the manipulation of digital infrastructure by powerful entities.
- Emphasis is placed on understanding the implications of digital IDs on monetary systems and the broader influence on global financial landscapes.
### Major Banks Are Debanking Christians
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/major-banks-debanking-christians/
Last updated: 2024-07-05T04:19:15.000Z
Did you ever think you would live to see Christians "debanked"? We'll it's happening now... a lot! This is all part of the end times and the rise of the beast system. Fortunately God has a plan to thwart the Devil, and it all revolves around honest money, in the form of gold and silver coins, produced by the Relief Mine "just in the nick of time". So have no fear.

Bishop Koyle is quoted as saying...

> The other banks would arise against our bank, demanding that we cease letting money out at four percent with little or no security. But since we had plenty of gold back of us from this mine, there was nothing they could do about it.

Now on to the article written by Martin Armstrong, an economist known for his financial forecasting models, where he will detail how big of a problem debanking Christians has become.

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Debanking has become a major issue in recent years as institutions feel the current government gives them leeway to discriminate against customers based on their political beliefs. This is happening throughout the Western world. Most recently, fifteen attorneys general sent a letter to Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan about his bank’s “troubling financial pattern” of debanking Christians. "[**Bank of America has a track record of de-banking religious organizations,**](https://sfof.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SFOF%5FBoA%5FLetter.pdf?ref=reliefmine.com)"the letter states, “We are especially troubled by Bank of America’s track record of discriminating against religious ministries.” Bank of America has been banishing [**Christians**](https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/?s=christian+persecution&ref=reliefmine.com)and Christian organizations from accessing their accounts for years without penalty.

Timothy of Two Project International founder Steve Curtis told Fox News about his experience with Bank of America. His organization trains Christian pastors in 65 countries, and has banked with BOA since 2011\. Curtis said that one day in 2020, [**his card simply declined “out of the blue.”**](https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/indiana-ag-blasts-bank-of-america-alleged-discriminatory-behavior?ref=reliefmine.com) The bank said that his account would be restricted for three weeks before it was deactivated, but the bank failed to cite a reason for the closure. “We had people all over the world,” Curtis told reporters. “We travel a lot and we need these cards in the field. And so, it had the potential to be very disruptive for us,” he continued. The only answer he received was that his Christian organization was “engaged in a type of business that they had chosen not to service.”

Lance Wallnau, a Christian author and preacher, was falsely accused of money laundering and had his account frozen. Indigenous Advance Ministries, a Christian organization that cares for the poverty-stricken people of Uganda, was debanked by Bank of America in April 2023\. A church in Memphis that donated to the organization was also debanked. Bank of America simply said that the business operated above the “bank’s risk tolerance” and it took months for the ministries to gain access to their funds.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects American citizens from blatant discrimination based on religion. If a bank were refusing to allow Hindus, Muslims, Jews, or any other religion from accessing their bank accounts, there would be civil unrest on the streets. The west permits the open persecution of Christians because 1) they do not want nations to have a united identiy (i.e. a Christian nation), 2) Christians tend to vote Conservative.

The corruption goes deeper. “In addition to the bank’s religious account closures and disregard for viewpoint diversity, we are also deeply concerned about recent revelations that Bank of America voluntarily shared its customers’ private financial data with the federal government as part of a wildly overbroad financial surveillance scheme intended to identify domestic terrorists,” the letter reads. The Biden Administration has asked banks to back to them regarding their political adversaries and their supporters.

On March 6, 2024, the House Select SubcommiEee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government found that “the federal government was engaged in broad financial surveillance, prying into the private transactions of American consumers. This surveillance “was not predicated on any specific evidence of particularized criminal conduct and, even worse, it keyed on terms and specific transactions that concerned core political and religious expression protected by the Constitution,”’ the audit found.

Banks were instructed to search transactions for keywords such as “Trump” and “MAGA” to look for “domestic terrorists.” They even asked banks to look for people who had purchased certain books such as religious texts. The federal government announced years ago without hesitation that the right-wing Conservatives are the biggest threat that they face, and they see you as the enemy. The federal government has an ongoing list of “hate groups” that includes Christian organizations simple because they do not agree with the far-left narrative.

This is serious. Banks now have the ability to financially ruin individuals and organizations without just cause, bypassing every protection awarded to us in the Constitution. It is not only legal but encouraged for banks to discriminate against Christians and conservatives.

Imagine how much easier this will be once we move to digital currency under CBDC and the government can see our transactions in real-time, debanking anyone who they feel does not fall in line.

Wells Fargo is also under investigation for similar discriminatory practices. Both are members of the UN-backed [**Net-Zero Banking Alliance**](https://www.unepfi.org/net-zero-banking/?ref=reliefmine.com) that aims to financially jeopardize anyone not adhering to the climate change agenda. Over 144 banks in 44 different countries with total assets of $74 trillion have joined this alliance.

Major banking institutions have been weaponized by the government. More attention needs to be paid to this insurmountable issue as the banks now have the authority to search an individual’s transactions and label them a domestic terrorist. The rule of law has been completely abandoned in America – this is no longer the land of the free.

The full article can be found here:

[Major Banks Debanking Christians | Armstrong EconomicsDebanking has become a major issue in recent years as institutions feel the current government gives them leeway to discriminate against customers based on![](https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/themes/customtheme/images/favicon.png)Armstrong EconomicsMartin Armstrong![](https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/John-15-18-Bible.jpg)](https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/major-banks-debanking-christians/?ref=reliefmine.com)

More proof of this debanking problem can be found in a recent video from Nigel Farage.

(3 minutes)
### A Gold Mine Created by a Spiritual Vision
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/gold-mine-created-by-a-spiritual-vision/
Last updated: 2025-06-23T19:57:50.000Z
A new video has recently been uploaded to the [Alexander X](https://www.youtube.com/@alexanderxofficial?ref=reliefmine.com) YouTube channel. It has some amazing drone footage and photos that I've never seen before. It also gives a good background on Bishop Koyle and his divinely inspired mine, which was worked anciently by the Nephites.

Quoting from Alexander:

> Today I will be exploring the history of an elusive mine that has captivated the imaginations of many for over a century. This is the Dream Mine of Utah, sometimes referred to as the Relief Mine. A mine created after one man's spiritual vision promised him riches beneath the ground. Join me as I explore the mystery hidden within these hills.

(7 minutes long)

The Relief Mine is prophesied to be the largest gold mine in the world. Have you purchased at least [100 shares of stock](https://www.reliefmine.com/buy-sell-stock/) yet? Bishop Koyle said this is all a family would need to get through the tribulation. Any more than this could be used to help others.

Leave your comments below.
### Near Death Experience Depicts Civil War & Collapse
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/nde-depicts-civil-war-collapse/
Last updated: 2024-05-07T03:55:37.000Z
Sarah Menet, who has since gone to be with the Lord, had a tremendous near death experience many years ago. She was shown devastating future events, corroborated by the things Bishop Koyle was shown. Some of these events which they both saw include:

- The start of war in the Middle East
- Collapse of the economy in the USA
- The loss of electricity
- Destruction of the federal government
- People killing each other in horrific ways (civil war)
- The righteous gathering to places of refuge (White City)
- The attack and defeat of Russia and China

The following excerpt is from chapter 4 of Sarah's book. Be warned, as the details are quite disturbing. The link to purchase the full book will be listed below.

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Sarah Menet was pronounced dead but she did not die. Her near death experience (NDE) is one of the most extensive ever recorded. Sarah not only visited the beautiful spirit world, describing the people, their dress, activities, and buildings; but she also visited what could be called "hell" and describes the torment of those committed to that terrible place.

**I See Many Events That Will Soon Happen in the World**

\[Editors note: Sarah thinks that the reason she saw most of the detail concerning Los Angeles and Salt Lake City was because she grew up in and was living in Los Angeles and her two boys were with a sister who was living in the Salt Lake City area.\]

As I looked away, all of a sudden, a light started to shine and the darkness, the sounds and the feelings started to fade into the background. The light started to get bigger and a window opened up just like what had happened during my life's review. Only, this panoramic view of the earth came into view and then came closer and closer like I had been out into space and was flying towards it.

I knew that this was to help me make my decision to go back to earth, to my terrible life, because part of me wanted to go back to the beautiful spirit world or paradise and part of me felt the need to go back into my body and change my life. It was kind of a tug of war and what I was going to see was to help me understand what I would go through if I went back into my clay body.

It played out again just like a video tape in fast forward motion and yet again I could assimilate and see everything clearly and perfectly. As the world zoomed up to me I saw the whole world and then the various countries.

I don't know the countries of the world very well, but as I looked at these lands I instinctively knew what countries they were. I was looking at the Middle East and watched as a missile flew from Libya and hit Israel with a big mushroom cloud. I knew that the missile was actually from Iran but people from Iran had been hiding it in Libya and fired it. I knew that it was a nuclear bomb. Almost immediately missiles started flying from one country to another, quickly spreading to all over the world. I also saw that many nuclear explosions did not come from missiles but from ground bombs of some kind. I knew that in the future there would be a nuclear war throughout the world and this is how it would start.

Then, my focus changed from the Middle East to America. I understood that I was about to see some of the things that would lead up to the nuclear haulalcost I had just witnessed.

As I looked upon the continent of North America, I zeroed in on the east coast and then to New York. I saw New York with all of its buildings and people. Then I saw some tall buildings crashing to the earth with tremendous smoke, debris and dust everywhere. I saw a woman holding a little girls hand running from the crashing buildings. The lady had long dark hair past her shoulders curled inward a little. She had on a beige business suit, heels of a slightly darker color, perhaps a tan color. No glasses. The little girl appeared to be about 6-7 yrs old with short brown hair, below the chin, in a sort of a pageboy haircut. They were running together, holding hands running from the falling buildings in the heavy smoke and dust and they were forced to let go of hands and thereby they got separated. The little girl was terrified and I could hear the little girl screaming mommy, mommy over again and again. I don't know if they lived or died. I can still see the face of the lady clearly and could identify her if I saw a picture...or could describe her to an artist to draw her. I asked if an earthquake caused the buildings to fall down and the impression was no, but I don't know what caused them to fall.

The next thing that I felt more than I saw was that shortly after this there was no commerce, no shopping, buying, and was impressed that there was no economy. The economy had almost failed completely and no one had any money.

The next thing I saw was people being sick and dying. I saw this particularly in four cities, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Salt Lake. The disease started by having white blisters, some the size of dimes appear on their hands, arms and face. This quickly developed into white puffy sores and blisters. They would stumble about and fall and then many died within a short time, maybe 24 hours. I also saw other people with blood coming from their nose, mouth, eyes and ears. It started like a flu virus and it spread very quickly, faster than the other white blister disease. The people who had this disease died even faster. This was more wide spread across the entire United States. There were hundreds of thousands of people stricken with these two diseases.

I knew that the diseases, and there were several different kinds, but at first primarily these two, came from small containers that had been brought into the United States. These containers were like quart jars and I was impressed that the people carrying them would just drop them on the ground in large crowds of people and the people would become infected without realizing it.

In these cities as the disease spread, the people tried to flee from the cities out to the countryside. There was complete chaos in these cities and a breakdown of normal society. There was no electricity in them either, but I don't know why or how that came to be. There were cars piled up everywhere, blocking roadways and most people then had to walk out with nothing. The disease started to spread beyond these initial cities.

As these people were fleeing the cities, there were gangs attacking them and killing them. In the cities that were struck with the disease, there was complete chaos, looting, rioting, murdering, a complete breakdown. Many people seemed to go absolutely crazy. I sensed that the electricity had failed everywhere now and that nothing was running, there was no communication or anything anywhere in the country. Nothing worked, no radios or TV's. I watched people throw rocks and break windows to steal TV's which I thought was really crazy because they wouldn't work.

Immediately, as I watched this happen in the United States, I jumped back to the Middle East and saw the same thing in Israel, the same sores and I realized that it was the same types of disease or sickness happening there. I knew somehow that whatever diseases had been used in the United States was also being used in Israel.

This lasted for only an instant and I was back in the United States. There was a tremendously long winter that lasted into summer. It caught everyone by surprise and started the full famine. Actually, I realized that the long winter actually just increased the famine greatly to its full measure, because the famine had already been in progress because of the storms, droughts, floods and other plagues that had been happening over the few years leading up to the long winter.

It seemed then that the year following the long winter was when everything started to go down hill very quickly or things piled up one on top of the other without any breaks. The sense of time though was not very clear because I was seeing several things that seemed to happen all at the same time or very close together.

During and after the long winter, the disease spread everywhere and increased in severity. The economy was completely gone and the electricity was also gone. There was complete chaos and anarchy all over the United States. There was no government, just a total breakdown. There was no food at all... I saw people trying to get food and were completely panicked because there was no food. I saw people digging in the ground for worms and eating them because they were so hungry.

Also, during this time I became aware that there was very little water and that almost all of the water had become poisoned so that if a person drank the water they would get the disease and die. Many did even knowing that they would die, because they were so thirsty.

Some of the people seemed to go crazy and went around in gangs killing people just for the sake of killing. Others killed for food or for things but the people who killed just to kill were absolutely terrible. They seemed like beasts, animals completely out of control as they raped, looted, burned and butchered people. I saw them go into people's homes and drag families out who were hiding there and rape them and butcher them.

There was such a fear and hatred that came upon the people...families, wives, husbands...loving ties no longer mattered...it became survival only. Husbands would kill their wives and children for food or water. Mothers would kill their children. It was absolutely horrible beyond description.

The air seemed to be filled with smoke as many buildings and cities burned and no one put them out. As I looked upon the scene of chaos, destruction and smoke, I noticed that there were these little pockets of light scattered all over the United States. There were, I would guess, about twenty or thirty of them. I noticed that most of these places of light were in the Western part of the United States, with only three or four in the East.

These places of light seemed to shine through the darkness and caught my attention and so I concentrated on them, asking, "what are these things?" I could then see that they were people who had gathered together and they were on their knees and they were praying. The light was coming from them and I understood that it represented their goodness and love. I understood that they had gathered together for safety and that they cared more for each other than for themselves. Some of the groups were small, with only a hundred people or so, but in other groups there were what seemed several thousand.

I realized that somehow many, if not most of these cities of light had been established just before the disease attack and that they were very organized. It was like they had known what was coming and had prepared for it. I didn't see who or what had organized them, but I saw many people struggling to get to them with nothing but what they could carry.

These cities of light had food and were sharing their food with those who joined them in their groups. There was peace and safety in the groups. They were living in tents, all kinds of tents, many of which were just blankets, covering poles. I noticed that the gangs left these groups alone, choosing to pick on easier targets and unprotected people. They also preyed on the people who were trying to get to the cities of light. Many people in these cities of light had guns to defend themselves with and so the gangs left them alone but it seemed that the gangs just didn't want to come against them.

I realized that these cities of light, which is what I began to think of them, were only for a short time and then the people in them would go somewhere else, however, I don't know where they went but I seem to think that they gathered to the mountains, to the high places.

As I was looking at the cities of light, I then saw missiles coming and hitting some cities and mushroom clouds started happening all over the United States. Some were from missiles that I knew came from Russia and others were not from missiles, but were from bombs that were already in the United States. They were hidden in trucks and in cars and were exploded.

I specifically saw Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York hit with bombs. New York was hit with a missile, but I think that Los Angeles was hit by a truck bomb or actually several, because I didn't see any missile. I also saw north of Salt Lake City have a mushroom cloud, a small one, but no missile.

In the darkness I also saw little fireballs. I don't know if this happened just before or during the mushroom clouds, but there were millions falling everywhere. They were very hot, of different sizes with most about the size of golf balls. As they fell from the sky they left a streak of flame and smoke behind them.

Whatever they touched they started on fire, people, buildings, trees, grass it didn't matter. I didn't ask what they were or where they came from, because by this time I was getting sick of the whole scene and so I just observed and didn't ask many questions.

Almost right on top of these mushroom clouds I saw Russian troops invading the United States. I saw them parachuting in to a lot of places, primarily from the East Coast. I saw them parachute into Salt Lake City. I also saw Chinese troops invade from the West Coast, near Los Angeles. The people who were still alive started fighting them with their own guns. I didn't see any military.

This was the nuclear war that I had seen earlier and I knew that it was also happening all over the world like I had seen previously. I did not see much of this war, but I was impressed that it was not very long and the Russians and Chinese lose, but I don't know how exactly.

Now the smoke turned to a very thick, heavy dark smoke. Just as things appeared to be as bad as it could get, then the earthquakes happened. This happened during a winter. It seemed that this was the winter following the very long one and so the chaos had been almost for a full year. The earthquakes seemed to start in the West, around Idaho and Wyoming and then quickly spread everywhere.

I saw a huge earthquake strike Utah and then California. There were earthquakes all over California, but were especially devastating in Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.

These earthquakes triggered volcanos all over the West. They started spewing a tremendous amount of ash and smoke into the air and the air became very dark and dirty. The sun was darkened even more because of the smoke and the ash that started raining down everywhere.

I also saw huge waves of water sweep over the West Coast and then I realized that it was happening all over the coastal cities of the entire world. Los Angeles was almost swept completely away. The waves were huge.

I saw a big wall of water, taller than many of the buildings, perhaps as high as 20 feet, sweep over Salt Lake City. I thought this was strange because it was so far from the ocean and I thought how could a wave from the ocean travel all the way to Salt Lake City. I was impressed that it was not from the ocean but from the ground. I quickly saw great cracks in the earth around Salt Lake City open up and water just shot out of the ground. I felt that under the ground, very deep, there was a tremendous amount of water in the ground and the earthquakes forced it up to the surface. When the water swept over the city, there weren't very many buildings left, in fact there was a tremendous destruction with hardly anything left at all, just a few buildings. The water went from Idaho down to near Cedar City and was very bad.

In the cities there was great destruction, and most of the buildings had been destroyed and there was a lot of rubble. Though the earthquakes, disease, floods, volcanos, tidal waves killed a lot of people, most people died because of the gangs and everyone killing each other...not from the terrible devastations.  
As I thought a moment, it seemed that the earth itself had become sickened at the terrible things that were happening upon it and was finally reacting. I was impressed that the earth wanted to cleanse itself of the terrible chaos and evil that had engulfed the people.

Because of the volcanos erupting everywhere, there was now ash mixed with the heavy smoke. Ash was falling and it was almost complete darkness everywhere.

The diseases had become very bad...I saw people literally die on their feet. There was another disease I saw. They had these red blotches on them and then they quickly started bleeding everywhere, from every opening. Then, they literally disintegrated or melted into unrecognizable masses of flesh and bone. I cannot even begin to describe what I saw. The dead were everywhere.

After this terrible winter, I saw the survivors pile up the dead into huge piles and burn them. The smell was absolutely terrible. I could smell it just a little and the smell itself would make you sick. This burning of bodies had happened a little during the chaos, but not much because people were so worried about surviving that they just ignored the dead.

I then saw four more things:

I saw a huge earthquake in the middle of the United States. It was tremendous and seemed to split the United States in half about where the Mississippi River is. The crack in the earth that resulted was huge and that area totally sinks. It is miles wide and it opens up and the earth falls down. It seemed to swallow everything. Then water flowed in from the Gulf of Mexico all the way up to the Great Lakes, only they weren't lakes anymore, they became all part of a big inland sea.

I then saw a series of tremendous earthquakes all over the world. But it wasn't lots of separate earthquakes, it was all part of one huge, gigantic earthquake that shakes the entire earth. Because of this earthquake, waters come upon the land all over the world. Huge walls of water along all of the coasts. This earthquake and the walls of water make the earlier ones seem small by comparison. I don't know if the earthquake that split the United States into two parts was part of this worldwide quake or not.

I then saw a tremendous wind come upon the earth. As the wind hit I saw people go into caves and into the cracks of rocks to escape it. It was tremendous and it blew trees and everything away. It appeared to be stronger than any hurricane or tornado. It seemed like everything was blown away.

I understood, without asking, that the great worldwide earthquake and the wind were somehow caused by a huge object, like a planet or something, that had come very close by the earth and disrupted everything and that it was near the end that this happened.

I then was back into space viewing the entire earth from a distance. I then saw this huge fireball, two or three times bigger than the earth approach the earth. It was extremely bright red and gold in color and then engulfed the entire earth. When I saw this, because it was so different than everything else, I then asked what it was. I was impressed that it was the burning of the earth that is described in the scriptures. I understood that just before it comes that Jesus had appeared to the earth and the good people that I had seen earlier had left the earth with Him and were no longer on the earth. The only people left were the few wicked who had survived the devastations earlier, but there were not many.

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You can purchase the full book called, [There is No Death](https://www.amazon.com/There-No-Death-Extraordinary-Experience/dp/0966497058/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ref=reliefmine.com), at Amazon and other online book sellers.
### A Financial Collapse That Will Destroy Everyone’s Assets
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/financial-collapse-will-destroy-everyones-assets/
Last updated: 2024-05-09T03:40:54.000Z
Despite the negative economic news we keep hearing, there is still hope, because Bishop Koyle saw the tremendous impact the wealth of this gold mine would have on the stockholders:

> Stockholders were told, just as Koyle had been told, that one share of stock would someday be worth a thousand times its cost. Men would go to court for one share of stock; and if a man had 100 shares, he would be a wealthy man.

Even those who are not stockholders will find **RELIEF** that will save them from financial ruin when the economy completely collapses:

> ...he saw the Dream Mine establish a bank on a certain corner in Spanish Fork, and later he spoke of another one at the mine in White City. He saw groups of people coming to this bank with long, sad faces, their pleas for help having gone unheeded by other banks; but they left with happy faces because here they had found relief, and their homes and farms were saved from foreclosure.

By [Ethan Huff](https://www.naturalnews.com/author/ethanh?ref=reliefmine.com)  
April 19, 2024

It has yet to be fully unveiled, but the United States has been [robbed blind](https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/04/16/the-great-dispossession-part-3/?ref=reliefmine.com) by *the powers that be*, which have underwritten Americans' financial assets as collateral for the coming pop of the derivative and financial bubble.

Quietly outside of public view, those in control have made a series of regulatory changes preceding the coming collapse that basically dispossessed the American people of all our property. Most Americans have no idea this happened, but when the rubber meets the road, they will learn in an instant that their lives and futures have been stolen from them.

Paul Craig Roberts unpacked the issue in a three-part series called "The Great Dispossession" that the bubble will, in fact, pop. It is not a matter of if it will pop, but rather when it reaches its inevitable limit.

"The Fed suddenly and rapidly moved from zero to 5% interest rates, a reversal of the policy that drove up prices of stocks and bonds," Roberts explains, citing the work of David Rogers Webb.

"The Fed raises rates by reducing money supply growth, thus removing the factor supporting high stock prices and collapsing the value of bonds. This results in a lowering of the value of stocks and bonds serving as collateral for loans, which, of course, means the loans and the financial institution behind them are in trouble. Bonds have already taken a hit. The stock market is holding because participants believe the Fed is about to reverse its interest rate policy and lower rates."

(Related: Did you catch the [Jeffrey Prather interview](https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-09-24-financial-collapse-mark-beast-jeffrey-prather-interview.html?ref=reliefmine.com) in which he talks about the impending financial collapse, which will be followed by the implementation of the Mark of the Beast?)

## The biggest bubble pop ever

Prior to the great stock market crash of 1929, the velocity of circulation took a precipitous fall. This means the number of times a dollar is spent during a given period of time decreased dramatically, which destabilized the markets.

The private Federal Reserve tries to manage this process to prevent such crashes, but the reality of fractional-reserve banking is that there will always be booms and busts due to the corrupt nature of fiat currency, which is *not* real money.

What happened in the leadup to 1929 is once again happening today. The 21st century as a whole is marked by a long-term drop in velocity of circulation, which is currently at the lowest level on record.

Meanwhile, stocks and real estate have been driven up to sky-high prices well beyond what they are actually worth in real terms. When the bubble pops, it will be the biggest bubble pop *ever*, producing unprecedented dispossession and economic collapse.

"When after more than a decade of near zero interest rates, the Fed raises interest rates it collapses the values of financial portfolios and real estate and produces a financial crisis," Roberts says.

"As the authorities have set in place a system that bails out secured creditors with our bank deposits, stocks and bonds, we will have no money and no financial assets to sell for money. People with mortgaged homes and businesses will lose them, as they did in the 1930s, when they lost their money due to bank failures. People with car payments will lose their transportation. The way the system works is you lose your money but not your debts."

You can expect more bank collapses, which will mean the loss of your deposits. The federal insurance program will not recoup whatever you lose because, as previously mentioned, all deposits have been turned into collateral for creditors.

"It has all happened before, but not on the scale of what is pending," Roberts warns.

**Sources for this article include:**

[PaulCraigRoberts.org](https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/04/16/the-great-dispossession-part-3/?ref=reliefmine.com)  
[NaturalNews.com](https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-04-19-massive-financial-collapse-coming-destroy-everyones-assets.html?ref=reliefmine.com)
### Zimbabwe Introduces Currency Backed By Gold!
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/zimbabwe-introduces-gold-backed-currency/
Last updated: 2024-04-26T03:15:03.000Z
The coming crash in the USA, according to Koyle, will be brought about by prices going up, which condition was illustrated to him as being like a person on high stilts. When prices became extremely high, something happened in the land like knocking the stilts from under the person and down came everything.

It looks like Zimbabwe is also experiencing some terrible inflation!

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Originally posted on 4/11/2024  
By Kevin Hughes

Zimbabwe has introduced a new national currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), [that is backed primarily by gold](https://www.rt.com/africa/595478-zimbabwe-launches-gold-currency/?ref=reliefmine.com) and foreign currency reserves.

This comes amid a bid by the southern African nation to stabilize its economy and counteract the devaluation of its previous currency, the Zimbabwean dollar.

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Gov. John Mushayavanhu declared on Friday, April 5, while displaying the nation's 2024 monetary policy statement that the "structured currency" or ZiG will be set primarily in gold and foreign currency reserves.

"With effect from today, banks shall convert the current Zimbabwe dollar balances to ZiG," Mushayavanhu stated, while adding that it "will circulate with other currencies in the basket."

"If we implement these measures, we expect them to have an impact on inflation," Mushayavanhu said. "We want a solid and stable national currency in this country. It does not help to print money. Certainly, under my watch, it is not going to happen."

The country's former currency, the Zimbabwean dollar, had depreciated against the U.S. dollar every trading day this year [and has diminished in value by 72 percent](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/zimbabwe-replaces-battered-dollar-with-unit-linked-to-gold-fx?sref=jB82HHlm&ref=reliefmine.com), making it the world's second worst-performing currency.

As reported by the *Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency*, the country's annual inflation rate rose to a seven-month high of 55.3 percent in March, up from 47.6 percent in February. The growing costs of food and utilities, along with housing, were the main sources of the increase. (Related: [Zimbabwe defies IMF, sells gold-backed digital tokens to stabilize volatile currency](https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-05-17-zimbabwe-sells-gold-backed-digital-tokens.html?ref=reliefmine.com).)

### Zimbabwe's sixth attempt to reset currency since 2008

The move to create the new Zimbabwe gold currency is the country's sixth attempt to reset its currency into something functional since 2008, when inflation at one point crossed as high as 500 billion percent, making the country's money effectively worthless.

To promote demand for the ZiG, Zimbabwe will make it compulsory for companies to settle at least 50 percent of their tax obligations using the new unit, according to the central bank.

Currently, traders in the southern African nation are rejecting lower denominations of the former Zimbabwean dollar due to its perceived worthlessness, insisting instead on paying for transactions with the U.S. dollar, [which is also a legal tender in Zimbabwe](https://apnews.com/article/zimbabwe-new-currency-inflation-us-dollar-06a656260462d9651112e394e125c5e6?ref=reliefmine.com).

The plummeting currency has resulted in more than 80 percent of transactions being done in dollars and inflation hastening to 55.3 percent in March from 47.6 percent the previous month.

To restore public confidence, the ZiG will be fully supported by a combination of gold and other precious metals, in addition to foreign currency reserves held at the central bank.

Follow [GoldReport.news](http://goldreport.news/?ref=reliefmine.com) for more stories about gold-backed currencies.

Watch this video from economist Lynette Zang commenting on why she thinks a gold-backed currency [might not be enough to save Zimbabwe](https://www.brighteon.com/fdbebefb-c926-419b-9fad-2d96beb64ec4?ref=reliefmine.com).

The full article can be read at [NaturalNews.com](https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-04-11-zimbabwe-introduces-new-currency-backed-by-gold.html?ref=reliefmine.com)
### 99 Cents Only Chain Closing all 371 locations
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/99-cents-only-closing-all-371-locations/
Last updated: 2024-07-05T04:17:28.000Z
Bishop Koyle said industries all over the United States would begin to collapse. Then, just in the nick of time, the Relief Mine would start minting gold coins. Let's hope that time comes soon!

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By Timothy Nerozzi at [FoxBusiness.com](https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/99-cents-only-chain-closing-all-371-locations-nationwide?ref=reliefmine.com)

99 Cents Only stores will begin shuttering its hundreds of locations on Friday as the company moves toward total liquidation.

"99 Cents Only Stores, together with its financial and legal advisors, engaged in an extensive analysis of all available and credible alternatives to identify a solution that would allow the business to continue," the company said in a press release.

"Following months of actively pursuing these alternatives, the company ultimately determined that an orderly wind-down was necessary and the best way to maximize the value of 99 Cents Only Stores' assets."

99 Cents Only LLC currently maintains approximately 371 locations, all of which are set for merchandise and real estate liquidation.

"This was an extremely difficult decision and is not the outcome we expected or hoped to achieve," said the company's Interim Chief Executive Officer of 99 Cents Only Stores Mike Simoncic. 

He continued, "Unfortunately, the last several years have presented significant and lasting challenges in the retail environment, including the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, shifting consumer demand, rising levels of shrink, persistent inflationary pressures and other macroeconomic headwinds, all of which have greatly hindered the Company's ability to operate."

99 Cents Only LLC does business in multiple states, including California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada.

The dollar store chain was founded in 1982 and is based in Commerce California. Its locations are known for strict 99 cent price tags on a wide variety of goods.

No strict timeline for the business' wind-down has been given.

(11 minutes long)
### Three Will Die Close Together
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/three-mormon-leaders-die-close-together/
Last updated: 2026-01-18T19:30:45.000Z
John Jordan was a believer in the Relief Mine, and complied a list of prophecies attributed to Bishop Koyle over the decades. His full list can be found in the book written by OgdenKraut. The following quote is #48 on that list:

> Near the time of the end, many of the General Authorities will become quite old. Troubles will start when three leaders die in close proximity to one another. The new replacements will not be able to hold the Church together.

According to the most recent General Conference, held in April of 2024, the top leaders are in wheel chairs. We have never seen this exact scenario in church history.

1 minute long

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Are you looking to buy or sell Relief Mine stock? [Upgrade](https://www.reliefmine.com/membership/) to the Gold membership today! You’ll not only learn the requirements and download the necessary 'proof of identity' form, but also gain access to a network of buyers and sellers.  
  
Remember, Bishop Koyle told believers that owning 100 shares would be sufficient to care for any man's family. But, if a man had more than 100, he would be in a better position to assist his fellow men during the times of financial trouble and famine.

So are we getting near what Koyle defined as, "time of the end"? Will the three deaths be these men in wheel chairs or will it involve other aging members of the quorum of the twelve? Only time will tell.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/08/10/0810f8fb-c29c-4e95-86a6-5372edf7aec2/content/images/2024/04/old-leaders.jpg)

And what did Bishop Koyle mean exactly when he said the replacements will not be able to hold the Mormon Church together? Is this around the time when the [resurrected Joseph Smith will return](https://www.reliefmine.com/resurrected-joseph-smith-will-return/) to set the LDS Church in order? Check out the following quote to see what Joseph will do.

_This post is for paying subscribers only._
### Buy Goldbacks as a Hedge Against Inflation
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/buy-goldbacks-to-fight-inflation/
Last updated: 2024-04-26T03:16:17.000Z
For the first time individuals can spend physical gold on small items like a smoothie, or large purchases like a home remodel.   
  
The Goldback® solves the 2,600 year “small coin problem” by allowing physical gold to be used for any size transaction. One Goldback contains 1/1,000th of an oz of 24 karat gold. Our Fifty Goldback contains 50 times that, 1/20th of an oz.

In August, 2019, we released the first Goldbacks, the ‘One’ and ‘Five’ of our Utah Series, with the 10, 25, and 50 denominations following by year end.

 Producing the Goldback relies on 5th generation vacuum deposition technology. Designs are printed on a sheet of polymer that is then bombarded with the precise amount of atomized gold particles in a vacuum chamber. This 24-karat gold is then sealed inside by a second protective barrier of polymer, creating a beautiful textured negative image.
### Mile-Long Encampment Proves Housing Crisis
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/mile-long-encampment-proves-housing-crisis/
Last updated: 2024-04-15T03:52:29.000Z
Check out this video clip about just one of many tent cities in California, just like the hard times during the last Great Depression. Expect to see more and more of this as the dollar is devaluated, because Bishop Koyle was shown that people would be mortgaged to the hilt, and that housing would be a problem. 

The following Koyle prophecy is about the hordes of people who will travel to Utah, on foot in some cases, to escape the calamities and civil war that will take place across the nation.

> There will be a large influx of people. Tents will cover the valley. People will feel fortunate if they have a chicken coop to sleep in.

Would you be grateful to live in a chicken coop to flee violence in the city? Or do you plan to evacuate when the official call goes forth, from inspired leaders, so that you can instead live in a home in White City? Leave your comments below!
### Confirmation That Russia Will Attack Turkey
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/confirmation-russia-will-attack-turkey/
Last updated: 2024-08-01T18:04:44.000Z
Here is a quote from "The Dream Mine Story", by Norman C. Pierce:

> Bishop Koyle spoke of Russia invading Turkey at this time to gain the Dardenelle-Bosporus Waterway. He said that at this time there would be trouble in Palestine or the MidEast, which in turn would cause war to erupt in the Balkans as Russia made a great military push toward Palestine and practically wiped Turkey off the European part of the map. This war would be brought to our coast line, but we would not be invaded at this time. However, a Russian invasion of the U.S. and Canada would come later.

Now for a recent news article that gives a second confirmation of this future Russian attack on Turkey...

By Felix Allen at [The Irish Sun](https://www.thesun.ie/news/6818535/russia-ukraine-war-messiah-prophecy/?ref=reliefmine.com).

A rabbi says it would fulfil a centuries-old prophecy by his famous ancestor Vilna Gaon, who is hailed as one the most influential Jewish leaders in modern history.

It has come to light as renewed conflict in rebel-held eastern Ukraine threatens to erupt into all-out war.

Vladimir Putin has sent tanks and heavy artillery to the border as Nato allies fear Russia is planning an invasion.

Analysts have warned the conflict could drag in the US and European nations, as a Putin ally urged him to consider using nukes.

The worrying escalation in military tension has been cited by scholars as the fulfilment of Vilna Gaon's prophecy made in the 18th century.

The cleric - also known as Rabbi Elijah of Vilna - was a leading interpreter of religious texts and one of the most influential Jewish figures since the Middle Ages.

He is said to have handed down a prophecy to his son that said: "When you hear that the Russians have captured the city of Crimea, you should know that the times of the Messiah have started, that his steps are being heard.

"And when you hear that the Russians have reached the city of Constantinople, you should put on your Shabbat clothes and don't take them off, because it means that the Messiah is about to come any minute."

While Christians believe Jesus Christ was the Messiah, Jews believe the promised saviour who will transform the nations of the Earth is yet to come.

Russian forces have not yet entered Constantinople - now called Istanbul - although they have come into conflict with Turkish forces in Syria.

And Putin's troops annexed the Crimean peninsular in 2014 after civil war broke out in the Russian-speaking Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

Vilna Goan's prophecy was brought to light by his great-grandson Rabbi Pinchas Winston, an author who specialises in theories about the end of days.

He says the alarming situation in Eastern Europe seems to parallel the war of Gog and Magog, the opponents of God mentioned in some apocalyptic Biblical texts.

"It is known that the Gog and Magog will come from the north," Rabbi Winston said.

"The Hebrew word for 'north' also implies 'hidden'."

He also noted that war between Turkey and Russia was predicted to happen before Gog and Magog.

"The two nations have faced off before," he said.

"Each time is like the building of a tower of explosives.

"It may seem like small events set off major conflicts but in every case, the conditions were all in place, waiting for a spark to set them off."

Other scholars have also linked Russia with with the Biblical invader Gog.

In the early 19th century, some Hasidic rabbis identified Napoleon's invasion of Russia as "The War of Gog and Magog".

Others in the 20th century suggested the Soviet Union was the Gog figure that could trigger the end of the world.

The theory resurfaced amid new fears that Moscow is massing a force capable of invading its neighbour.

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Do you think Russia will attack Turkey soon? Leave your comments below.
### Utah's Idled Dream Mine Carries a Spiritual Past
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/utahs-idled-dream-mine-carries-a-spiritual-past/
Last updated: 2024-04-16T17:12:22.000Z
By: Katie England  
[Daily Herald](https://www.heraldextra.com/?ref=reliefmine.com)

Kevin Krautstood outside the Veteran’s Memorial Building in Spanish Fork May 14, handing out pamphlets to the hundreds of people headed into the annual Relief Mine stakeholder meeting.

“DREAM MINE,” the pamphlet proclaimed in all-caps on a mustard-yellow cover. “A MONUMENT OF MYSTERY.”

Written by Kevin Kraut’s father, Ogden Kraut, the pamphlet details a version of the history of one of Utah County’s most intriguing stories: the inception of the Relief Mine, also known as the Dream Mine.

Visible today as a white processing mill standing out against the green of the surrounding vegetation in the foothills east of Salem, the mine is thought by most of its thousands of stakeholders to hold gold and/or treasures worth untold millions.

Though the mine hasn’t operated since 1949, stock is still bought and sold, and more than 7,000 people own shares.

But most stockholders are quick to tell you this isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme for them. The riches the mine is believed to hold will be available only at the end of days as prophesied in the Bible and the Book of Mormon.

### **History of the Relief Mine**

John Koyle is at the epicenter of the Dream Mine’s story. He bought a farm in Salem in 1884, then 10 years later had a dream in which he was visited by what Kraut’s pamphlet describes as a heavenly messenger.

The messenger showed Koyle a rich Nephite gold mine, according to Kraut’s pamphlet, and instructed him to drill tunnels in the mountain to reach the gold.

Work at the mine began later that same year, and continued sporadically for years, until Koyle’s death in 1949.

During that time, no gold was produced from the mine — but supporters aren’t phased by the lack of profits.

Supporters put much faith in Koyle, who supposedly made other accurate predictions, from predicting the Great Depression to predicting the exact depth at which workers would strike water in the mine.

Bill Geertsen, of Kearns, said his father worked in the Relief Mine before Koyle’s death, and his grandfather had a “spiritual manifestation” that confirmed in his mind that what Koyle said about the mine was true.

The mine is for the purpose of helping others out and taking care of people who need it, Geertsen said.

“I think this is a bigger thing than any of us,” Geertsen said.

### **Complicated Relationship With LDS Church**

Koyle was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, though he was later excommunicated.

Even so, those who believe in the mine’s treasures are primarily of the Mormon faith, — including every member of the modern-day Relief Mine Co. board, according to board president Leroy Rose.

The beliefs of the Dream Mine and the LDS Church are closely intertwined, despite Koyle’s rocky past with the church.

The consensus is the treasures will not see the light of day until the end of times as prophesied in the Book of Mormon and the Bible.

“Christ never saw the triumph of His Church while He lived,” Ogden Kraut wrote in his self-printed book “Relief Mine.” “... and Bishop Koyle never realized the materialization of the ore deposited in that mountain. But in the last days they all shall see the fulfillment of their vision.”

Throughout the annual May stakeholder’s meeting, board members of the Relief Mine Co. insisted the purpose of the mine is to make sure there are resources to help those who need it when the end of times comes.

“The purpose of the relief mine is for when everything falls apart at the seams,” one board member said during the meeting. “The purpose is for individuals in the Relief Mine Co., to help not only themselves, but those who live in this area and are in dire need. That has always been the purpose of this work. It’s not for us to get rich and famous.”

Kraut agrees, saying that Koyle warned people not to hoard it, but to make sure they’re using it to help others at the appropriate time.

“I’m not going to leave you out high and dry because you don’t have stock,” Kraut said. Though he declined to say exactly how much stock is in his possession, Kraut said it was enough he could be on the Relief Mine Board if he wanted to.

But there are other, practical issues preventing the mine from being worked in modern times: the board isn’t sure it can afford to.

Rose said that right now, there’s no way to extract anything from the mine, as it would take a substantial amount of money to get everything legal and buy the necessary equipment.

There’s also a strong distrust of government, who Rose said would “be there in a heartbeat” to take things over once mining began.

The Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining has no records of the Relief Mine, as it was opened long before mining laws were enacted, according to spokeswoman Hollie Brown.

### **Modern Day Relief** Mine **Company**

In modern times, the Relief Mine Company is made up of a board that oversees day-to-day operations, most of which have little to do with the mine itself.

The company gets its income from fruit sales from an orchard it runs, from a rental home and from a gravel pit, according to documents distributed at the annual stockholder’s meeting.

“The board, the only thing we are really doing right now, we have rental properties to keep up, and we have an orchard,” said Relief Mine Co. Board President Leroy Rose, who spoke briefly with the Daily Herald following the stockholder’s meeting in May. The board has an overall policy not to speak to media, Rose said.

The orchard is watered via pipes carrying water out of the mine, Rose said, and one of the biggest jobs is keeping the pipes functional as the minerals in the water frequently plug the pipes.

At the stakeholder’s meeting, the board reported more than 7,500 active stock holders. Over the course of the past year, 604 letters were sent to family members of stakeholders who died.

Provo residents Larry and Pat Ashby are among those who inherited their shares in the company when a relative died. Larry Ashby’s father regularly invested in “penny stocks” in the ’60s, and recently inherited 75 shares in the company.

The couple doesn’t remember Larry Ashby’s father talking about the shares before he died, and they are still learning about the Dream Mine, unsure what they believe about Koyle’s prophecies.

It seems a bit far-fetched, they said, to think there are treasures hidden away in the mine, though Larry Ashby said he believes there could be a large vein of gold to be mined out.

Either way, the Ashbys plan to keep their newly acquired shares.

“It’s kind of like, well, I have it. If something happens, great,” Larry Ashby said. “It’s almost like an antique. I don’t want to part with it because maybe it’s going to be valuable sometime.”

It’s hard to say exactly what the stock is worth, as there is no formal marketplace for exchanging shares. Those who want to buy or sell have to find someone willing to part with or buy shares. Following the stockholders meeting, those interested in buying or selling met up on one side of the room to do so.
### In Armageddon We Trust: Dream Miners Hope to Cash in on Doomsday
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/dream-miners-hope-to-cash-in-on-doomsday/
Last updated: 2024-05-07T23:05:43.000Z
By Eric Peterson  
[SaltLakeMagazine.com](https://www.saltlakemagazine.com/armageddon-trust-dream-mines-believers-hope-cash-doomsday/?ref=reliefmine.com)

**Reg McDaniel** is the kind of true believer that only Utah can produce. The Utah County scrap-metal dealer is busy preparing for the apocalypse. Beyond the routine Mormon habits of storing emergency food supplies, packing a “bug-out” kit with a survival plan for disasters ranging from earthquake to economic meltdown, McDaniel has bought as much stock as he can in a mine that will produce vast treasure when the End of Days are nigh.

McDaniel is one of hundreds who believe century-old prophecies that the end, indeed, is near. They have acquired remote land for citadels and have made preparations for Armageddon.

“We can get the hell out of Dodge and go to our underground shelters with solar and wind power and wells and food supplies,” McDaniel says, then adds with a smile, “and our crowd-control ammo. It’s just crowd control, we’re not out to shoot anyone. If you’re hungry, we’ll let you know what we can give you.”

Devout Mormons accept many supernatural truths, including that the religion’s founder Joseph Smith was led to a cache of golden plates by an angel. But a surprising number have also embraced the Dream Mine prophecy, a unique mix of religion, revelation and market capitalism.

Relief Mine Company, the Dream Mine’s formal name, really exists. The tunnels are open, the ore mill awaits its first payload and hundreds of Mormons have put their money where their faith is by purchasing stock. According to the prophecy, their holdings will skyrocket in value when the mine comes in, which will be shortly before doomsday. Believers expect to use the wealth to finance final preparations for the Kingdom of God.

The End of Times is an event that has, of course, fascinated religions, cultures, societies and cults for millennia. Be it a bang or a whimper, the end has transfixed sub-groups of all faiths and creeds. They watch for signs of the apocalypse—melting ice caps, four horsemen, a reality-star-turned-president, fiery lakes, cat-and-dog cohabitation. And according to some, the end is right around the corner. Even Patrick Byrne, founder Overstock.com, is putting aside food rations and precious metals to get his business and employees through troubled times.

The Dream Mine believers are following the prophecies of an obscure farmer named John Hyrum Koyle, who in the late 1800s scratched a living out of the soil of his Spanish Fork farm. But Koyle would become a man of visions, whose dreams of the apocalypse galvanized thousands of followers—and ultimately drew the ire of the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

### Of Cows & Catastrophes

In 1868, Koyle lost a cow, a serious farming setback that troubled him until one night he dreamed he saw his cow alive and uninjured, except for a broken horn, in a nearby field. The next day, Koyle found the cow, broken horn and all, just as he had dreamt it.

And his dreams continued. On Aug. 27, 1894, Koyle was visited in a dream by one of the Three Nephites, pivotal figures from The Book of Mormon who often appear as guardian angels. The Nephite commanded Koyle to dig for treasure that would help the faithful in the crucial moments before the apocalypse. The angel led Koyle to a mountain where he parted earth and rock to conduct Koyle into its depths. The angel showed Koyle rich ore deposits and ancient treasures.

The next morning, Koyle got to work. Word of his dream spread and neighbors flocked to Koyle to help him build the mine. His followers’ zeal was fed by his high batting average for prognosticating. Followers say Koyle predicted the 1929 stock market crash, the start of World War I and the end of World War II.

The followers labored for years to construct the Dream Mine, oftentimes being paid only in stock. In 1909, the mine was incorporated and 114,000 shares of stock were sold at $1.50 a share. Prior to this moment the work of the mine had been on a small scale, but after incorporation, the mine’s popularity surged and at its peak, shareholders and their families numbered in the tens of thousands, according to *The Dream Mine Story*, written by Koyle follower Norman Pierce.

Driven by Koyle’s ominous predictions, speculative stock sales raised $20,000 during the Depression to pay for the construction of an ore-processing mill (that’s $275,000 in today’s money). But the fervency of belief also led to wild speculation. The *Deseret News* reported speculators were claiming the ore was valued as high as $1 million per ton. And though Koyle’s prophecies on world events often hit the mark, his repeated predictions that the mine would begin producing precious ore were invariably wrong.

Worse, throughout the years of the Dream Mine’s stock sales, the wild speculation brought LDS Church censure. In 1913, a church statement obliquely attacked Koyle when it warned members of money-making ventures that seemed divine, but were really the work of “the Archdeceiver.”

In a 1928 article in the *Spanish Fork Press*, Apostle James Talmage, a trained geologist, inspected the mine. He concluded it was a fraud and called Koyle’s work that “of the evil one.” By 1932, Church President Heber J. Grant decided Koyle had to be confronted. He told Mormon men at a church conference: “John H. Koyle is a liar and has been lying to the people for the last 20 years.” (Other contemporary skeptics blamed Koyle’s dreams on his wife serving him liver and onions before bed.)

Following the denunciation, the mine was temporarily shut down, only to be reopened. In 1947, the church finally unleashed its wrath on Koyle, who, after half a century, stubbornly continued to work the mine. He was excommunicated. A year later, Koyle, 84, died having never seen any sign of the Dream Mine’s treasure.

As the project stuttered and stalled, followers mostly went underground, leaving their stock to their children. But the dream never died—in fact, it has gained momentum, thanks to the Internet and ardent believer Delynn “Doc” Hansen, a retired chiropractor who runs a Dream Mine discussion group. Hansen, like others, believes the signposts Koyle warned of have come to pass and it’s time to resume digging.

Koyle’s followers have held on to the dream in part because Koyle left behind something more tangible than prophecies—the Dream Mine is real and can be seen outside Salem where a tower and a large ore-processing mill look down from a hillside. Once immaculate white, a century has left the facility weather beaten. But the faithful believe the time is nigh for the mine to give up its treasure. Besides rich veins of gold and platinum, the miners will find nine vaults, containing treasures of the ancient Nephites, a group of extinct American Indians described in the Book of Mormon.

### **Dreamers in a Modern Religion**

Ian Barber is a professor of anthropology and archaeology at the University of Otago in New Zealand. As a visiting fellow at Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Religion, Barber researched the Dream Mine and its hold on believers. Most LDS members see the church’s challenges as LGBT members, women’s rights and other social issues, Barber says, but “\[Dream Mine believers\] are of a more conservative nature and likely to be slightly alienated because of dissonance between the supernatural elements and promises of earlier Mormonism and the practice and policy of the corporate church today.”

The Dream Mine movement is similar to other prophetic movements, Barber says. “The notion of supernatural salvation through the revelation of riches is very characteristic of new-prophet or millennial movements across the globe.”

It’s also, of course, consistent with mainstream LDS teachings. “In Mormon cultural history, the Koyle mine also references traditions about sacred caches of golden records in the Hill Cumorah that are also to be revealed at the end time,” Barber says. “These traditions were perpetuated by Brigham Young, among others, and have a slightly awkward currency today in Mormonism, but they are certainly current.”

The Dream Mine presents an unusual chapter even in Utah’s peculiar history, especially since it physically exists. But the story is typically Mormon for another reason—the promise of heavenly treasure right at your fingertips, if you’re only willing to believe—and buy stock. 

### **Waiting for an Angel's Memo**

The Relief Mine Company holds an annual stockholders’ meeting every year, and every year the board has made it clear that despite John Hyrum Koyle’s prophecies seeming to have come to pass, the board is not reopening the mine unless a “messenger,” a Nephite angel, gives them an explicit OK.

Ardent believer Delynn “Doc” Hansen, a retired chiropractor, scoffs at the board’s trepidation and says it’s clearly time to start mining. “Who knows what would happen if a Nephite came to the board, and said ‘I’m a Nephite.’ They might say, ‘Yeah, and I’m President Trump’ and throw him off the hill,” Hansen says.

Meanwhile, for many of Koyle’s followers, events have proved the century-old predictions. For instance, the prophecy that overnight people would wake up and there would be no heat, electricity or gas. “An EMP \[Electro Magnetic Pulse\] possibly? An asteroid strike?” Hansen asks. “There’s always talk in the news about either North Korea or Russia having the ability to shoot EMPs over the United States and knock down the infrastructure.”

And Koyle once dreamed of an elephant falling to never rise again. It’s something followers interpret as the fall of the Republican Party, realized by Donald Trump’s election that upended the GOP establishment. (Or, with equal logic, could it be Ringling Bros. & Barnum Bailey’s decision to retire their elephants?)

Koyle also predicted the nation’s economy would struggle and would be supported as if on “stilts,” another signpost evidenced by the economic bailouts of 2008.

Hansen has moved ahead on preparations by partnering in creating the American Relief Mint, based in Santaquin, and depicted in the video below:

For the time being, the mint pays its bills by churning out commemorative silver dollar coins until it is needed to mint currency out of the Dream Mine’s precious metals.
### Preppers See Donald Trump Candidacy as Sign of Apocalypse
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/preppers-see-donald-trump-candidacy-as-sign-of-apocalypse/
Last updated: 2024-04-20T00:15:22.000Z
By Eric Peterson  
[Vice.com](http://www.vice.com/?ref=reliefmine.com)

In the heart of rural Utah, there's a small group watching the 2016 election not just as a contest for the leadership of the free world, but also as a very real harbinger of the end of days.

These people are believers in a turn-of-the-century prophet named John Hyrum Koyle. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Koyle amassed thousands of followers based on his dreams that predicted the end of the world. One in particular, Koyle's Republican elephant dream, predicted an elephant, embodying the Republican Party, stumble to its knees during an election and never rise again. A century later, there are still those who believe in Koyle's dreams—which they see as collective symbols of the end of the world—and have speculated Donald Trump's candidacy is a fulfillment of the elephant dream.

In other words, they see Trump as a symbol of the apocalypse.

America's history has long been rich on seers, revelators, and con artists, all claiming to have a gift for seeing what's around the bend. But Koyle wasn't just a seer. The fact that he still has believers in Utah in 2016 is due in part to the preservation of a mine, carved into the hillsides outside of Salem, Utah, an hour south of Salt Lake City.

In 1894, as the legend goes, Koyle was visited in a dream by an angel, who led him from his modest farmhouse into the mountains, safely passing through dirt and rock like it was fog. Inside the mountain, the angel revealed to Koyle not only veins of gold, but nine vaulted rooms filled with treasures of the Nephites, an extinct tribe of people from the Book of Mormon. The angel told Koyle to build a mine, and during humanity's 11th hour, the riches would be used to build a kingdom that would survive the Armageddon.

It's said that, back then, people listened to Koyle because his prophecies were mostly accurate: His first dream led him to find a missing cow, in a nearby pasture; later, he was said to have predicted the 1929 stock market crash and the start of World War I. So when he told others about the mine, they signed on.

In 1909, the mine was incorporated. Roughly 114,000 shares of stock were sold for $1.50 a piece, with the understanding that once they hit the motherlode, the shares would skyrocket in value. In the mine's heyday, shareholders and their families amounted to between 20,000 and 30,000 Utahns that supported Koyle's visions of the mine, according to the accounts of Norman Pierce, himself a Koyle acolyte and author of *The Dream Mine Story*.

Today, the mine's tunnels, including a main tunnel over 3,000 feet long, remain on the hillside—yet the mine itself still isn't operational. The Relief Mine Company has, however, made sure to complete $100 worth of labor on the mine every year to keep the claims as per Utah state law. The claims have thus been active and registered with the state for over a century, all the while producing no jackpots or dividends for shareholders. The mine only pays its meager bills from revenue from a gravel pit on site and the sale of fruit from an orchard on the property.

Stock still gets passed down through the generations, sometimes as an oddity, like when my father—who avoided any and all churches quite religiously—passed stock on to me. Others have received stock and bought new shares in full anticipation of the Armageddon.

The Republican elephant prophecy isn't the only sign that the end is near. Koyle's followers also point to the 2008 recession and the subsequent bailouts. At the time, believers compared the events to Koyle's dream that, before the end, the government would prop up the nation's economy as if it were on "stilts." But with the Republican Party seemingly splitting at the seams—even George W. Bush [wondered recently](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/rnc-2016-gop-republican-party-leaders-future-donald-trump-214065?ref=reliefmine.com) if he would be the last Republican president—followers see this election cycle as another sign that they need to prepare for the end.

Take Reg McDaniel, who's been active with the mine for several years and has bought numerous shares. McDaniel is pretty sure the end is coming, and he's preparing for it. In 2014, he even approached the mine's current board of directors offering to donate rebar and construction materials to help get the mine in working order. His offer was politely rebuffed; he told me the current board, who are Mormons, made it clear that they wouldn't do so without explicit guidance from one of the Three Nephites, the guardian-angel like figures from Mormon scriptures.

McDaniel, however, isn't taking his chances. He told me Trump's role in this election is a clear manifestation of Koyle's prophesy. He and others, he says, have already stocked a compound with food, ammunition, and rations to survive in underground shelters.

Delynn "Doc" Hansen, another believer, quit his chiropractic business several years ago to help found the American Relief Mint in Santaquin, Utah. While the mint pays its bills by churning out products like commemorative buffalo nickel coins, it's real mission is to be ready to start minting coins from the mine's ore.

Hansen told me Koyle believers are warning of other perils he envisioned—like one prediction that, overnight, people would wake up, and there would be no heat, electricity, or gas. Hansen, like McDaniel and others, is preparing for the fallout.

Other stockholders have been heeding the warning signs for a while. William Anderson, a stockholder and ardent believer in Koyle, already got his shelter and most of his supplies ready and in place several years ago. (He's still gathering the last few items on his list, like the radiation detector he recently picked up in the mail.) While Anderson sees Trump as a fulfillment of Koyle's elephant dream, he also told me that he and others have had dreams predicting that something would happen in 2016\. A man in Nevada, for example, claimed that God told him that Trump was the Lord's servant.

"\[He\] was told that God had his hand on Trump, but so many other figures in history—that have been nasty vicious people—God used them also," Anderson told me. "The question is, is he going to use \[Trump\] to pull us out of this mess or plunge us further in? Personally, I'm pretty pessimistic."

Like other believers in Koyle's mine, Anderson is prepped and ready, and with preparation comes peace of mind when contemplating the apocalypse.

"You know with nuclear war, if you live in the right place, it's not that big of a deal, and would actually come as a relief," Anderson says, since he believes targets would likely be cities like Washington, DC. "The places they're gonna hit, they can have 'em."
### Prophetic Poems
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/prophetic-poems/
Last updated: 2024-09-17T22:59:03.000Z
Relief Mine II - Through Others' Eyes, by Ogden Kraut  
Excerpt from Chapter 9, "A Relief Mine Story", by Jesse L. Young

While teaching school in Fairview, I heard that John H. Koyle had been visited by the three immortal Nephites, one of whom gave him a mission from the Lord to open a rich gold mine. It had once been operated by the ancient Nephites until they became so wicked that the Lord took it from them and destroyed them.

The following poem, given to Afton Waters while he was working in the mine in Eureka, tells the reason why. An angel came to Brother Waters one night and gave him this sacred bit of history:

### The Portal Guard

By Afton Waters

I stood at the open portal  
of a tunnel peculiarly grand,  
And the patience required in its digging  
was famed through all the land.

And one of an ancient nation  
stood guard at the entry there;  
Hallowed though stern was his visage,  
snow white were his beard and hair.

With a guide I entered the tunnel  
its cavernous depths to explore;  
And as we hastened forward,  
I felt as I never had felt before.

For I knew there was perfect safety  
and that I had nothing to fear,  
For those with motives untainted  
were protected in working there.

Near a winze at the end of the tunnel  
stood another of solemn mien;  
Stern visaged and armed with saber  
as he at the portal had been.

And as we passed onward and downward,  
each landing was guarded the same,  
Until with curious motives prompted  
I asked, "Friend, what is thy name?"

"And why dost thou and thy brother  
stand guard at these workings old?  
Perhaps in the depths below us  
are uncounted treasures of gold?"

To my query he thus made answer,  
"Son of earth, thou hast rightly said:  
For I and my brothers are remnants  
of a nation long since dead.

"Ages gone, when we dwelt among mortals,  
these mountains were teeming with wealth,  
And the Father was granting our people  
peace, wisdom, great riches and health.

"In the pride of their hearts, they forsook Him  
and worshipped but mammon alone,  
Til their sins reached upward to heaven  
and earth \`neath corruption did groan.

"\`Twas then that the spirit ceased striving  
and left them to darkness once more,  
For every man's hand smote his neighbor  
and destruction was rapid and sure.

"And then when the Master was dying,  
and earth \`neath convulsions did lie,  
The wealth in these mountains was hidden  
from an evil and covetous eye.

"The wealth in these mountains of Ephraim,  
thus saith the Father, is mine,  
And all who partake of its fatness,  
I own it by right most divine.

"This then is preserved for a people  
prepared to accomplish His will--  
The wealth which the Father hath hidden  
beneath this once notable hill.

"We are guarding the wealth and the worker,  
that corruption shall not allure,  
The toiler who enters this tunnel  
with motives unselfish and pure.

"But the Father's purposes will ripen  
though derision and scoffers abound,  
And coming from sources unthought of,  
dark clouds hover closely around."

I awoke from my sleep and my dreaming  
and sought my companion again,  
But naught could I see but the mountain  
and the place where my visit had been.

But I knew that the wealth that was hidden  
from a nation now under the sod,  
Must be used as the prophet hath bidden  
for the glorification of God.

Brother Waters thought he was to open and work this mine, but he got no direction as to where and how to find it till one day while in Spanish Fork someone asked him to go to the annual Dream Mine meeting that was being held on the hill that day. He went gladly. When he saw the mine tunnel, he was greatly surprised and thrilled, for it was the very thing the messenger had shown him in the dream. He took the poem out of his pocket, handed it to Bishop Koyle and said, "Here Bishop, this belongs to you. It's your work and mission to bring relief to the people in time of great need and trouble."

Bishop Koyle gladly received the wonderful new testimony to the divinity of his great mission and work.

The excerpt came from the book, "Relief Mine II", and can be purchased at [OgdenKraut.com](http://www.ogdenkraut.com/?ref=reliefmine.com)

---

### The Good Bishop

By an unbeliever  
Chapter 12  
Bishop Koyle's Dream Mine Prophecies  
By Lyman S. Wood

This pamphlet, which in part contains the poem below, was published probably in the late 1960's. It was dedicated to J. Golden Kimball, who was Bishop Koyle's Mission President in Tennessee in about 1888.

Down south on Leland soil  
There lived a man by the name of Koyle

Who had a dream, so I've been told  
About a mine all rich in gold.

This gold is not for tax and bounty  
But for the building up of Jackson County.

---

### Bishop Koyle's 80th Birthday Tribute

By Virginia Lindsay Thomander  
August 14, 1944

The roof was made of willows—  
The floor was made of earth  
Where eighty years ago today  
This great man had his birth.  
Throughout the days of childhood,  
Evil forces lurked nearby  
In an effort to destroy him,  
But a Power from on high  
Kept him safe--his footsteps guided  
While he grew from child to man,  
As his life was very precious  
To the great Eternal Plan.

For his daily bread he struggled,  
And his earthly goods were few:  
But his faith and honest effort  
Proved his heart was staunch and true.  
Thirty years had passed away  
When one night he had a dream,  
And a Messenger imparted  
Unto him a task supreme.  
While he took him through a mountain  
Which was precious, sacred ground  
And he showed him all the places  
Where rich treasures did abound.  

Then he gave him much instruction:  
Where to work, and how to mine,  
And convinced this man we honor  
That his mission was divine....  
Twenty years he worked and labored—  
Then, one January night  
From deep sleep he was awakened,  
In his room there came a light  
And two Messengers stood by him,  
While the taller of the two  
Spoke to him in careful detail  
Of the work he was to do.

For two long hours he listened,  
Sitting upright in his bed;  
He was told about the dreams he dreamed—  
How he was being led  
By Higher Powers than his own,  
On each step of the way....  
They told him they would guard this Hill  
Until that glorious day  
When these rich treasures should come forth  
According to the Plan  
To bring relief, and untold worth,  
And benefit to man.

Now fifty years have passed away  
The road's been rough and long,  
The persecutions many—  
Yet still he presses on:  
Though Church, and State and Nation  
Have assailed him left and right  
And evil forces threatened  
To destroy--"Put out his light,"  
He has never lost his courage—  
He's been honest, loyal and true,  
For he knows with all his heart and soul  
That God will see him through!

---

### Victory Shout

By Carter Grant

There was tumult on the hillside  
Near that quaint old Salem town.  
And the canyons thronged with people  
Climbing restless up and down.

Crowds were jostling in the highways,  
For strange news was sped along.  
And wild anguish gripped their faces  
With emotions deep and strong.

Like the thunder clouds of summer  
Bursting on this rugged mount,  
So this surging mass of humans  
Beat upon this fortress stout.

Stamped upon this mineral mountain,  
Grasped its shaggy acorn boughs,  
Cursed the days of past probation,  
Cried their discontented vows.

Yea, the mingling of those voices  
Rumbled deep in rabble throng  
'Til you'd thought a million humans  
Cried their indignations strong,

Moaning, "Master of these riches,  
Hark! Oh see, we've come at last!  
Hands uplifted, beseeching, weeping!  
Drop some hope for us to grasp!"

So they struggled up the mountain,  
Men and women, rough and mild.  
Thronged about a guarded tunnel,  
Noisy with vexation wild.

Then a form strode out that portal,  
Speaking hope for those in dread.  
"Friends, like Joseph betrayed in Egypt.  
I give my word, you shall be fed.

"It was shown me years ago, folks,  
How you'd rush this hill in grief,  
Bowing, seeking, as you now do,  
Asking, praying for relief.

Yes, I saw you, bold and eager,  
Saw you swarming in this flock,  
Saw you storm our mountain fortress  
Begging feverishly for stock.

"It's too late, friends. There's none for you!  
We would help you if we could;  
But the books are sealed and fastened.  
We're but doing as we should.

For I was told that when  
The values burst forth so grand,  
That no stock should then  
Be given into unbeliever's hand.

"But listen! I've a word of comfort,  
Even though you've gossiped loud,  
Ridiculed our every effort,  
Til our heads with sorrow bowed.

We shall aid you from our storehouse,  
Though our stock we dare not share;  
Doing daily turns of kindness,  
For no malice do we bear,"

How they sorrowed loud in mourning!  
How they wished they'd understood;  
Listening not to the mine's defamers,  
But securing stock as best they could;

Helping with their mites the workmen,  
Opening ancient treasure sand.  
They would now be shouting "VICTORY!"  
In our Celebration Grand!

---

If you have written a poem that you would like to share with other believers, then please send it to us using the [Contact](https://www.reliefmine.com/contact/) page.

💡

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### Gold Backed Debit Card Coming to Utah
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/gold-backed-debit-card-coming-to-utah/
Last updated: 2025-03-22T21:44:43.000Z
KUTV's Andrew Stack interviews Larry Hilton, chairman of the [Utah Precious Metals Association](http://www.upma.org/?ref=reliefmine.com) (UPMA), regarding upcoming developments in Utah's monetary reforms authorizing the use of gold and silver coin as legal tender.

(2 minutes)

Will the Relief Mine make use of such technology when it opens its own bank? Leave your comments below.
### KUTV Report on the Relief Mine
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/kutv-report-on-the-relief-mine/
Last updated: 2024-04-03T18:13:23.000Z
Here is the latest news story that was put on by KUTV in Salt Lake. Unfortunately they got the names mixed up. They refer to Joe Lentz, the former caretaker who used to live on the hill, with Leroy Rose, the current president of the board of directors.
### Apocalyptic Paydirt in Utah
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/apocalyptic-paydirt-in-utah/
Last updated: 2024-04-15T22:02:12.000Z
By Eric S. Peterson  
[Salt Lake City Weekly](https://www.cityweekly.net/?ref=reliefmine.com)

Shareholders in the oldest mine to never make a real profit await word from an Angel to bring in the goods—but some are sick of waiting

**Imagine, if you will, the the restless dreams of a turn-of-the century dirt farmer just trying to survive a hardscrabble life in the Utah territory circa 1894\.** It’s still two years before statehood, and this desert Zion remains a place of refuge to Mormon settlers — the self-titled Latter-Day Saints. To the rest of the nation, it’s still a bizarre quasi-theocracy, regarded with widespread suspicion even after its spiritual leaders barred the practice of plural marriage in 1890.

In this Rocky Mountain frontier, a very American religion is only just beginning to gain acceptance from the federal government and the world around it, which only decades prior had chased the Saints across the country, tarred and feathered and later murdered church founder Joseph Smith, and and at one point nearly gone to war with the settlers in the tense years prior to the American Civil War.

> This community of devout pioneers had already carved a niche in the tapestry of the wild and wacky West, when a farmer in Spanish Fork, Utah, roughly 60 miles south of Salt Lake City, had a very strange dream. 

On Aug. 27, 1894, John Hyrum Koyle dreamed he was visited by an angel who took him by the hand and, like the ghost of Christmas past, transported the awestruck Koyle from his bedchambers to a nearby mountain. The two passed through the dirt and rock of the hillside like fog, and in the heart of this mountain, the angel revealed to Koyle rich veins of gold and platinum, and nine vaulted chambers filled with treasures from the Nephites, an extinct race of people from the Book of Mormon.

The angel’s message was simple: these riches will help your people and will bring them relief in the lead-up to the end of the world.

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*-GTYRycRA6cDhn86hYrIHA.jpeg)

**For the rest of his life, Koyle worked the “Dream Mine.”** He brought a steady throng of followers out to join in him preparing the mine and built a mill on the hillside of the “Dream Mine,” later known as the “Relief Mine” by followers.

While the followers toiled and dug in a mine that never produced an ounce of paydirt or a dividend to shareholders, they did so with the faith that it was important work meant to ready them for the end.

Not all shared their faith, including the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who by the mid-1900s had worked hard to gain acceptance into the mainstream fold of American life. They also didn’t appreciate a simple farmer having revelations for the entire church, and, in 1948, Koyle was excommunicated. His Dream Mine followers and shareholders went underground. But the dream never died.

To this day, there are still shareholders waiting for the signs prophesied in Koyle’s dreams. Signs, they believe, that will give them the green light to start pulling the riches from the mine that will allow them to build a bastion in the heart of Utah against a world that will crumble and implode around them.

**I grew up in a small town about a five-minute drive from the mine, and through my father inherited some of this stock, which he had inherited from his father**. My father wasn’t a believer in Koyle or the church; He was more of a country-fried hippie then your typical small-town Utah Mormon. He regarded the stock as a bizarre heirloom of the culture he was born into and rebelled against.

For the first large story I ever wrote as a reporter for a Utah alt-weekly, I examined this mine and followed the diehard faithful who have found safe haven in an e-mail discussion group, where they could talk freely and with anonymity about the mine as they prepared for the end days when it would be time to start digging.

My story about the dream in the digital age came out in late 2007\. At the time, my editor regarded it as a nice slice of Utah’s very quirky history, and that was that. But shortly after the publication of that story, something unusual happened—the world ended.

**By 2009, the housing bubble had popped spectacularly. Pensions wiped out, savings gone, and mortgages underwater**. Perhaps most alarming for Koyle’s followers were the government bailouts of major banks and financial institutions, which called to mind Koyle’s cryptic prophecy that the economy would be “put up on stilts.” Koyle had even had some ominous dreams about the threat of Russia. During his time, some might have viewed those dreams as a reaction to the spread of communism in the first half of the 20th century and the beginning of the Cold War. But now, with Russia advancing on Ukraine and seizing land in Crimea, Dream Miners see more red flags. Indeed, Koyle at one time claimed that Russia would invade Turkey for access to the Black Sea.

These signs and others have lately energized a small revolt among Dream Mine believers and shareholders, led by a kindly former chiropractor named Delynn “Doc” Hansen. After the recession, Hansen gave up the chiropractic game to join several business partners in starting the American Relief Mint, which he says will be ready to begin minting currency from the ore of the Dream Mine once it comes in.

Hansen is also the creator of the e-mail group, and while the current board of the mine has taken a strong position against action until word is heard from “messengers”—possibly angels or a trio of “Nephites” who will come to give the signal— Hansen says the end has already begun and the time is nigh to get to work.

> “I tell people if Bishop Koyle was alive today, would he be sitting around on his butt saying ‘Lets wait for the messengers,’ or would he be working trying to get the mine to come in?” Hansen says.

It’s a point that Hansen tried to bring to shareholders of the mine at their annual stockholder’s meeting, held May 12\. But members of the board called the cops on Hansen and his followers, accusing them of trying to hijack the meeting. It was merely the most recent twist in a strange story of a mine that for over a century has inspired faith in a dream and the vigilant lookout for guardian angels who will likely take the form of the immortal remnants of a lost tribe of a people long since vanished from the Earth.

All that and more doomsday paranoia than you can shake a stick at.

### **Dead Ahead**

Like Plato or Lao Tzu, Koyle was a visionary who didn’t bother to write down his dreams and teachings himself. It’s been said that he was instructed by God not to document his visions, leaving his followers to chronicle his various prophecies. While Koyle’s vision of the end times and the revealing of the mine were his most famous prophecies, they weren’t his first.

The first dream came after Koyle prayed fervently about a very personal matter—the location of a missing cow. According to the late historian Ogden Kraut’s book *John H. Koyle’s Relief Mine*, Koyle received an answer to his prayers in a dream where he saw his missing heifer in a field near a railroad track with a broken horn. When Koyle awoke, he visited the field and found his cow there, broken horn and all.

This dream was the first of many that would instill in Koyle a larger mission for the sake of the church. Apocryphal as these dreams are, according to those who knew Koyle, his dreams would, in startling succession, predict the 1929 stock-market crash, the commencement of two world wars, and of course, the mine’s very important role in providing relief to the Saints in the moments before the doomsday clock would run out on the world.

Before Koyle was a man of dreams, he was simply another man of faith like others in the early Mormon settlement. Koyle was devout, followed the word of the prophet without question, and lived a simple existence. It wasn’t an easy life on the frontier, however. Koyle became the head of his household when he was 9 after a quarry accident buried his father alive.

Koyle lived during hard years and held to his faith to get him and his family through. But once he started having dreams, he set himself on a collision course with the very church in which he’d had remained a lifelong member.

**The LDS faith is unique as an American religion for many reasons even apart from the church’s early practice of polygamy, or The Book of Mormon, the thrust of which is that when Jesus was resurrected, he visited America to spread his teachings**.

One of the most distinctive features of the religion is that its members have the ability to receive direct revelation from God. In LDS nomenclature, as long as members are devout to their faith, they will be able to hear the “still, small voice” of God. But there’s a catch: these revelations are only to guide the member about what they are to do about their own lives or that of their immediate family members. Only the church’s prophet receives revelation that affects the entire church.

Koyle’s Dream Mine revelation cast a much wider net than is allowed for a simple member of the church. But it was also one supported by many in his community. Koyle drew as many as 20,000 supporters of his vision during the heyday of the mine. In 1909, the mine was incorporated, and 114,000 shares of stock were issued for $1.50 each, with the assurance that when the Nephites’ treasure was unearthed, the value of the stocks would increase by more than tenfold.

The Dream Miners more than once bucked higher authorities—both religious and secular. In 1914, the church shut the mine down, though it was allowed to reopen six years later under the condition that it would be run as a business and not some kind of religious settlement. Koyle was said to have foreseen this turn of events in a dream and was unfazed by the temporary shutdown. The mine was also sued by the state securities commission for the sale of unregistered stock, but the case folded when it went to trial in 1933 and witnesses for the prosecution instead spoke up to defend Koyle and his divine mission.

During the first half of the 20th century Koyle seemed bulletproof because of the zeal he commanded among his shareholders. The bottom line of this support wasn’t about dividends; it was about faith, faith that led thousands to buy stock or offer their labor on the mine in exchange for it. They call Warren Buffet a wizard, but Koyle’s Dream Mine boasted tens of thousands of supporters, an army of volunteer laborers and somehow, in 1932, during some of the worst years of the Great Depression, Koyle even had managed to raise $60,000 in capital—more than $1 million in 2014 dollars, when adjusted for inflation—to build an ore-processing mill on the hillside.

Koyle was even said to have started a small settlement around the mine dubbed “White City” where mine workers would live and Koyle would deliver regular sermons. Eventually, his following provoked a direct rebuke from the higher-ups in the church. Apostle James. E. Faust, who was also a geologist, called Koyle out as a charlatan in a 1928 issue of *The Spanish Fork Press,* labeling Koyle’s work as that of the “evil one.”

Koyle made a target of himself, not just through his work in the mine but by openly challenging the authority of church leaders. According to Norman Pierce’s *The Dream Mine Story*, Koyle believed that when the mine came in it would offer a reality check to all doubters, including in the church, saying that at that time “… in rapid sequence, the church, state and nation will be brought up a standin’ to judgment like a wild colt to a snubbin’ post.”

At the age of 84, Koyle was called in before a church council and made to sign a statement repudiating his visions. He immediately regretted the move, and in defiance, he continued his work on the mine for another year until he was excommunicated from the church in 1948\. Rejected and shunned by the leaders of his faith as a con man, Koyle died less than a year later.

In the subsequent years, many of his followers went underground. Many more, fearful of losing their membership in the church, burned their stock or hid it away in attics and basements, not to be spoken of … until, of course, the time was right.

### **Apocalypse Now**

When I first spoke to “Doc” Hansen in 2007, the mercurial, middle-aged chiropractor and organizer of the Dream Mine e-mail group owned up to his own morbid fascination with the end of the world the way someone with a chuckle admits to love watching *The Bachelor.* There was a bit of a hobbyist’s fascination in the way Hansen looked out for the warning signs. In 2007, he referenced an account from a Dream Mine follower that Koyle had said the beginning of the end would be marked by a great financial crash, followed by people waking up the next day to find no power, light or heat in their homes.

At the time of our conversation the economy was still roaring and Hansen’s prediction for the end was simple: electromagnetic pulse. Hansen figured someone could deploy such a beam, perhaps in Russia, to knock out all major electronics in the country and send the United States back into the stone age, thus fulfilling Koyle’s prophecy about a loss of power.

When I met Hansen recently in the food court of a mall in Orem, a college town 30 minutes north of the mine, his theory about the end of the world was a lot closer to the reality Americans have been living with for the past five years—economic collapse. Hansen says it will come after the Federal Reserve raids banks to collect on trillions in outstanding loans.

“How much money do you want stolen by the government? Because that’s how much you should leave in the bank,” Hansen says. “I leave just enough in the bank to pay the bills and the rest I keep in silver and gold.”

Though Hansen’s views of the end times have changed over the course of the most recent recession, like other shareholders, he says his relationship with the mine has been guided directly by the helpful hand of the spirit. Hansen says it was a spiritual prompting that led him to create the e-mail discussion group on Sept. 10, 2001, the eve of another calamity. Hansen’s seen the group grow since then from a handful of friends to more than 1,200 members.

Since the latest recession gut-punched the economy, Hansen has now found his role in the Dream Mine as that of a gadfly, an agitator asking the Dream Mine board to consider the possibility that the signs they’re waiting for to bring the mine in have perhaps already come in—indeed, that the signs might have occurred during Koyle’s lifetime.

Hansen refers to several prophecies that happened while Koyle was alive, such as the prediction of the Great Depression, or his famed “Republican Elephant Dream” in which Koyle predicted an unprecedented series of Democratic victories that would cause the Republican elephant to sink to its knees. A dream many have attributed to the repeated elections of Franklin Dealano Roosevelt to a historic 12 years in office.

Hansen says that regardless of the prophecies, building up and rebuilding the existing mine infrastructure should be the focus of the shareholders, and while Koyle was alive, he never stopped working to unearth a profit.

> “The project is over a hundred years old, it was meant to bring people relief—it hasn’t brought anybody relief,” Hansen says. “You know what it takes? Someone getting off their duff and saying, ‘I don’t have fear to get this thing going.’”

Hansen became more vocal among shareholders and on the discussion group about the need to start digging. He gave up chiropractics and joined several business partners in creating a mint. When he was first approached by the men who would become his partners, he says, they asked him if he knew of anyone who would like to invest in the company.

Hansen told them he would think of some names, but “all of a sudden, the spirit says, ‘No, you’re the person that’s supposed to do this and if you do it, this is the mint that’s going to mint the stuff up at the Dream Mine,’” Hansen says.

Up and running since, 2013 the mint acquired two old presses from the San Francisco Mint and now has the technology to push out 100,000 coins a week.

Hansen says if the riches of the mine are to provide relief, that’s something that needs to happen while there’s still a functioning economy. If the world’s on fire and overrun with zombies then no amount of gold or silver will be of much use.

The mint also provided Hansen with another reason for why his fellow shareholders should demand the mine be developed and renovated now. Given all the repairs and new technology that needs to be put into the mine, Hansen says, it will be impossible to get the equipment if the board waits until the economy is in shatters.

“We put \[the mint\] together during a good economy, and it took us over a year to find the equipment and get it here and to find people to get it up and running,” Hansen says. “Over a year in a good economy. Good luck in a bad economy.”

Still, Hansen says, it’s unlikely they’ll be able to vote out the existing board of the Dream Mine and replace it with members more amenable to starting to dig. In order for that to happen, 51 percent of shares would have to be registered. Hansen says shareholders will have to continue to deal with board members who have been extremely cautious with the mine and refuse to dig until they get the word from on high.

Hansen has clashed openly with the board. Last April he and his business partners requested permission to visit the mine property and assess the existing mill and other structures only to be threatened by the board with arrest for trespass. A week later a sheriff’s deputy visited him at the mint, responding to complaints filed by the board, that he trespassed on the mine.

Hansen was also involved in a strange clash with the former president of the board who sent him an e-mail saying he had a dream in which Hansen’s deceased father had spoken to the president and told him to pass a message to Hansen that he needed to start focusing on church more than the mine.

“He sends me this thing that’s supposed to be from my dad—and there was nothing familiar about it,” Hansen says. In the message, he says his father’s alleged spirit called Hansen by his first name “Delynn” when he says in real life his father always addressed him by the nickname “Dee.”

Hansen promptly took this proof of the president “channeling familiar spirits” to the board. The board president later stepped down from the leadership spot and moved to Colorado.

Although the chances of enough shareholders turning up to vote out the board, are slim, Hansen has a few other tricks up his sleeve for seeing the mine come in. At the time of our meeting, he was planning to hold a meeting directly following the stockholder’s meeting to talk about what’s needed on the hill and how to make it happen. Despite the antagonism, Hansen tells me he knows the board personally and considers most of them friends; he just wishes they could understand the threat.

“They’ve convinced themselves we shouldn’t do anything until we’re told what to do. You see the storm coming and you do nothing—the watchmen on the hill,” Hansen says with a scoff. “Its like, ‘Hey look at that great big storm coming—pass me more lemonade.”

Before our meeting was over, I asked Hansen about his 2007 prediction of a storm cloud on the horizon, the possibility of Russia pulling the trigger on an electromagnetic pulse that would wipe out power across the country.

“Oh, there’s still talk of that,” Hansen says matter-of-factly. “North Korea even has that capability. It’s perfectly possible.”

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### **Angels in the Auditorium**

On May 12, more than 100 Dream Mine shareholders and curiosity seekers gathered at the Veteran’s Memorial Building just off Main Street in Spanish Fork, Utah. The shareholders packed into an auditorium, filling aluminum folding chairs that faced a simple stage with an American flag standing in a bucket. Outside the entrance, a man set up a tent to sell DVDs about a gamut of conspiracy theories—the end of the world, New World Order references made by Dick Cheney at a Brigham Young University commencement speech, the so-called truth about the Sandy Hook shooting, and others.

“I got lots of flavors of ice cream here,” the kindly man said waving his hand across the crowded table of DVDs, just $2 a copy.

Inside there was a healthy buzz as the crowd found seats and looked around at their fellow shareholders. As I sat down I wondered how many others in attendance were watching to see if one of the messengers or angels would make his way into the meeting and find a seat.

It’s a legitimate thought among Dream Miners, given that Koyle at one time was said to have been visited by two of the three Nephites. In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites were a race of people that connected Israel with the Americas. Lehi, an Israelite prophet, had his son Nephi rescue the golden plates—from which the Book of Mormon would eventually be translated—and the family left Jerusalem for the Americas.

Generations later, according to the Book of Mormon, Jesus rewarded the loyal service of three Nephite disciples by granting them immortality, telling the trio that they “would never taste death.”

For many in the LDS faith, the three Nephites are akin to wandering angels. Koyle was said to have been visited by two of the Nephites, one tall and thin the other short and stout who told him that when the mine was in trouble, they would be there to help.

Hansen recalls being told a story of a Dream Mine follower who swore to having met one of the Nephites at a Checker Auto Parts in Spanish Fork in the 1970s. The man, a Checker employee spotted a man with a large beard who appeared to be “dressed behind the times.” When the Nephite made his way to the front, he asked the man if he would show him how to fix the fender of his car. Hansen says his friend showed the strange man how he could mend the bumper with a few simple parts and some elbow grease. After the man finished his advice, the Nephite said: “Son, thy sins be forgiven thee” and then got in his car and drove off.

At the shareholder meeting, I spotted more than one elderly man sporting a beard worthy of a biblical prophet, but they all seemed to be pretty chummy with the other shareholders and weren’t dressed any more “behind the times” than anyone else in attendance. Given the high percentage of older shareholders, pretty much everyone was dressed “behind the times” in simple work clothes—jeans, boots, BYU ball caps, Western shirts and suspenders.

The meeting began with a simple prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Seated on the stage were a handful of stern-faced board members who seemed to be bracing themselves for a potentially quarrelsome meeting.

Larry Hadfield, a member who had joined the board to lend his accounting experience, approached the podium sporting a baby-blue Western shirt and a bald-eagle belt buckle to read out the financial report.

The mine itself has never produced a significant profit from any of its digging, so shareholders have only been able pay the bill on the mine thanks to a few tangential revenue streams: a small number of rental properties on the hill, a fruit orchard and a lease on an adjacent gravel pit. As Hadfield explained some of the numbers on the prior year’s profit and loss sheet he stopped to ask for questions. A man in his late 30s stood up and got right to the point, even if it wasn’t the kind of question the board was asking for.

“Why don’t we start mining?” the man said. “We’re not here to manage rental units! When are we going to start mining?”

The response drew rowdy applause from probably a third of the shareholders in attendance and a single, prolonged “Boo!” from one man.

Boyd Warren, a board member bearing an uncanny resemblance to Teddy Roosevelt with his short cropped hair and mop-handle mustache, took the mic to counter the man’s question.

“Can I ask you a question?” Warren said. “Have you received information from anyone that now is the time?” Again, applause echoed the board member’s call for restraint but somewhere in the back I can hear Hansen call out, “Bishop Koyle worked on the mine until the day he died!”

After a while the babble and groans died down and the meeting pressed on.

Ray Koyle, the mine secretary took the podium to read the stockholder’s report and deliver the news that Hansen and his fellow mine mutineers knew was coming: with 77 percent of the company’s stockholders confirmed at a valid address, only 31 percent had registered their stocks to be represented at the meeting—a number well short of the 51 percent needed to vote in new board leadership.

One woman rose to ask why it was fair for active shareholders to be held back by those who couldn’t care less about registering their stock and attending the meeting.

Koyle—a descendant of the Bishop Koyle—explained calmly that free agency was respected by the mine and just because a shareholder doesn’t now want to participate in the mine doesn’t mean they won’t ever want to get involved, especially if they believe later on that the time is ripe to bring the mine in.

“There’s no one on this earth that has the right to say, ‘Oh you haven’t done this for 10 years— then we’re going to cut the legs out from under you,’” Koyle said.

Koyle then called on a man who arose from the crowd wearing a straw cowboy hat and a dirt-stained white shirt stretched over a watermelon gut. The man’s face was tanned from plenty of work outdoors and he smiled broadly as he introduced himself as a “messenger.”

> “I’m one of the messengers you’re looking for. I’m here because the Lord asked me to be here, to my shock. I am the Metal Man,” the man said by way of introduction. (Later in the parking lot I spotted the man’s truck for a scrap metal-pick up business showing his picture under the slogan “Its like maid service on steroids!”)

“I pick up stuff for free all over Utah Valley,” said the Metal Man. “I’ve given over six tons of rebar to friends of mine at no cost, over 30,000 cinder blocks to friends of mine at no cost, I’ve given a years’ worth of food supply to over 10 families at no cost to me. If you’ll put me on the board, I can help expand the roads, provide rebar. I can get concrete donated—I can do a lot of things and I know a lot of people that do a lot of things.”

Koyle deftly told the man to give his information to the mine secretary for consideration, thank you very much, and kept the meeting moving along.

Following a few outbursts and the offer from a would-be messenger, the meeting ended without further incident. The real drama occurred when Hansen and his mine mutineers attempted to hold their unofficial meeting in the same building after the conclusion of the shareholder’s meeting. Hansen says they had received express permission from the building owner to have their meeting, but the board members immediately challenged Hansen, saying they had reserved the building for the entire day.

As Hansen and his cohorts took the stage, board member Warren immediately got on his cell phone and called the police. While two-thirds of those who had come for the official meeting had stuck around for the second meeting, the sight of a verbal skirmish between the board members and Hansen’s group caused most of them to get up and skedaddle. I tried to get a contact number from Warren, who told me that if I wanted to learn about the mine, then I should read the two books about it. As for getting the mine ready now, Warren said he wasn’t interested in do-it-yourself mining.

“If we start mining now, what’s going to happen when OSHA comes in and shuts us down?” Warren asked.

And if it were done up to code?

“Then do you got $5 million bucks? Because that’s what its going to take. But even then every nickel and dime of royalties will get reported to the state,” Warren says.

Hansen’s group held the high ground on the stage for a while, but didn’t want to get arrested and eventually ceded the stage to hold a meeting in the parking lot. On their way out I picked up a snippet of Hansen’s conversation complaining to the board secretary, who told Hansen: “Well you shouldn’t be saying such nasty things in your e-mail group, Doc…”

By the time the meeting spilled into the parking lot, only a dozen folks were there to hear the message. Hansen had brought out one of his mint partners, Steve Wardle, a man with mining experience who had assessed the infrastructure at the mine to talk about what could be done.

It wasn’t an ideal meeting. In a small circle at the end of the parking lot, Wardle, a short silver-haired man, spoke to a crowd while a cold wind whipped around them and an ominous thundercloud appeared to be dumping its guts over the mountains to the north of town, threatening to do the same over the parking lot insurrection. Adding to this scene was the presence of the police. This being a small rural community in Utah County on a Monday afternoon it appeared the police didn’t have anything else pressing going on and therefore responded to the trespass complaint with two police trucks, a patrol vehicle and an undercover vehicle, all hovering around the meeting as Wardle spoke. The officers never interrupted but simply watched with bemused grins. Eventually they deemed the crowd unlikely to riot and dispersed.

Wardle had a sermon to share and it started with grim news. He told the crowd that the mine was terribly out of date. The wiring in the mill was shot, the wood was rotten in the mine itself, and a pipe system was undermining the ground underneath a water tank and would likely cause it to come rolling off the mountain one day. For that matter, the mine and mill were built adjacent to the Wasatch fault, and with one good shake, the mill itself would come tumbling down.

The upshot of this grim diagnosis was that the mine needs revamping and it needs it soon, which means the mine needs believers who will fix it now. And just as the mine needs relief now, so too do people deserve to have the riches inside the dilapidated mine.

“The idea of waiting for an \[economic\] crunch or a collapse is ludicrous, it’s nuts,” Wardle told the small crowd. “Besides, it says that God wants *you* to suffer before he’ll help you. God wants you to be poor, destitute, struck down—everything wrong in your whole world, and then maybe you’re worthy of help. *Or* maybe God says I love you, I will take care of you, I bless you and I will never forsake you—so get your butt in gear.”

The crowd was in complete agreement, but several asked how they could do anything about the mine without ousting the current board and what would happen if they were to start digging?

“The police will come and kick you off the mountain,” Wardle said. “Unless Jesus has a plan —and he does, I’m aware of that plan, I know what it is in my heart but its just what he told me. And I’m a nobody. Why have I done this all these years—because I’m totally insane!” Wardle bellowed to a smattering of chuckles from the crowd. “There is no other reason! But the first thing we must do is come together with a common desire. This doesn’t have to take two, three of five years. It requires coming together once and establishing the desire and never letting it go away.”

But making an end-run around the board might take more than just a loving gathering—according to Wardle the mine’s charter expired in 1958 and the board simply rolled the old corporation into a new one without first putting it to a vote of the shareholders.

“We got attorneys in Salt Lake City looking into the problems of rolling one corporation into a new one,” Hansen told me at our mall meeting. “They find enough problems there you could literally break the current corporation.”

### **The Beginning of the End**

For more than a century, the Dream Mine has existed because the image of it burned so brightly in the vision of one man that he wouldn’t be satisfied until he made it a reality. Koyle worked his mine for over 50 years only to die penniless, having never seen a significant profit pulled from the mine. After his death active mining ceased as the church issued repeated proclamations against the mine that drove former Koyle acolytes underground for fear of losing their church membership.

Perhaps in the end Koyle was grateful, knowing that if the mine didn’t produce that meant the world was going to keep on turning.

But what would Koyle make of the fracas currently dividing the board of his beloved mine? Would it bring a tear to the eye of this farmer turned prophet? Would he see the legacy of his work wasted on a new generation hellbent on heavenly riches? Or is it possible that nothing really surprises a man who can see into the future.

If you believe in any of Koyle’s visions or at least accept that the predictions, as reported by followers, do seem to synch up with history, then it’s hard not to at least wonder about the prophecies that have yet come to pass.

Author Ogden Kraut’s *Relief Mine II: Through Other’s Eyes* catalogs various news articles, dissertations and firsthand accounts of followers discussing the mine. One section of the book collects an appendix of 102 prophecies Koyle was said to have made to his followers. There are prophecies of what will happen before the mine comes, like “there will be a harsh winter followed by a mild open winter.” There are also apocalyptic prophecies about what will happen during the end, such as “the mine will become a city of refuge against roving bands” and that “the leaders of the nation will be blown out of office as if by a whirlwind.”

Prophecy number 15 states: “Toward the end a group will try to bring the mine in early but will not succeed. It is best not to attempt to bring the mine in early because if it is done the government will tax it away, or take it over for its important strategic values.”

Hansen is dismissive of this prophecy. He believes the mine was meant to come in during Koyle’s lifetime and thus doesn’t consider bringing the mine in now to be “early” and certainly doesn’t see anything wrong with at least updating the mine infrastructure now so that its ready.

Another prophecy from the book states: “The mine will not come in until 11 families can live in perfect unity and harmony.” Hansen doubts those words came from Koyle and believes them to be a reference to the United Order.

The United Order is a strange chapter in Utah’s history. Early Mormon settlers, under the guidance of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, attempted to live in essentially socialistic communes, sharing the fruits of their labor in common with their fellow citizens. In many ways, Koyle’s vision aligns with this idea. For Koyle the mine was a divine work, not just a means for Koyle and his partners to strike it rich and blow their money on loose women and the dopest horseless carriages money could buy. Instead, Koyle planned to use the money to help his fellow man and build up the kingdom of God.

Renowned historian of Mormon history and culture D. Michael Quinn says Utah had a very distinct break with the collectivist vision of its early church leaders right around the time that Koyle had his first vision in the 1894\. It was a time when the LDS Church was working to be accepted into statehood and was similarly embracing outside commercial interests that brought industry, jobs and money into the state.

“In the 1890s there was a clear abandonment of polygamy and clear abandonment of the \[principles of the United Order\] and a clear embrace of commercialism and free enterprise” by the post Brigham Young leadership of the time, Quinn says.

Nowadays, Mormons in Utah are overwhelmingly conservative, pro-business and look back on the socialistic ideas of Smith and Young as “dusty memories,” Quinn says. He adds that in many ways, these are ideas that are revered in the present day but have also been abandoned.

It seems clear that few of the current Dream Mine supporters feel that the surest way to bring in the mine would be to try living the principles of the United Order. It’s a little too Occupy Wall Street for most folks in the heart of the most conservative county in one of the most conservative states in the nation.

But the idea of coming together is not something that’s been totally abandoned by the Dream Mine faithful.

At the close of the official shareholders meeting, before the cops were called, Board President Leroy Rose took the podium to close out the meeting and offer some earnest words of wisdom. Rose, a great grand son of Koyle, recalled the sage advice of a choir teacher who emphasized the need to “blend”— to harmonize with the different voices in the choir to make something larger and prettier than the voice of any one alto, bass, or tenor.

“If we do not blend we’re not successful,” Rose said. “So if I can do one thing I would say the Lord recognizes when we work together.”

*Eric S. Peterson is a reporter for the* Salt Lake City Weekly*. His investigative interests include white-collar crime, poverty issues, government ethics, activist groups, religious fraud, and alternative cultural takes on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In his spare time he reads, fishes and practices kung fu. Follow him on Twitter:* @EricSPeterson
### White City Will Build 600 Homes in One Month
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/white-city-will-build-600-homes-within-month/
Last updated: 2025-11-18T19:22:50.000Z
The following quote is from Lynn Bishop's book, "The Winding Up Scene". It details a prophecy about how 600 homes will be built in White City within a month:

> Bishop Koyle is quoted as saying that White City, the first place of refuge, will be built at the Mine at the same time the wheat bins are built. Some stockholders have seen this in vision. An army of workers will act rapidly, and, according to a former secretary of the Mine, Bishop Koyle said the City will be built with over six hundreds homes in a thirty-day period. This initial construction will be between the mountain and the upper canal. With much divine revelation and instruction, together with the means \[gold from the Mine\] to obtain the necessary materials, and plenty of willing workers who desire and need the work, it will all be accomplished very quickly.

But how could any organization build 20 new homes every day for a month you ask? Good question! It sounds sound a bit over the top! However, the following videos demonstrate how this might happen.

Absolutely amazing technology! Who would have guessed we would see the day where homes are "printed"! And if 3D printers are not used, then what about this other factory built process that makes homes out of concrete panels?

Finally, here is another company who can quickly build homes in their factory, but these fold up and can be transported to the destination by truck. This is not anything close to your grandmother's mobile home! While these homes may not be the best long term housing solution, if they provide a nice place to live, inside the protective wall of White City during the coming [civil war](https://www.reliefmine.com/next-civil-war-begins-in-chicago/), then count me in!

White City will be built around the base of the Relief Mine. To the north of the Mine there is a land developer, D. R. Horton, who is starting to build a new housing community. Will this company do the leg work, preparing the land, only to have the Relief Mine buy them out later on?

Here are some photos from April, 2024, of the progress being made on the land owned by D.R. Horton:

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Or will these 600 homes only be built South of the Relief Mine? Maybe this is where #79 from John Jordan's list comes into play:

> Roving bands and marauders will not be a problem south of the Highline Canal.

Perhaps this statement from Bishop Koyle refers to the fact that the homes comprising White City will indeed be built south of the mine, and ultimately south of the Highline Canal.

Do you plan on taking advantage of the safety provided by White City during the coming civil war? If so, are you open to a home made out of concrete like these videos depict? Is there another process that can build 600 new homes within a month? Leave your comments below.
### A Dream of Gathering in Texas During Chaos
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/dream-of-gathering-in-texas-during-chaos/
Last updated: 2024-09-20T03:58:42.000Z
My Dream Of A Future Time, Fleeing from Texas to Utah

### Background

*I have a college degree in Criminal Justice from Trinity University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I also attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. After serving a two-year LDS Church mission in Northern California, I served in the military intelligence branch the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968\. Then I joined the County Sheriff's Department in Texas where I live and retired in 1989\. I am married and have nine children.*

On Tuesday, April 5, 2005 while traveling home from the Houston, Texas temple with my wife, my sister and her husband we were discussing events from the book [There Is No Death](https://www.amazon.com/There-No-Death-Extraordinary-Experience/dp/0966497058/?ref=reliefmine.com), by Sarah Menet. (Prior to this time I had never heard of Sarah Menet or [Roger K. Young](https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p%5F27%3ARoger+K.+Young&ref=reliefmine.com).) When my brother-in-law mentioned about a convoy of large semi trucks traveling westward at the time we are called to the safety of the mountains, my dream returned clearly to me and I then related the dream to them. Up to this time I had not told anyone about the dream.

I have believed for some time the many stories told by members and our church leaders who have warned us that the time would come that we as members of the church would be asked to live the United Order and be called by our church leaders to flee to the safety of the mountains in the west. I have believed this to be Utah and the surrounding inter mountains for protection against outlaw elements and a breakdown of our civil government prior to the second coming of our Savior Jesus Christ. The dream came as no real surprise to me, but I just decided to keep the dream to myself... until now.

My dream of a future event occurred in the summer of 1988 at my home. For three nights in a row, the dream continued and each night I would pick up where the dream left off the night before. At the time I was serving in the Bishopric of the Vidor Ward, Orange, Texas Stake. 

### My dream

I, along with several others, were called to attend a special meeting with the Stake President and the High Council of our stake. Upon arrival at the Stake Center, I noticed those called to attend included Bishops, their councilors, doctors in our stake and those like me who had prior military experience and/or police experience or both, as was my case.

I do not recall the names of the Stake President or the various Bishops, doctors or others that I care to name at this time, but the meeting was about the current breakdown of law and order and the coming troubles facing our nation. Things were bad for our nation at this time both inside and outside with war raging throughout the world, but war had yet to come to our shores.

The feeling I had in this dream was it was just a matter of time. The Stake President said that orders had come from Salt Lake City that it was now time for us in our stake to take in members from Louisiana who had been gathering in and around Lake Charles. He said we were to open our homes to the members and help them. As soon as we gathered all we could from Louisiana to safety in Vidor, we would travel as a group to a gathering place near Woodville, Texas and meet with the Beaumont, Texas Stake.

We were going to organize into units as in the old days; families of ten, then one hundred, then one thousand. The Bishops would be organizing the tens and hundreds, but the larger numbers would be by Stake Presidents. This order was not only for us in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana.

I understood that Houston, Texas was organizing and Saints from the eastern parts of the country was fleeing west in large groups, mainly for protection in numbers. My part in all this was to be part of the security force that was being organized. We were to organize units as a military security force to protect our movements.

The dream continued...

I saw a large tent city at my brother's ranch south of Evadale, Texas at Wiess Bluff. I saw a smaller one at my old home place where my sister lives and one at my other sister's land. I also saw other groups camping in and around North Vidor. I saw later that we were ordered to move from these camps to the Woodville, Texas area.

Much distrust came from outsiders. I remember clearly that Orange, Texas was rather hostile to the Mormons and we did not attempt to set up any camps there. Vidor was more tolerant, Evadale was somewhat hostile toward us, but our strength in numbers prevented them from attacking us.

I helped negotiate a peace treaty with the leaders of the people of Evadale to allow us to cross the Neches River Bridge without interference. I saw thousands of campfires surrounding Lake Tejas near Woodville, as this was one of our camps where we met up with the Beaumont, Texas Stake.

There was not yet a total breakdown of law and order so we received some help from law enforcement in our movements and campsites. Shortly thereafter, we moved as a group by trucks, cars, buses and some semi trucks northwest. Near Gatesville, Texas at the site of a military fort called North Fort Hood, we met some regular army people or National Guardsmen who were stationed there.

They asked us to accept several army tanks as they feared these tanks would eventually fall into the wrong hands or be taken by force by several outlaw gangs. They were about to abandon the fort and therefore wanted the tanks to go to Utah where there was still law and order and some official acting government of the United States who would be restoring order to the nation.

Several of the soldiers joined our group because they had nowhere else to go. The army provided us with large semi-tractor trailer vehicles to load and move the tanks. Many other vehicles were provided, including large gasoline tankers along with fuel, weapons and food. Before this time, we had to scrounge around for gas and supplies and sometimes negotiate with money for needed items.

It seemed the whole world was falling apart, especially Europe except for England. Wars were everywhere and the United States had committed troops everywhere, but since the federal government had declared national martial law, had federalized most of state and local law enforcement and suspended the courts, many people began resisting. Our armies overseas were being recalled to help restore order, but many upon return had just simply refused orders or deserted.

I recall now that my dream showed several large cities in a state of rebellion with mob rule and large gangs, private armies or volunteer armies all fighting for control with the federal government unable to do much to restore law and order. The cities I remember were Los Angeles, St. Louis, Washington D. C. and New York City. San Francisco, Seattle and Denver at the time of our travel were just about in the hands of the outlaw mobs.

All civil rules had vanished. Troops had withdrawn from the cities. There were other cities, but I don't remember if they were in total disarray at this time or if that happened after we all got to Utah. I do recall that things got so bad in Washington D.C. that the government along with the President had flee to safety.

By this time it was no big secret that the Mormons and their friends were fleeing to the Rocky Mountains for safety. From Fort Hood we headed northwest, but we were not to go by way of Denver, Colorado, as that city was already too dangerous for anyone to travel through. Those fleeing to Utah were advised to go around Colorado. We traveled slowly through New Mexico being careful to negotiate our way through the towns and cities.

I do not remember much about Albuquerque, but Gallup, New Mexico, Ship Rock, New Mexico, Southwestern Colorado and Southeastern Utah were trouble zones. Somewhere in one of the trouble zones we had a major battle against a large hostile force that attempted to ambush us. We off-loaded several tanks and easily defeated this force. Also in the trouble zone, armed groups stopped them to get food and also wanted their women. Our response was, "We'll give you bullets (shoot you), but not our women!"

Along the long route, many others joined us, mostly non-members. Traveling near us, but not directly with us were two other large groups of members, one from East Texas and the other either from Houston or Austin, Texas. We were in contact with them. Near Green River, Utah we met large church security units from within Utah who were there defending the way west into Utah and Price Canyon.

I was surprised to meet my son in the Price area where he commanded a company-sized unit, all well-armed. He had been very worried about us and especially his mother and sisters. He said we could come to his place and be with him and my wife's two sisters.

*(At this time of my dream, my son was still in high school and living at home. Later he served a full-time mission for the church in Italy, then spent four years at BYU. Later he married a girl from Utah and currently lives there.)*

We were then escorted through Price Canyon. Along the way I saw many defensive positions. At Soldier's Summit I saw a huge military camp with tanks, artillery, helicopters and anti-aircraft guns. Here we turned over our tanks and some of the single men and soldiers in our group for re- assignment. It seemed to me that nobody passed Green River without permission.

Once into Spanish Fork, Utah, most of the people were sent to camps already prepared. Some were out near Nephi, Delta and west of Utah Lake. I was to understand that many camps were located through Utah and many were already full of Saints from overseas. My family went directly to my son's home. Then I remember with much pain that one or more of my children had not yet arrived to the safety of the Rocky Mountains. My dear wife suffered much until they eventually arrived safely.

After most of the church had gathered into the safety of the Rockies, the rest of the world began to really fall apart (this is confirmed in the [Cardston Temple Vision](https://www.reliefmine.com/cardston-temple-vision-and-world-war/)). Many who had not traveled to the Rockies the first time attempted to come, but found the way blocked by outlaw gangs or of thugs who preyed heavily upon them. There were few who made it. The whole world including the United States was at war to the like the world had never seen. There was no true safety or law and order in America.

I remember later a large hostile army that came from California by way of Reno, Nevada to fight us, but after a year of hard fighting, they retreated back to California. At about this same time another larger army came from Denver, Colorado, but after a short time and with very heavy loses on their side, trying to force their way into Price Canyon, they retreated back to Denver. My dream finally ended with a general sense of peace and safety as the rest of the world continued to war.

### Questions & Answers

Since recording my dream and having several people read it, a few simple questions or concerns have been expressed. I believe this is a good place to answer them.

### When do you see this happening?

The year of the event is not known, but it was sometime in the near future. The gathering had already begun before our trip west. It had started prior to the world war and members began coming quietly from overseas to Utah. Many from the west coast were already in camps in Utah. The borders of America were open because it seemed to me the Border Patrol was less effective at this time and later was called upon to help with riot control in the major cities.

The gathering in Southwest Louisiana had been quietly going on for several months. The move from Lake Charles, Louisiana, took only a week. The collected Saints came not only from Louisiana, but some had already come from places such as Mississippi, Florida and Georgia. In Vidor, Texas, they remained about two months or less before the general move to the Woodville, Texas area.

We remained in that area for about a month or less. The trip from Woodville to Utah lasted about two or three weeks. Vehicles broke down on the way. Some that could not be quickly repaired were abandoned on the side of the roads. The Captains of ten and one hundreds were responsible to see that the families and or supplies were transferred to other vehicles in their group. A lot of baggage was left behind. Many had over packed and found themselves arriving in the mountains with just the clothes on their backs.

The attacks on Utah from California and Colorado came some time after our arrival, maybe a year or less. The war with California lasted more than a year, but the attack from Colorado lasted less than six months. Both attacks came at about the same time, but were not coordinated by our enemies.

### How many members go along with this?

I was never really sure on the numbers, but it seemed to me there were about two thousand from the Lake Charles area and less than a thousand from our stake. Sadly, less than half of our Ward would go. Many had too many other worries and said it wasn't bad enough yet and they'd come later... maybe. These are the ones who tried to come later and who suffered the cruelty inflected upon them by gangs and mob law. This was happening throughout the country with the gathering. As one looks now at numbers less than 40% of Wards today are considered active. Less than half that number hold temple recommends or pay their tithing and offerings. I fear only the faithful will answer the call to move west.

### How does government collapse?

I did not see a total breakdown of the government for the entire nation. We flew the current American flag, as did other groups outside the Church and who still believed in freedom and America, but they were disorganized and many misguided in their various causes. Many cities and states fell apart as rebellion and riots with mob rule, continued to grow. Simply put, I saw the cities and state police, now under federal control, could not stand up to so much crime and disorder. Even with the help of the Army and National Guard, many cites were lost to the mobs.

It seemed to me that when the government suspended rights and the courts, imposed martial law throughout the land, then forced food and gasoline rations and imposed other oppressive means, some unlawful, the people got fed up with it, and the riots and rebellion started.

Local taxes and the Federal income taxes were not paid (*as Bishop Koyle was shown*) and with the failure of banks, the stock market unable to operate, along with very high oil prices and limited food, it was a general breakdown of control.

Banks and stores were robed with local officials and judges murdered. Even with the military recalled home, many soldiers wouldn't fire upon fellow Americans. The Church warned the Saints to obey the law, but a few hot heads didn't listen. I saw even Salt Lake City faced with unrest. But I did see that by the time we arrived in Utah Valley, Salt Lake City and the rest of the State had effective law and order.

### What about the banking system?

At the time of our move to Utah, most banks had failed. The stock market was unable to operate in New York City. Money was still around, but a lot of people didn't trust it. We used money to bribe some of the people to allow us to pass safely through their towns. Since we were under the United Order, most of our cash money went to the Bishop to use as he saw fit. Still many gangs and mobs lusted for money and gain. They would kill even for money that was soon to be worthless.

### How does this fit with WWIII?

I'm not sure how the world war started, but it had to do with oil in the Middle East and Israel. European nations, facing no oil, got involved. About this same time Russia was on a course to regain their past glory and clashed with just about everyone. Meanwhile, war had begun between India and Pakistan. Iran had stirred up trouble in the Middle East and had something to do with starting the war with Israel, but I'm not sure how. All I remember is that war was everywhere in the world.

### Do the Elders get called home?

I did not recall any full time missionaries serving in the United States or anywhere else in the world at the time of our movement. I believe missionaries had already been to Israel, but had been recalled because of the war. This I'm not sure of. I think there was some missionary work still going on in Mexico and in South America. They were not from the United States, but were local Elders from the various countries. There was no missionary work going on in North America.

Then the question about Mexico, Central America and South America. What was happening there? I'm not sure, except there was no mad rush for them to go to Utah, but there was some, mainly from Northern Mexico, Arizona, Texas and California. I just didn't see what happened there. War came to them I know. I saw Spanish American people fighting for the Church in the California war, so apparently some came to Utah.

### What role do the American Indians play?

I saw that at first they were very suspicious of everyone and especially the federal government, but I did see that they came in mass to the aid of the Church because many were already members and they saw the Saints treat them fairly. This happened at the time of the attacks on Utah.

Today a lot of my dream makes more sense to me, but at the time it was confusing, though as I said before, I already accepted the general facts of what may be or more likely will happen unless this nation repents... which isn't likely to happen as we continue to sink deeper into the coming events spoken by our leaders about the very last days.

I have always hoped to have passed on before all this comes about, but I now see my lovely children and grandchildren who will have to face all of this... I think I'd rather be with them through all this and try to help and save them.

### Conclusion

Dreams are like warnings to us or a way to give information. The dream was about me and my family. I take it as such. I do not speak for the Church, but for myself and to some degree, my family. Sometimes we can change things or make it a little better.

I believe it's a warning to prepare, stock up the year's supply, stay temple worthy and teach your family the truth. We can't change a lot of things that will happen to this world, but we can make a difference upon ourselves and our families. We can be prepared. I say to all who read my dream to be prepared like the five wise virgins were when the bridegroom came. Hope to see you in the Rockies when the time comes. I'll be there... will you?

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### Fully Invested: Taking Stock in Utah County’s Dream Mine
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/taking-stock-in-utahs-dream-mine/
Last updated: 2024-04-03T19:07:27.000Z
[Sunstone Article](https://sunstone.org/fully-invested-taking-stock-in-utah-countys-dream-mine/?ref=reliefmine.com)  
*By Kevin Cantera*

## Introduction:

## The Community of Believers

On 14 May 2007, a crowd assembled in the convention hall at the Veterans Memorial Building in Spanish Fork, Utah, for the Relief Mine Company’s annual stockholders’ meeting. An almost festive air preceded the official meeting as about 100 investors gathered to hear the company’s annual financial report about the 113-year-old mining venture. Chatter and laughter filled the hall; conversations sprang up where they had left off at last year’s meeting. The majority of stockholders were older people from the surrounding area in southern Utah County, where the Relief Mine is located. A few came from farther away, some from Salt Lake City, about fifty miles to the north, others from neighboring Idaho. Nearly all were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many brought children and grandchildren, some of whom played tag between rows of chairs.

Since becoming available in 1909, Relief Mine stock has become something of a family heirloom, passed down from one generation to the next, and the meeting had a distinct family feel. One family had a table of books for sale, including an eschatological history of the Relief Mine. A husband and wife team moved about the crowd, striking up friendly conversation and handing out brochures describing various end-time prophecies and their imminent fulfillment. Sunburned, in well-worn jeans and dusty work boots, two old friends reclined in folding chairs and swapped prophecies about the last days.1

Despite the cheerful air preceding it, the official meeting was short and solemn. Company secretary Ray Koyle, a great-grandson of the man who founded the mine in 1894, conducted the day’s business. The process took only a few minutes because the Relief Mine Co.—known locally as the “Dream Mine”—does little business. In fact, the company has done no actual mining for more than four decades; it has few operating expenses and brings in only a scant income. According to Koyle’s review of the balance sheet and profit-and-loss statement, the total fixed assets of the Relief Mine Co. were just over $3.5 million for 2006\. Total net income for the year was about $41,000, coming largely from rents collected on property and revenue from a small gravel pit the business operates. After his quick accounting, Ray Koyle called for the assembly to pray and on adjournment asked those “gathered here to take note of their feelings about this project. Let’s focus on next year, and wait.”2

Waiting is something that Dream Mine stockholders have practiced repeatedly. In the nearly 100 years since the operation went public, shareholders have never received a dividend—the mine has never produced a significant profit. The “Dream Miners” have never unearthed a single ounce of valuable ore.3

Nevertheless, stockholders remain committed. At present, at least 706 people own stock in the Relief Mine Co., and investors seeking to purchase a stake in the mine happily place their names on a waiting list for the chance to pay $30 to $35 for a single share—shares with a real value, by the most generous accounting, of less than $10 each.4

Stockholders willing to talk about the mine typically discuss their unrealized investment with a sense of awe and reverence, often expressing the strong tie they feel to their stake in the company. L. DeLynn “Doc” Hansen, a Utah County native, bought his first piece of the Relief Mine—100 shares—in 1980 for $3 a share. “I was new in practice, and we were poor,” Hansen, a chiropractor, remembers. “I just pulled out the three hundred dollars and said, ‘Here you go.’ My wife didn’t even question it—our last three hundred dollars to our name, and she didn’t even question it.”5

Why, despite the lack of any measurable success, does Relief Mine stock remain an object of desire? Beyond any material value, what does the mine reveal about Mormon belief? How has its meaning changed over time? For Dream Mine believers, the mine’s true pot of gold exists not in a material world, but in a world yet to come.

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## Excavating Belief:  
Faith, Function, and the Dream Mine

On a warm September day in 1894, John Hyrum Koyle drove a pick into the rocky soil of a cone-shaped mountain overlooking a wide swath of farmland along the southeastern shore of Utah Lake. He knew exactly where to dig. A Mormon bishop, Koyle claimed that he had received a nighttime visitation from the Angel Moroni, the same heavenly messenger who had visited Joseph Smith decades earlier in New York state, leading the boy to unearth a set of ancient gold plates that later became the Book of Mormon. Koyle said that Moroni had actually raised him into the air and brought him inside a mountain, through more than 1,000 feet of solid rock, until they came to a formation of thick, white quartz bearing an unmistakable vein of gold so accessible that it looked “like a fish ready for the frying pan.”6 A week after the vision, Koyle and a small band of Utah County Mormons began digging into the mountain in earnest, dubbing their excavation the “Dream Mine.”

Koyle left no written account of his life and claimed that he had been divinely instructed “never to make a written statement” about the mine. So the most important sources for studying the history of the Dream Mine come from two of Koyle’s most ardent followers, Norman Pierce and Ogden Kraut. In his self-published chronicle of the Dream Mine, Kraut voiced the belief of many stockholders when he declared, “John H. Koyle was a man of simple faith and education, but he had a gift from God . . . His prophecies were not given for entertainment or curiosity; they were meant to convey a message of warning.”7

As chroniclers, Pierce and Kraut reconstructed the history of the mine and its founder to echo important narratives from their Mormon faith. They crafted Koyle’s history to mirror that of Mormon founder Joseph Smith. Pierce began compiling notes in 1934 for what would become *The Dream Mine Story,* a narrative he constructed from stories “repeated again and again by leading stockholders with some variations.” Pierce freely admitted that “it was not always easy to pin down the true and correct version every time,” but nonetheless he fashioned a story designed to mirror the founding miracles of Mormonism and thereby engender belief in Koyle’s mine.8 Kraut knew the mine’s founder only briefly and based his re-telling of the story on Pierce’s book and tales related by fellow believers.

John Hyrum Koyle was the son of two Mormon pioneers: John Hyrum Koyle, Sr., and Adlinda Hillman. Born in Nauvoo, the two made the trek westward to Utah as children, growing up in the Mormon colony of Spanish Fork. John, the couple’s second child, was born on 14 August 1864\. Within four years of that birth, LDS Church President Brigham Young called Koyle’s family to go to the so-called “Muddy Mission,” nearly 400 miles away in southern Utah, where church authorities hoped to establish a cotton colony. Life on the Muddy River was hard, and no doubt the early years of Koyle’s life saw many hardships as agricultural failures and near-starvation plagued the venture. LDS authorities in Salt Lake City eventually abandoned their plan for the Muddy Mission and allowed the colonists to return home. The Koyle family moved back to Spanish Fork in 1871 with little to show for their efforts.9

John Koyle developed a reputation as a pious boy who often reminded his elders of their duties to the Mormon faith. By age fourteen, he had abandoned formal education and was making his living as a muleskinner, traveling throughout southern Utah County by mule and cart, selling various goods to farmers. In 1884, the year he turned twenty, Koyle married Emily Arvilla Holt. The newlyweds moved onto a farm in the lush river bottoms south of Spanish Fork, in a tiny settlement then known as Riverside and later called Leland.10

Though raised in a devout LDS household and despite his reported faithfulness, Koyle could not testify to a “burning in the bosom” about the truth of the Book of Mormon and LDS theology.11 In accordance with Mormon belief, and in search of a deeper faith, the young man began to pray earnestly. He withdrew to a small grove of willow trees near the Spanish Fork River, dropped to his knees, and beseeched the Lord for the worthiness to receive, through the Holy Ghost, an unwavering testimony of faith. But when he ended his prayer, he “noticed nothing different than when he had begun to pray. No answer seemed eminent \[sic\], nor was any further testimony obtained.”12

But later God did answer him. That night in a dream Pierce writes about, Koyle saw a red heifer13 that he had lost about three weeks earlier. In the dream, Koyle saw the heifer clearly, standing in a place he recognized, a far-off field below the Union Pacific railroad tracks. The cow faced east, its right horn broken so that the point stuck into the creature’s eye.14

Koyle heard a voice ask him: “If you find your cow at this place tomorrow, will you believe that the Restored Gospel is true?”

“And unhesitatingly, John heard himself say ‘Yes, sir!’”15

The next morning, Koyle rode out to the field below the railroad tracks, and as he had seen in his dream, there stood his red heifer, with its broken horn, looking at him, contentedly munching its cud.

Koyle could now claim his testimony. He was now convinced not only that the LDS gospel was true but also that God worked through his dreams. Ogden Kraut concludes: “From such a simple but marvelous beginning John H. Koyle received a special spiritual gift . . . He also made a covenant with the Lord that if He would give him \[such\] dreams and visions, he would serve the Lord all the days of his life.”16

Koyle’s followers frequently measured their prophet against the founder of Mormonism. Norman Pierce unhesitatingly compared Koyle with Joseph Smith, and believed that both had been called to “establish the Church for the Millennium.” Ogden Kraut described Koyle as a “man who knew and talked with Joseph Smith, the Prophet.”17 Such ideas persist today among believers such as Fred Naisbitt, a stockholder from Ogden, Utah, some eighty miles north of the Dream Mine site, who declares fervently: “Koyle is second only to Joseph Smith in the number and accuracy of his prophecies.”18 

## Buried Treasure:  
Moroni and the Founding of the Dream Mine

A few years after the dream that confirmed his Mormon faith, Koyle served an LDS mission to the American South. We know very little about Koyle’s success as a missionary. He kept no diary, and the available sources make no mention of the converts he won. But a handful of mission-field legends help establish Koyle’s reputation as a visionary, including a story in which Koyle saved the life of J. Golden Kimball, a future General Authority.19 For Dream Mine believers, the story offers further evidence that Koyle was among God’s anointed and a vessel of divine purpose.20

In 1894, his mission service complete, Koyle returned to Utah. That same year, he reported his first revelation about the mine. On the night of 27 August 1894, he received a visitation from an “exalted personage from another world, who was attired in white and radiated intelligence,”21 and who Koyle claimed was the Angel Moroni.

Moroni rousted Koyle from his bed and led him into the chilly night and across a few miles of farmland to a mountain east of his home. With an “an eerie sort of corporeal disintegration,”22 they passed directly into the mountain, where Moroni showed Koyle a rich vein of gold within the mountain, which “would be the means of bringing much needed relief to the Lord’s people.”23 The angel led him another 175 feet down into a cluster of nine enormous caverns hollowed into the heart of the mountain. Supported by massive pillars, the caverns contained uncounted piles of gold coins minted and buried by a group of Nephites. Dream Miners believe that the Nephites buried a number of other precious items within the mountain caverns, including the Sword of Laban, the Urim and Thummim, and the gold plates themselves. Because a large portion of the ancient record remained “sealed” by God and was never translated, Dream Miners believe that when they finally cut through the quartz and reach the treasure-filled cavern, they will be able to reveal the full dimension of the LDS Gospel.24

The Angel Moroni told Koyle that God had chosen him to open the mine under the mountain, but he also warned Koyle that the gold would not “come in” and the Nephite treasure would remain buried until just before the second coming of Jesus Christ, when wars, natural disasters, and the collapse of the American economy would create widespread suffering. Dream Mine gold would not only provide relief but also finance the gathering of Israel. One week following Moroni’s visit, Koyle and a small group of believing neighbors began digging. 

## Sharing the Dream:  
Koyle Goes Public

For a few years after Moroni’s visit, Koyle’s project remained little more than a hole in the slope of the cone-shaped mountain. With a crew of volunteers, mostly neighbors who believed in his prophetic abilities, the excavation progressed slowly. Still, as word spread that the visionary Bishop Koyle had begun his treasure quest, people joined the movement, volunteering their time and labor to be part of a project of holy possibilities.

When Koyle incorporated the Koyle Mining Company in March 1909, a decade after digging began, shares sold swiftly. The original stock issue totaled 114,000 shares, of which all but 42,000 went to Koyle and five other company officers. According to Norman Pierce, most stockholders “represented the credulous but thrifty poor among the Mormons \[who\] desired to help others and be an instrument of great good among his fellowmen during a time of great distress.”25

The mine eventually drew the attention of LDS Church authorities, who worried that the faithful were being fleeced. In 1913, Apostle and trained geologist James E. Talmage examined a sample from the Dream Mine and declared the ore worthless. The First Presidency issued a statement in the *Deseret News* titled “A Warning Voice” that, while mentioning neither Koyle nor the Dream Mine, advised all Latter-day Saints against investing “in ventures of any kind on the specious claim of divine revelation or vision or dream . . . \[and\] against mining schemes which have no warrant for success beyond the professed spiritual manifestations of their projectors, and the influence gained over the excited minds of their victims.”26 Five days after publication of the “Warning,” Koyle was released as bishop of the Utah County congregation he had served for more than five years. Ironically, Lars Olsen, who succeeded him as bishop, was Koyle’s dedicated follower and a laborer at the mine. In 2007, Olsen’s descendants still owned stock in the Dream Mine.27

To the mine’s faithful, the Mormon Church’s opposition reflected both its fear and envy of Koyle’s power. They felt the authorities could sanction no revelation at the grassroots that had the potential to challenge their power or spark heresy. “Bishop Koyle’s prophecies and his dreams began to stir up new commotion and excitement, while faith in the spiritual powers of the Church president began to wane. This kind of embarrassment usually causes jealousy and anger,” wrote Ogden Kraut.28 Though Church leadership appeared united in public, there was some division in their ranks. J. Golden Kimball was a stockholder, an LDS General Authority, and a member of the First Council of the Seventy. Carter E. Grant, nephew of Church President Heber J. Grant, also owned stock in Koyle’s enterprise.29

During this same period, motivated by the promise of acceptance into America’s religious mainstream, the LDS Church abandoned polygamy and began deemphasizing Joseph Smith’s mystical world of miracles, magic, buried gold, holy messengers, demonic apparitions, visions, and dreams. As the Church made this pragmatic shift, Dream Miners felt marginalized, denied a role in the divine drama. However, as Kraut put it, “This opposition only proved to give new strength to the Bishop. It was clear that the Lord was sustaining him and his mission at the mine.”30

Church opposition and the threat of excommunication led Koyle to cease mining between 1914 and 1920\. However, due to a vision Koyle claimed to have received from two of the Three Nephites, his followers and investors remained dedicated to the cause. The Nephites offered Koyle startling visions of an economic catastrophe awaiting the nation: a deflated dollar, rampant unemployment, and hunger—all harbingers of The End.31

During the shutdown, Koyle’s believers preached his prophecies of the end times, and when the mine reopened in September 1920, work recommenced immediately. Workers pressed forward on the main shaft “as fast as miners with hand drills and powder could drive a tunnel into solid mountain rock.”32As the excavation encountered the geologic formations that Koyle had reportedly predicted, his prophetic reputation grew. Hundreds of people visited the mine to see firsthand the confirmation of prophecy, and many stayed to work in the mine, content to receive their pay in stock. Soon the main shaft descended 2,200 feet.

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## A Change in Focus:  
The Dream Mine and Economic Crisis

Koyle awoke one morning in June 1929 and predicted that in precisely four months, “Wall Street will crash . . . Thousands of people on every side will be going busted.”33 When the market plunged in October, the story quickly spread that Koyle had foretold the catastrophe. Again people gathered at the Koyle farmstead not far from the mine to hear his predictions of the coming peril. He regularly updated his prophecies with new details from revelations he received while asleep.

In 1932, invigorated by the prophecies, Koyle’s followers supplied money and labor to build a state-of-the-art mill, sometimes called the “White Sentinel,” near the mouth of the Dream Mine tunnel to process Koyle’s predicted outpouring of gold. “The money came in almost miraculously,”34 remembered Pierce, who was at the Dream Mine when laborers began building the mill. With all indications seeming to point to the immediate fulfillment of Koyle’s prophecies, stockholders “scraped the bottom of their Depression-worn pockets to raise the money needed to buy the equipment” that would refine the ore that would finance the gathering of Israel.35 This time marked the zenith of the Dream Mine.

However, the giant mill never fulfilled the promise. Since becoming operational in 1936, it has processed only one load of ore, netting the company $103.03\. One year later, the mill shut down, and as of this printing, it stands on the mountain empty and quiet. But true believers are unshaken. In the words of Ogden Kraut: “When the Lord releases these riches, then the White Sentinel will become like an ensign to the nations for a place of relief.”36

Koyle, who turned 80 in 1944, kept followers’ faith alive with a long list of prophecies. “Hardly a year passed without several new \[dreams\] being related, many of which saw rapid fulfillment,”37 remembered Norman Pierce, who spent more and more time with Koyle as he grew older. Some of Koyle’s prophecies failed, such as his prediction that Russian soldiers would soon overrun America. But believers drew sustenance from other revelations, such as Koyle’s forecast of Japanese surrender in 1945.

In 1947, Koyle was brought before a Mormon ecclesiastical court, where he was given a choice: issue a statement denying his revelations of the Dream Mine, or face excommunication. On 8 January of the same year, the Church-owned *Deseret News* reported Koyle’s decision under the headline: “John H. Koyle Repudiates All Claims Regarding the Dream Mine.” The news report reproduced a notarized statement bearing Koyle’s signature in which the former bishop sustained the LDS president and “appeal\[ed\] to all my followers to join with me in this repudiation of claims to divine guidance in connection with this mine.” But within days, Koyle had repudiated the statement. He claimed that he had been forced to sign the declaration and swore that all his prophecies were true.

Koyle was finally excommunicated on 15 April 1948\. He died just over a year later, at age 84\. Ogden Kraut eulogized the man he considered a prophet: “Christ never saw the triumph of His Church while He lived; the Prophet Joseph Smith never saw the redemption of Zion while he was alive; and Bishop Koyle never realized the materialization of the ore deposited in that mountain. But in the Last Days, they all shall see the fulfillment of their vision.”39 If LDS authorities believed that Koyle’s death would end the mine dream, they were disappointed. Even though no mining has occurred in decades, the dream endures. 

## Vindication Deferred:

## Modern Belief in the Dream Mine

As Koyle’s contemporaries died, they passed their stock to a new generation of believers who could remember the Bishop only in his later years, if at all. Today’s stockholders know of the Dream Mine secondhand through the yellowed stock certificates they inherited and the stories swapped among the old-timers of Utah County. Recently, the Internet has tightened the community of believers by fostering more frequent communication and interaction. Just as it always has, the Dream Mine attracts believers as an investment in the magical origins of their Mormon faith—and in a destiny that awaits ultimate fulfillment. In the six decades since Koyle’s death, his followers have continued to read the signs around them, convinced that prophecy is about to be fulfilled.

Though the LDS Church deemphasized eschatology during the years after Koyle’s death, Dream Mine believers found encouragement in the religious great awakening that followed World War II when Christians, both fundamentalist and evangelical, saw signs that God had reentered history. The recreation of the state of Israel in 1948, exactly one month after Koyle’s excommunication, suggested that the eschatological clock had begun to tick again. “When are the times of the gentiles \[non-Mormons\] to be over?” asks one Dream Mine believer in the online group devoted to Koyle and the mine. “The scriptures tell us that we can recognize it by the sign that the Jews will begin to gather in Israel. Is it just coincidence that 1948 brought about Koyle’s ex\[communication\] at the same time that the Jews began to gather?”40

At the center of the network of true believers is Doc Hansen, currently the Dream Mine’s chief promoter. In his mid-fifties, Hansen is a devout member of the LDS Church who was raised in Utah County. As a boy, Hansen says, he was “fascinated” by the Dream Mine although he knew very little about it. “I saw the zig zag \[of the road\] going up the hill, and the big, white mill, and it always attracted me,” he remembers. As a high school senior, Hansen finally decided to investigate. He found Norman Pierce’s book in the public library and was convinced of the “truthfulness” of the narrative and Koyle’s calling as a prophet. Although it would still be many years before he bought his first shares in the mine, Hansen was converted. “If you’re meant to be connected with the project, the Spirit just grabs you and yanks you into the project,” he says.41 Hansen has a bookshelf in his Utah County office holding dozens of titles by evangelical writers about the Last Days.

In the twenty-first century, devout Dream Miners connect in cyberspace, exchanging prophecies and opinions via a Yahoo group titled “The Dream Mine: We Are Keeping the Dream Alive.” Hansen founded the e-group on 10 September 2001\. In its first seven years, the group attracted close to 1,000 members and received more than 12,900 different posts. “I had about twenty people join right away, and it kept growing faster,” Hansen remembers. “I have people e-mail me privately to say, ‘I was led to this.’ People have dreams that lead them to this group.”42

Although posters to the group are often anonymous, their messages offer insight into the perspectives of current Dream Mine movement members. Many posts scrutinize Koyle’s prophecies in the light of current world events—wars, famines, earthquakes, and other disasters. Eager for the end of time, a 2007 poster to the group declared in reference to Koyle’s prophecy of a conflict between Russia and Turkey: “Keep an eye on Turkey. Some interesting things are going on over there now . . . Climate Changes, Volcanoes, Current Events . . . Preparedness is a lot like Insurance; you have to have it before it is needed.”43 Koyle had predicted that war will rage on the coastline of America, and an army of 100,000 Russians will invade North America through Canada. In the Middle East, America’s armies will falter. A worldwide famine will send prices skyrocketing for basic staples like rice and wheat.44

Postings on the Dream Mine e-group tempt believers with the recurring certainty that the end is at hand. “The mine will open up in the fall season,” wrote one poster confidently in October 2001\. “Will it be this fall after an economic collapse? Who knows? It has been a long hot summer. 

 Who has a farmer’s almanac? What is this winter supposed to be like?”45 That post was challenged by another core believer, who wrote simply: “The mine can’t open yet. Not for 2–4 years. The parameters don’t fit yet.”46

The Dream Mine prophecies, though paralleling the eschatological scenario of evangelical Christians, bear Koyle’s and Mormonism’s distinct imprint. Dream Mine believers predict that before the mine re-opens, the American dollar will become “worthless,” and the federal government will collapse. The LDS Church will be “set in order,” an enigmatic phrase about which believers regularly deliberate. An especially difficult winter will afflict Utah County the year the mine comes in, followed by spring flooding and a dry, scorching summer. With the area’s weather remarkably consistent with this pattern, Dream Miners are always ready to predict that the mine is about to come in. As one poster asked in an April 2008 message to the group: 

Is this the year? We are very close to the mine becoming active, and I think that Utah will be where the New Economy begins, and that the Dream Mine will help to bring back America from the brink of absolute economic devastation . . . Thank God I live in Utah, and near the mine.47 

## Conclusion:  
The Persistence of Belief

Today, housing subdivisions sprout like wild mushrooms beneath the Dream Mine, in tracts of land which were farms in John Koyle’s day. Newcomers look up at the cone-shaped mountain to the east and wonder about the odd-looking derelict building that sprawls in a cleft of the rocky mountainside. But for Dream Miners, the building is a beacon of hope. They recall that in the days just before John Koyle died, the old bishop made one final hike up Dream Mountain. On the site of the mine, squinting out over the fields where he had spent most of his life, he experienced a last vision.

He saw a “small rift in the dark clouds revealing a little spot of blue.” The spot expanded, the skies opened, and “the mine and its surroundings were restored to the brilliant sunshine of a fine glorious day with all oppressiveness having vanished away.”48 True believers are certain that this final vision was God’s promise to Koyle that his life had not been in vain, an assurance extended to their own lives. They remain, as Koyle’s faithful follower Norman Pierce declared, “prepared, mentally and spiritually, to be steadfast in watching and waiting for a glorious vindication that they know will come.”49 

NOTES

1\. The 14 May 2007 meeting was open to the public and attended by the author, who took notes and conducted several spontaneous, casual conversations and interviews with attendees. The stock first sold in 1909 under the name Koyle Mining Co.; the company reorganized in 1961 as Relief Mine Co., allowing existing shareholders to transfer their stock.

2\. Relief Mine Co. annual stockholder meeting, 14 May 2007, Spanish Fork, Utah.

3\. Officers in the company as well as a number of stockholders would dispute this point. At various times in its history, the company has published assays showing moderately valuable deposits of gold and platinum ore. However, several independent analyses of samples from the mines have uniformly contradicted those tests, showing negligible amounts of valuable minerals. To examine the assay tests done of Dream Mine samples, see James P. Christianson, “An Historical Study of the Koyle Relief Mine” (M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1962), 124–127.

4\. Because the stock that has not been registered with the company is typically not counted in the official tally, it’s difficult to determine the exact number of stockholders who have bought and sold shares since the company went public in 1909\. The above number of stockholders in 2007 comes from figures that Ray Koyle, company secretary, cited at the May 2007 stockholder meeting. The actual number of people who possess shares is thought to be considerably higher, perhaps closer to 2,000\. According to company records, 463,000 “active” Relief Mine shares are outstanding. With a net worth of $3.5 million, the one-to-one “real” value of each share is $7.56\. In fact, according to numerous sources, including Christianson, “Historical Study of the Relief Mine,” ix, the total number of shares in circulation is likely closer to 700,000.

5\. L. DeLynn “Doc” Hansen, interview by author, 26 October 2007, Orem, Utah, tape recording.

6\. Norman C. Pierce, *The Dream Mine Story* (Salt Lake City: Privately printed, 1972), 12\. This is Pierce re-telling the story “as \[Koyle\] told it to hundreds of us so many times,” 8\. Though referred to as “dreams,” Koyle’s nighttime visitations and experiences are taken as literal events by believers. Over the years, a joke developed among some of Koyle’s detractors, who said that on nights Koyle’s wife served liver and onions, he would have a new “dream” or revelation; see Christianson, “Historical Study of the Relief Mine,” 31.

7\. Ogden Kraut, *John H. Koyle’s Relief Mine* (Dugway, Utah: Kraut’s Pioneer Press, 1978), 186.

8\. Pierce, *Dream Mine Story*, i–ii.

9\. Pearson Starr Corbett, “A History of the Muddy Mission,” (M.A. Thesis, Brigham Young University, 1968). See also W. Paul Reeve, *Making Space on the Western Frontier: Mormons, Miners and Southern Paiutes* (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006), 86–90, and Henry B. Eyring, “Remembrance and Gratitude,” *Ensign* (Nov 1989): 11\. See also Jack Worlton, “The Muddy: A Mission Too Far?” 2001 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium Session, SL01314.

10\. Information about Koyle’s youth comes from a Christianson interview with Ellen Rose Fillmore, younger sister of John Koyle, conducted in 1957, as well as his personal correspondence with Eveline K. Stout, of Burley, Idaho, Koyle’s daughter. See Christianson “Historical Study of the Relief Mine,” 16–18.

11\. A testimony of the truth of the Mormon gospel, through the Holy Ghost, is an experience often called a “burning in the bosom.” This phrase is from a passage in Doctrine and Covenants (D&C), a book of Joseph Smith’s collected revelations and part of the Mormon canon: “Study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore you shall feel that it is right.” D&C 9:8\. See also Luke 24:32; and Bruce R. McConkie, *Mormon Doctrine*, 2d Ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1966), 785.

12\. Kraut, *Relief Mine*, 27\. This story also appears in Pierce, *Dream Mine Story*, 5, and Christianson, “Historical Study of the Relief Mine,” 47, who cites the personal memoir of C.F. Weight, a laborer at the mine.

13\. The “red heifer” carries Biblical significance as part of a Judaic purification ritual in which a special cow is sacrificed and reduced to ashes, then used to cleanse anyone who has had contact with a corpse; Numbers 19: 1–13\. Certain modern millennialists believe that the discovery of a red heifer will precede the building of the third temple in Jerusalem; see, for example, Rivka Gonen, *Contested Holiness: Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Perspectives on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem* (Jersey City, N.J.: KATV Publishing House, 2003), 160\. However, neither the Dream Mine chronicles nor the oral traditions mention any Biblical connection.

14\. Some believers say that Koyle had shown glimpses of his “dreaming” ability as a child: see Pierce, *Dream Mine Story*, 3, but most seem to agree that the “red heifer dream” is the first example of Koyle’s gift of prophecy.

15\. Pierce, *Dream Mine Story*, 2; despite his use of quotation marks, this is a re-creation Pierce first recorded in the 1930s, later included in his self-published history.

16\. Kraut, *Relief Mine*, 28\. Stockholder Mary H. Frandsen, also recounted the story of the “Red Heifer Dream” in Mary H. Frandsen, interview by Janet W. Hales, Winter 1974, Springville, Utah, interview No. BYU-110, transcript, Fife Folklore Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Utah State University Libraries, Logan, Utah.

17\. Pierce, *Dream Mine Story*, 69, and Kraut, Relief Mine, 178–179.

18\. Fred Naisbitt, letter to author, 7 June 2007.

19\. Kraut, *Relief Mine*, 33\. The story about Koyle’s saving the life of the beloved J. Golden Kimball does not appear in any of the common sources on Kimball. For a version of the story, see also Graham, “The Dream Mine,” 234.

20\. In addition to Pierce and Kraut, this view is expressed in various internet newsgroup postings at “The-Dream-Mine: We Are Keeping the Dream Alive,” *http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The-Dream-Mine*. See, for instance, message 12484.

21\. Pierce, *Dream Mine Story*, 6.

22\. Zeese Papanikolas,*Trickster in the Land of Dreams* (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995): 63.

23\. Kraut, *Relief Mine*, 36.

24\. Christianson cites a personal interview with Dr. Allen Brooksby in 1960, in which Brooksby, a mine assayer, offered his “firm belief” that one of the nine caverns beneath the Dream Mine contained the original gold plates, “Historical Study of the Relief Mine,” 16.

25\. Pierce, *Dream Mine Story*, 14–15.

26\. “A Warning Voice,” *Deseret News,* 2 August 1913\. The original printing of this First Presidency message was signed by LDS President Joseph F. Smith. It was reprinted as: “A Renewed Warning to Members of the Church,” *Deseret News,* 29 December 1945, signed by President David O. McKay. For a thorough examination of the Church’s opposition to the mine between 1913 and Koyle’s death in 1949, see Christianson, “Historical Study of the Relief Mine,” 21–30.

27\. See Kraut, *Relief Mine*, 60; Christianson, “Historical Study of the Relief Mine,” 35; also, a personal interview by the author with a descendant of Lars Olsen who asked to remain anonymous, 17 December 2007.

28\. Kraut, *Relief Mine*, 59\. Both Kraut and Pierce discuss the specific visions, as do various personal interviews in Graham, “The Dream Mine.” The vision given the most weight is one in which Koyle predicted that a proposed LDS Temple in Mexico would never open, contrary to a public statement by President Joseph F. Smith. Koyle claimed he had been right when the Saints fled Mexico in 1912, and he pointed to this fulfilled prophecy as a source of “jealousy” on the part of the First Presidency. See Fife, *Saints of Sage and Saddle*, 282, and Christianson, “Historical Study of the Relief Mine.”

29\. Thomas G. Alexander, *Mormonism in Transition: A History of the Latter-day Saints, 1890–1930* (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986), 296, describes the General Authorities’ investments in the Dream Mine.

30\. Kraut, *Relief Mine*, 77.

31\. Christianson, “Historical Study of the Relief Mine,” 42.

32\. Pierce, *Dream Mine Story*, 33.

33\. Christianson, “Historical Study of the Relief Mine,” 11, quoting the recollection of Carter Grant, from an interview in 1959.

34\. Pierce, *Dream Mine Story*, 70.

35\. Ibid., 66.

36\. Kraut, *Relief Mine*, 141\. Later, some stockholders alleged that an engineer eager to sell his equipment to the mine had “spiked” the sample to show artificially elevated levels of selenium in the ore: see Pierce, *Dream Mine Story*, 73, and Christianson, “Historical Study of the Relief Mine,” 35.

37\. Pierce, *Dream Mine Story*, 88.

38\. “John H. Koyle Repudiates All Claims Regarding Dream Mine,” *Deseret News,* 8 January 1948, 1\. Pierce calls this episode the “most difficult test of \[Koyle’s\] lifetime, for he had often sincerely said that he valued his membership in the Church more than all the gold in the world.” *Dream Mine Story*, 93.

39\. Kraut, *Relief Mine*, 179.

40\. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The-Dream-Mine/message/7686

41\. L. DeLynn “Doc” Hansen, interview by author, 26 October 2007, Orem, Utah.

42\. Ibid.

43\. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The-Dream-Mine/message/11841

44\. Kraut, *Relief Mine*, 190–191.

45\. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The-Dream-Mine/message/283

46\. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The-Dream-Mine/message/294

47\. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The-Dream-Mine/message/12778

48\. Pierce, *Dream Mine Story*, 52.

49\. Ibid., 102.
### Thus saith the Lord!
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/thus-saith-the-lord/
Last updated: 2025-04-20T14:42:39.000Z
The following excerpts are from the revelations found in the Second Book of Commandments. These revelations are the continuation of the [Doctrine & Covenants](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com), and have been received by the School of the Prophets for the past 50 years. More about the School, which was established by Joseph Smith to be a separate organization from the Church, can be found in [section 88](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com). A copy of the first 100 revelations can be downloaded at [2BC.info](http://www.2bc.info/?ref=reliefmine.com).

Below you can read what the Lord has said about Bishop Koyle, and the Relief Mine in Salem, Utah.

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### Section 41

Revelation received June 2, 1979  
...  
54 And ye have asked Me where ye shall gather, and behold I say unto you, that I have chosen for a place of refuge even Salem Utah, yea even that city which My servant John Koyle saw even shall be built up; and all the land around about is sacred unto Me.  
...  
87 And all those that come unto Me and receive My word, ye shall recommend that they purchase shares in the mine, yea, even a minimum of 100 shares, for this is also My work; and the prophesies made concerning this mine shall all be fulfilled, for they are of Me saith the LORD.  
88 And all who fight against this work shall be brought to naught.  
89 And ye shall make haste in this also for the time will come when shares will no longer be available, and those who seek to purchase them will find them not.

### Section 48

Revelation received October 13, 1979  
...  
46 And again My son, ye have asked Me concerning the Dream Mine which is located near Spanish Fork, Utah. And I say unto you at this time, show this revelation unto none other save that which I shall reveal unto you; for some of those who will step forward at this time will develop unbelief, and inasmuch as they repent not, shall be among the wicked.  
47 Behold I say unto you, that the time is now short, even at the doors, for this Mine to be vindicated.

### Section 59

Revelation received May 30, 1980  
...  
44 For I likened it unto the "Dream Mine", for it produced little or nothing in all the days of My servant John Koyle and hath yet produced nothing.  
45 Yet My servant did as I commanded him, having faith unto the end in spite of all the persecution and ridicule he sustained on My behalf.  
46 For in all, if all your efforts bringeth nothing yet I shall say, well done thou good and faithful servants.  
47 Nevertheless, there shall be much gold and silver that shall come forth because of your efforts.

### Section 70

Revelation received July 1981  
...  
19 For I did call My servant Joseph Smith, and through him I planted the seed of truth, and few were faithful in his generation.  
20 And again I did call My servant John Koyle and the truth through him did cause some to repent, yet few did survive.  
21 But I say unto you, I will plant again, yea even a small garden by the hand of My Servant whom I have chosen, but that which I now plant will I carefully weed and protect.  
22 For I will surely separate them by a great sifting and setting in order, and it shall survive until I come to take it to Myself.

### Section 71

Revelation received September 22, 1981  
...  
13 Behold, I have much more to say unto this people by way of instruction and doctrine, until they have all truth and stand before Me naked, or in other words, without excuse.  
14 For now is the time for some of the prophecies made through the instrumentality of My servant John Koyle to come to pass.  
15 For it is My will that the stockholders in this Mine known as the "Relief Mine", shall gather together and commence to instigate a financial institution based upon true principles, and not upon the precepts of men.  
16 For until all things are one, such an institution is necessary to unite My people and prepare them to live the United Order after My holy Order, and unite themselves into one.  
17 For those who are not one are not Mine.  
18 And it is My will that man shall not charge for the use of his surplus monies, for such is usury and an abomination unto Me.  
19 And all who will not come under this Order are in danger of being left in Babylon and of the burnings.  
20 Behold, ye have asked Me how the bank will survive the coming calamities.  
21 Behold I say unto you, it will survive only if you do what I say concerning the matter, and that only after a severe testing of your faith which will separate the wheat from the chaff, shall it be saved on this wise.  
22 Each one who has placed their surplus monies and properties in these institutions and have entered into and taken unto them the covenants of My most Holy Order, behold, their money and values will be redeemable in gold as follows.  
23 One ounce of gold for every $100.00 or value thereof that has been placed into the common fund, and for every Relief Mine share 10 ounces of gold.  
24 This shall be done only as fast as the gold can be mined and minted.  
25 Those who have entered into the covenants first shall be the first to be redeemed and those who have entered at a later date being the second to be redeemed, all in order according to their date of entry into the Order-- that all may be in accordance with My law which is just and equitable.  
26 And no man shall consider their wealth their own, but shall make their surplus properties available to others entering the Order according to their worthiness and faithfulness and honesty.  
27 For no dishonest man shall be allowed to borrow monies from the common fund, for such will but squander and waste these monies and be lost and bring Zion into jeopardy; and none shall profit thereby.  
28 Howbeit, they can use what they must for their own needs and for their family or families.  
29 Nevertheless, if they begin to covet their surplus monies and use it for the lifting up of their pride and self-indulgence they shall be expelled from the Order, for they have lost the Spirit and have become greedy and covetous.  
30 And they shall be given that with which they entered, their properties and monies in common currency, but not the gold, for they entered the Order without the gold, therefore they shall leave without it, for it can be used only for the upbuilding of My Kingdom.  
31 Yet I will reveal more concerning this matter, but ye have sufficient for the moment.

### Section 72

Revelation received November 14, 1981  
  
Thus saith the LORD unto His prophet. Behold, if they heed not My will through thee, I will release them and give their charge to others who will heed My voice.  
2 For I say unto you, if I can release the heads of the Church, which I will surely do in Mine own due time, so also can I release the Board of Directors of the Relief Mine.  
3 For will I not set My house in order beginning at the head?  
4 For I will not release the riches of the earth to a people who are not organized according to My will.  
5 For if I release these riches now, they will be but laid waste and destroyed.  
6 For when I have a people prepared and living all My laws, then can I pour out My blessings upon them and not until.  
7 For I say unto you, are men wiser than God?  
8 Yet when they have a project to accomplish do they not gather together good men whom they can trust and organize them each one in his order and with his responsibilities so that the project be accomplished according to their wishes?  
9 Behold, ye must gather together as I have commanded and set up the United Order among you.  
10 And if ye heed not My will, I will find another people who will, for I will not cause My will to be mocked.  
11 For if ye are ashamed of My servants, ye are ashamed of Me, and behold I will be ashamed of thee at the day of visitation. Even so, Amen.

### Section 89

Revelation received January 25, 1983  
  
Behold My son, I am Alpha and Omega, even the Beginning and the End, even the voice of Jehovah, for I speak unto thee with a still small voice and say unto you, I did give unto My servant Joseph Smith Jr. authority to set up the Church of Jesus Christ for the latter days on April 6, 1830– and this by My voice and by My authority and by My servant whom I did appoint according to My word, and it is Mine saith the LORD.  
2 And all who rebel against it and esteem it as naught shall repent or be destroyed.  
3 For they do ignore My word concerning it and if they mock it they mock Me and if they say, "It cannot be redeemed or cleansed", they do err in doctrine and judgment and are in need of repentance, for they ignore the prophets I have sent.  
4 For did not I speak through My servant Joseph saying that I would cleanse it and restore it to its pure state?  
5 For I knew that wicked men would pollute it.  
6 But I will stretch forth Mine arm at the time appointed and shall cause it to be cleansed, for the vessel is yet sound, but the contents are putrid before My face.  
7 And did I not speak unto My servant John Koyle in visions, and did I not send unto him My servant Joseph Smith and instruct him in the manner it would be cleansed?  
8 Have I not instructed My Servant in the Parable of the Pear Tree that My Church will be cleansed, and the tree pruned and gouged and dunged and cultivated by those whom I will send?  
9 And those wicked men who deceive all the nations shall be exposed before all men.  
10 Behold I say unto you, these things shall surely happen and none shall stay My hand, for one shall surely do this as I have promised.  
11 And all those who ridicule My Servant in this matter saying that this is an impossible thing, shall see their folly and be chastised.  
12 For what I the LORD have set up, let no man tear asunder, for if I will that My church be established it shall be done, and if I will that My church be destroyed it shall be done, for the Church is Mine saith the LORD. Even so, Amen.

### Section 98

Revelation received July 28, 1983  
  
Behold I say unto you My son. It is imperative that all things be done in order, for if they are not done in such a manner, confusion reigneth and My work be thwarted.  
2 Therefore it is correct that in every case the School be set up first, then a financial institution organized according to My pattern and then the United Order established that the people may unite and be as one.  
3 And concerning the financial institution, ye shall call it by the name of My servant John Koyle, that his name and deeds again be known among the people.  
4 And the financial institution shall not be for the lending of money for the foolish pleasures of the world, nor for the common everyday purchases, but for the purpose of establishing stewardships only.  
5 Neither shall it be used to support vast holdings held by greedy and lustful men, for these institutions help not the purposes of Zion.

### Section 115

Revelation received December 5 or 6, 1984  
...  
6 Concerning My servant William, ye shall offer to liquidate his debt to you in full by surrendering his shares, and this he shall do by notary public and disclaimer.  
7 For I say unto you, one share shall be redeemable for $1,000 or 10 ounces of gold.  
8 And a man shall labor for $1 per hour that for every 100 hours work he shall receive an ounce of gold.  
9 And wheat shall be purchased for 50 cents per bushel or 200 bushels for an ounce of gold.  
10 For this yet shall come to pass– according to My servant John Koyle.

### Section 117

Revelation received January 6, 1985  
  
My son; take the pen which ye have and write that which I shall speak unto you by the still small voice.  
2 As your surroundings are not conducive to the receiving of Mine oracles, yea My Spirit will speak unto you that ye may receive an answer to thy questions.  
3 Ye have asked concerning the more ancient inhabitants of this place, which place is Salem and the surrounding area, which I spoke of to My servant Joseph Smith in the book of [Doctrine and Covenants, Section 111](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/111?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com).  
4 Behold I say unto you, the ancient inhabitants of this place are the Nephites and Lamanites who did inhabit this land at the time that is described in the [Book of Mormon](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com).  
5 And they did hide up more than one [treasure](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/hel/13?lang=eng&id=p35-p36&ref=reliefmine.com#p35) here; and if ye inquire diligently concerning their history, ye shall receive knowledge as to where these treasures are hidden.  
6 Ye must also seek after My Spirit, which will also guide you, for ye will not find all that ye require in the history of this people.  
7 Yea, and their history is contained in the Book of Mormon, wherein ye read the people did hide up their [treasures](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/hel/13?lang=eng&id=p35-p36&ref=reliefmine.com#p35) because of the wars and contentions of the people; and many of these treasures remain and are still hidden up at this time.

### Section 120

Revelation received April 29, 1985  
  
My son, take the pen that ye have and write that which I shall say unto thee by the still small voice.  
2 Ye have traveled all these miles at My request and ye reside among the evils of this day.  
3 But I say unto you, all that ye see about you is Mine, saith the LORD; and all wickedness shall cease, for either all things brought forth shall abide My law, or be destroyed.  
4 And I have called but none have heard, for as I called My servant Joseph Smith, I have called and set aside My servant John Koyle, and as I have called and set aside My servant John Koyle, also have I called and set aside thee.  
5 Yet some say, "Ye need to be ordained to a higher Priesthood before ye begin to organize Zion."  
6 Behold I say unto thee, what higher authority do ye require than to be called by My voice?  
7 Nevertheless, ye were ordained to My Holy Priesthood by one having authority to do so (Nathan E. Tanner).

### Section 130

Revelation received June 8, 1986  
...  
17 For I know the end from the beginning, and ye know not anything except it be given unto you by My Spirit; nevertheless, if ye continue to live according to My will, My Spirit will continually instruct thee in this gift that ye know the things that are necessary for ye to know when the time is at hand.  
18 This gift I did give unto My servant John Koyle, for he did obey Me in all things that I commanded him.

### Section 137

Revelation received April 1, 1987  
...  
18 For I gave unto My servant John Koyle the stewardship of the Mine in Salem and behold, he honored his stewardship, and did what I commanded him and has surely received his reward.  
19 For I say unto you, that which one starts others may be called to complete.

### Section 206

Revelation given January 9, 1999  
...  
19 And it is My will that ye shall send out the letter I have commanded to be written to the remainder of the leaders of the church, even the seventies, and other general authorities that have the signs of Israel – as far as ye are able to determine.  
20 And to any others that I may indicate by My word through My servant.  
21 And at this time ye shall send My word through My servant to the following: even Winston, and also all those who are now in charge of the mine located at Salem.  
22 And thus I have said that this needs be accomplished that those be warned, that they have no excuse before Me at the last day.

### Section 273

Revelation given August 28, 2018  
  
My son, I your Lord and Savior am pleased with My servants in sending out the revelations of your God, through My servant I have sent for the last time.  
2 For My authorities must be given a last opportunity of repentance before My calamities will be poured out upon them.  
3 Yet there are others who also must be warned.  
4 Ye shall send a copy first to the authorities that run the Dream Mine, making them the first to be warned, for upon them lies the greater responsibility.  
5 And when ye have done this I your Savior ask you to send out the revelations to every newspaper and radio station in Utah and southern Idaho, along with all ye sent to the members of the church authorities, along with a letter to them explaining their responsibility in warning My people, for My church and My people will be first to be judged.  
6 And now if ye do this as I have commanded ye will have done all ye can to bring to pass My will.  
Even so, Amen.

### Section 274

Revelation given October 17, 2018  
  
My son, before the millennium can officially be ushered in, a minimum of twelve families must be living the United Order in its purity.  
2 This, I your Savior, endeavored to do at the time of My servant Joseph Smith, but ye would not.  
3 For too few had prepared themselves adequately to be accepted, thinking only how this condition would benefit themselves.  
4 For have I your Savior not said, “Do unto others as ye would have them do unto you”.  
5 Ye must think and do as My commandments reiterate before they are accepted.
### A Brief Overview
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/brief-overview/
Last updated: 2025-05-29T03:59:50.000Z
This fascinating story began in the summer of 1894\. The [Angel Moroni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel%5FMoroni?ref=reliefmine.com) appeared and showed Bishop John Koyle an ancient [Nephite](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/gs/nephites?lang=eng&ref=reliefmine.com) gold mine near his home in [Salem, Utah](http://www.salemcity.org/?ref=reliefmine.com). He was told that the mine would produce financial relief, in the form of gold coins, after a [future economic collapse](https://www.reliefmine.com/nde-depicts-civil-war-collapse/). This sacred treasure would benefit the people by keeping alive the local economy during the financial crisis and other devastating calamities. It will also be the solution for the mark of the beast that will be forced upon all people.

> The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or in their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name. (Revelation 13: 15-17)

Is there a precedent for a dream inspired gold mine like this? Yes. In 1896, shortly after the Angel Moroni visited Bishop Koyle, a man named [Jesse Knight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse%5FKnight?ref=reliefmine.com) filed a mining claim in another part of Utah. He told a friend that he was shown, in a dream, that he would find a great body of ore. The friend replied, "Humbug!", so that's what Jesse decided to call his new mine.

Money poured into the banks as Jesse uncovered deposit after deposit of silver and lead. His fortune was dedicated to helping others, and according to his own prediction, saved the credit of the Mormon church. Enough money was donated to wipe out over a million dollars of church debt. With the wealth the Lord blessed him with, he went on to finance the beginning of [Brigham Young University](https://www.byu.edu/?ref=reliefmine.com). So yes, dream inspired mines have happened before.

In the Bible, the Lord gave [Joseph of Egypt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%5F%28Genesis%29?ref=reliefmine.com) the gift of dreams to prepare for a seven year famine. Likewise, the Relief Mine will play an important role in preparing for the famine that is coming in our day. Concrete grain silos will be built and one million bushels of wheat will be stored. This will happen after a [devaluation](https://www.reliefmine.com/financial-collapse-will-destroy-everyones-assets/) of the US dollar, so that the wheat will be purchased for a mere 50 cents per bushel, according to Bishop Koyle's prophecies. Currently wheat is priced somewhere between $6 and $7 per bushel. This future stored grain will be used to feed thousands of people who will flee to the Rocky Mountains, as foretold by the prophet [Joseph Smith](https://www.reliefmine.com/resurrected-joseph-smith-will-return/), when these future calamities take place.

Bishop Koyle said that 100 shares would be enough to get a family through the tribulation. Any more than that could be used to help others. If you are trying to purchase stock, visit the [buyer / seller](https://www.reliefmine.com/buy-relief-mine-stock/) page to learn more and contact sellers.

In summary, the Lord will use the gold minted at the Relief Mine to provide multiple types of relief at a time when paper currencies and governments around the world will be [collapsing](https://www.reliefmine.com/cuban-banking-system-has-collapsed/). Most importantly, this honest form of money will be used to finance the building of the Political Kingdom of God, which is a separate organization from the Church, as it grows to become the most powerful kingdom on earth!
### Who was Bishop Koyle?
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/bishop-john-koyle/
Last updated: 2024-09-25T18:37:05.000Z
Gold! The word seems to ring with excitement! The lure of this precious metal has changed the course of men and nations. Elder John Jaques wrote:

> *What will men do for gold? They will toil for it, lie for it, swear for it, steal for it, murder for it, live for it, and die for it. They will do more, and suffer more, ten times over, for gold, than they will suffer for eternal life and happiness (Mill. Star 14:369)*

Sadly, history has proved that man is willing to vote for anything or anybody, cross the oceans, or swelter in deserts--or even sell themselves body and soul--all in the pursuit of that precious metal!

Gold is mentioned in the Bible as early as the second chapter of Genesis; yet seldom has it been used in the manner that God intended. The children of Israel once worshipped a cow made of gold. Today, the shape of that golden image has changed, but it is still the subject of worship.

As a brief prelude to the story of the Relief Mine, John H. Koyle's grandfather joined the LDS church in 1839\. Both he and his son participated in the exodus west, and it was in these valleys, in August of 1864, that John Hyrum Koyle was born. The family lived in humble circumstances, and John became a man without pride or vanity, greatly respected and loved in his community. He served as bishop of the Leland Ward for over 12 years, was blessed with many spiritual gifts, and eventually received the church's highest blessing--the Second Anointing.

### Bishop Koyle's Spiritual Gifts

Similar to the story of Jesse Knight, John Koyle became involved in mining because of his gift of dreams. His "Dream Mine" is very different from nearly every other mine--not only in its inception and operation, but especially in its final destiny and purpose.

The story of the mine, located in the hills above Salem, Utah, really begins shortly after his marriage to Emily Holt in 1884\. The young couple purchased a small farm in the Salem area, and started to raise a few cattle. The loss of one of their heifers was a rather serious economic setback for the family, so after several days of unsuccessfully searching for the animal, John asked the Lord in prayer to help him find it. The answer came in a very unusual dream showing his cow down by a railroad tressel. One horn had been knocked down and was interfering with her eye. The next morning John told his wife that he knew where the cow was and he set off to get it.

Being very familiar with the area, he went directly to the location shown in the dream and found the cow exactly as he had seen her. As he was leading the injured animal back home, he thanked the Lord for this unusual answer to his prayer and told Him that if he could be blessed with that spiritual gift, he would use it in serving Him all his life.

Three years passed and John received a call to go on a mission for the church. One of his first significant missionary experiences in the Southern States was a warning dream about a threatening mob. Once again the gift of dreams came to his rescue, and by following the instructions in the dream, he avoided a serious conflict with a mob.

On another occasion he dreamed that a mob would form at a missionary conference, but this time it was the mission president, J. Golden Kimball, who would be in danger. Elder Koyle warned President Kimball of the dream, so he did not attend the conference. As shown in Koyle's dream, a mob interrupted the meeting and the leader demanded to know where the "long lanky red-headed Elder" was. Upon learning he was not there, the mob departed without further trouble. When J. Golden heard of the incident, he said to Elder Koyle, "If you ever have any more of those dreams, be sure to let me know." Because of this and other experiences, John H. Koyle and J. Golden Kimball remained lifelong friends.

### Called to a Special Work

Although his mission for the LDS church came to an end, Koyle's spiritual gifts did not. He resumed his business as a farmer, and one night in August of 1894, John had a most unusual experience. A heavenly messenger appeared to him with instructions that he had been chosen to perform a very special work for the Lord. He was reminded of the ancient Nephite civilization that had once flourished on this continent--how they rose to great power and wealth, but eventually became wicked, corrupt and were finally destroyed. He was told that this present generation was about to take a similar course; however, this time some of the people would be spared.

The messenger took John to a mountain just east of Salem and showed him a rich Nephite gold mine. He was instructed that he was to drill tunnels in that mountain in order to reach the gold and that he would be directed by dreams to do this work which would require many years and much money. He was told not to enter into the mountain through the old existing Nephite tunnel located on the south side of the mountain, but rather to blast new tunnels. One was to run nearly a mile horizontally into the mountain, and then be drilled down through a three-foot capstone into nine large rooms once mined by the Nephites. The ore at this place would be so rich that there seemed to be more gold than rock.

John was very reluctant to accept this calling, and explained to the messenger that he was only a farmer and knew nothing about mining; furthermore, he didn't have the money or influence to undertake such a project. However, he was reminded of his promise to the Lord; and if he would accept the task, he was told that the necessary men and money would always be available.

As proof that this heavenly messenger was speaking the truth, John was told that his neighbor, who had been unsuccessfully drilling a water well, would strike water the next day at 12 noon. This would be a sign that John should accept this mining mission.

The next morning John related this strange manifestation to his wife, Emily. He instructed her to watch the neighbors' activities to see if they would strike water at exactly noon. He then left for work in the fields. During the day Emily heard shouting and yelling nearby, and when she went to the door, the saw water flowing up through the water-rig at the well. The time was 12 noon!

Work began on the mine September 3, 1894\. For many years they followed a "cream colored leader", often discovering peculiar markings or formations described by John before they were actually reached. The Bishop was shown that three men would be killed on that mountain, and as time passed, all three eventually died by some kind of accident.

Stockholders were told that 100 shares of stock would be enough for any man's family; also the day would come when men would go to court for one share of stock because of its value. Through the years there have been about 50,000 people directly or indirectly involved in this unusual project.

### LDS Church Involvement

For many years the church took no special interest in Bishop Koyle's Dream Mine. Some members had stock; others were not concerned about it. But in the early 1900's a strange thing happened. The three-year Senate Investigation during the Smoot hearings had just finished, and the church was especially sensitive about the issue of plural marriage. Joseph F. Smith went to Mexico in 1911, telling the saints there that they should give up plural marriage, and he promised them that the next temple would be built in Mexico. However, when Bishop Koyle heard that announcement, he said, "President Smith wouldn't make a promise like that if he had seen what I saw in a dream." He continued with the prophecy that Mexican soldiers would drive the saints out of Mexico, allowing them to take only a little luggage.

Word soon spread of Bishop Koyle's prophecy that the next temple would NOT be built in Mexico, but the church president had announced that it would. Both claimed divine instruction. Church members and stockholders became apprehensive as to which prophecy would be fulfilled. Then in 1912 the revolutionary forces of Francisco Madero and Panco Villa began a revolution by attacks on the border towns. When they learned of the Mormons' neutrality, they drove them out of Mexico, allowing them only "one piece of baggage each"--all according to Bishop Koyle's dream.

Such a catastrophe was certainly regrettable, and failure to build the promised temple at that time was disheartening for both Mexican saints and church leaders.

Bishop Koyle's dreams and prophecies began to stir up disfavor among the church leaders. In August 1913 the church issued a formal statement called, "A Warning Voice"--especially for those who listened to "visions, dreams, prophecies" that were "contrary to the constituted authorities" of the church. The members were NOT to "take stock in ventures" based on "visions or dreams" (Deseret News, Aug 2, 1913). Two weeks later they repeated their warning and said, "The First Presidency warns the saints against investing in worthless stock, even if promoters allege that they are guided by dreams and revelations." (Deseret News, Aug 16, 1913)

These announcements began to create a strange division among lay leaders and alike. Some church leaders owned stock in the mine, such as President Anthony W. Ivins, Apostle Matthias F. Cowley, Apostle George Teasdale, and, of course, J. Golden Kimball.

Because of false rumors, in August 1913, Apostle Francis Lyman released John Koyle from his position as Bishop, even though the ward members voted 100% to retain him.

On January 10, 1914, nearly 20 years after mining activities had begun, Bishop Koyle awoke to see two men standing beside his bed. One was taller than the other; both had white hair and beards. They announced themselves as two of the three ancient Nephites who were translated to perform their special mission here on earth.

The informed him that because of misunderstanding, church opposition would continue until the mine would be shut down for a short period of time. However, he was to remain patient and in time the mine would be reopened. They also warned him never to write or sign anything pertaining to the mine. For two hours they outlined the future of the mine and of this country. The first half-hour of their conversation he was permitted to relate to others, but the last 1.5 hours he was to keep secret.

Later that year, the church leaders threatened John with excommunication if he didn't stop work at the mine. Accordingly, as the two Nephite messengers had predicted, the mine was closed for six years.

The rift between the church and the mine continued to grow. Then in 1942 when Mark E. Petersen was made an Apostle, Bishop Koyle said, "That man will be the worst enemy the mine will ever have." As editor of the Deseret News, Elder Petersen began a series of articles against the mine. Under his direction, a hearing for John Koyle was held 1947 where he was presented with a prepared statement to sign or else be excommunicated from the church. In poor health at the time and under duress, he signed it saying it was the worst thing he ever did in his life.

However, a year later in 1948, by instruction from Elder Petersen, Bishop Koyle was called to a trial and cut off the church anyway. Another year later, in 1949, when John Koyle heard they were tearing down the Second Ward Chapel where he had last been a member, he predicted that he, too, would soon pass away. His death occurred on May 17, 1949.

Then came a strange twist of fate. Before Koyle's death, the mine and its stockholders were suspects as insubordinate to the church and its leaders, and some, like the Bishop, had been excommunicated from the LDS church. However, after his death, the new board of directors became active members of the church and held such positions as mission president, high councilmen, stake and ward officers. A new policy was enforced that the excommunicated members could not purchase any more stock.

Notwithstanding the long controversy that still exists regarding people and activities at the Dream Mine, Bishop Koyle's prophecy still stands--that at the appropriate time its treasures would be found. But he predicted that before this happened, mining would stop and the mine would become very dark--"like a dark cloud that covered the whole sky..then a small patch of blue sky would show, gradually growing until the whole sky was blue again." About this time, according to Koyle, there would have to be only a round or two set off to start bringing in the ore, since all the preliminary work had been done. The first shipment of ore would not cause much of a stir, but news of the second shipment would cause a traffic jam of both big and little cars at the mountain. People would come with money in hand to buy stock, but it would be too late and none was available.

Bishop Koyle said that 100 shares would be enough to get a family through the tribulation. Any more than that could be used to help others. If you are trying to purchase stock, visit the [buyer / seller](https://www.reliefmine.com/buy-relief-mine-stock/) page to learn more and contact sellers.

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This text has come from the writings of Ogden Kraut. To see a listing of all his published works, please visit [OgdenKraut.com](http://www.ogdenkraut.com/?ref=reliefmine.com).
### Fulfilled Koyle Prophecies
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/fulfilled-prophecies-of-bishop-koyle/
Last updated: 2025-03-25T01:54:46.000Z
It seemed that as more of Bishop Koyle's prophecies were fulfilled, the more opposition resulted. A few of these, not necessarily the greatest, will be considered here. Some of these prophecies and their fulfillment were witnessed by the author, Ogden Kraut, who worked with Bishop Koyle at the Dream Mine for two years.

### World War I

Ten years before it happened, Bishop Koyle foretold Word War I. He also said the 145th Field Artillery, composed of mostly Mormon boys, would not see combat. Many parents felt comforted by his prediction, but when the newspapers carried headlines of the 145th in action, Fred Squires went to the Bishop showing him the paper. The Bishop said it was a lie, and told him that by the time the 145th would reach the front lines, the war would be over. Fred was holding a paper with the date November 11, 1918\. By the time Fred arrived back in Salt Lake City, the armistice had been announced. The 145th did not see combat!

### Men and Money at the Mine

Another impressive prediction was that men and money would always be provided at the mine when needed. From 1914 to the day the Bishop died in 1949, week after week, month after month, year after year, men and money were amazingly available. Regardless of wars, depressions, inflations and persecutions, the mine was always able to meet its operational needs.

### The Water Ditch

John Koyle instructed the miners to dig a small ditch along side of the rail track in one of the main tunnels. He said it was to take care of the water they would hit at 2,200 feet inside the mine. He even told them the day they would strike the water. At 2,200 feet on the day predicted, they struck water, filling the small ditch which was just large enough to accommodate the flow of water to the outside. Throughout mining activities, many landmarks were described by Bishop Koyle before they were reached.

### The Powder Mill

"One of Koyle's more outlandish predictions came years ago when, pointing across the sagebrush desert to a desolate spot, he said, 'There'll be a big manufacturing plant right there someday.' The place was isolated, on rocky ground, above the irrigation level, far from human habitation. Too, the valley had hundreds of better sites. Came the war, and today a powder mill stands on the spot. Isolation is a prime requisite for a powder mill, and the location is ideal." ("Time and the Dream Mine", by Samuel W. Taylor, Esquire Magazine, Nov 1943)

### Church Reopens the Mine

The two Nephites had told Bishop Koyle the mine would soon be shut down, but that the same powers that closed it would re-open it. Six months later the Bishop and his workers were threatened with excommunication from the church if they continued to labor on that mountain. So they shut it down, and it was closed for six years. The Heber J. Grant, saw an unpaid bill at ZCMI for $2,000 incurred by the mine operators. Learning that by re-opening the mine it would clear up that bill, he ordered it re-opened.

### The 1929 Depression

In 1929 the Bishop told Henry Gardner, his Stake President and owner of a bank in Spanish Fork, that four months from that date there would be a terrible financial crash in the nation. When four months went by, President Gardner called the Bishop and said his dream about the depression had not come to pass. The Bishop reminded him there was still one more day left. The next day was October 29th, the day of the famous stock market crash.

### Muddy Water In Salt Lake

Norman Pierce, in his book "The Dream Mine Story", mentioned a prophecy he had heard from Bishop Koyle: About this time Bishop Koyle had another of his same prophetic dreams which I heard him relate, saying, "It looks like it won't be long now before we'll be having some of the big troubles we've been expecting. I saw in a dream the other night that muddy water would flow in the streets like rivers in almost every community from one end of the state to the other. When it comes, it's going to cause a lot of trouble for a lot of people around here. It will be the beginning of really big troubles." (p.90, 1958) In 1983, rain and fast melting snow inundated many communities in the state of Utah. Water literally ran down the streets of cities from one end of the state to the other. Some small towns were abandoned until the water receded. Almost every county asked for federal emergency assistance. "The Agriculture and Health Committee was told that Utah's farms and ranches have sustained an estimated $57.7 million loss." (Salt Lake Tribune, "Utah Floods", p. 62) There were $63 million in road damage in the state. The total estimate for flood damages that year amounted to over $200 million. Another of John Koyle's prophecies was amazingly fulfilled. Will we see a dual fulfillment?

### End of World War II

Shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, Dr. Brooksby of Fredonia, Arizona, invited Bishop Koyle to his home for a few days. One morning the Bishop came out of his bedroom and announced that the Lord had shown him in a dream that the war would end by August 27, 1945\. (Ogden Kraut personally heard it mentioned from Dr. Brooksby.) Lee Goates of the Deseret News heard of this prophecy and in disbelief mentioned it in a sports column. On August 6th and 7th, 1945, the atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. By the 27th, the Japanese had agreed to surrender.

### Kennecott Copper and Geneva Steel

The Bishop told many of us at the mine that some day Kennecott Copper Mine and Geneva Steel would shut down and the Tintic Mining area would be almost at a standstill. We assumed this would happen because of the great trouble in the nation when everything would be in the same condition. However, in 1985, the Kennecott Mine shut down for over a year, and at the same time Geneva Steel also closed. When this happened, I asked a friend of mine who lived in Eureka what was going on in the Tintic Mining area. He replied, "almost everything is shut down except the Sunshine Mine, and it isn't doing much."

### Joseph Fielding Smith's Conference Talk

One day J. Golden Kimball received word that Bishop Koyle wanted to see him as soon as possible, so he drove right down to the mine. Koyle immediately got into the subject that was causing him considerable distress by saying, "Golden, the Lord showed me in a dream that Joseph Fielding Smith is preparing a conference sermon that is against the Dream Mine--and the Lord doesn't want him to deliver it. I want you to go up there and tell him not to give that sermon." "Not me," replied Golden. "I'm not going to put my head in the lion's mouth." Koyle grabbed Kimball by the coat collar and said, "Golden, God hates a coward." He looked a little sheepish and replied, "All right, Bishop, I'll tell him, but I don't have any faith that it will do any good." The Bishop smiled and retorted, "Don't worry; I'll take care of the faith." Kimball returned to Salt Lake City and went directly to Joseph Fielding Smith's office. Smith was at his desk, so Golden walked over and said, "Brother Smith, you're not supposed to deliver that conference sermon against the Dream Mine." Smith jumped up and shouted, "How did you find out about that sermon? I haven't told anyone!" Golden replied, "Well, the Lord knows, and he told Bishop Koyle about it." When conference came, Joseph Fielding Smith delivered a sermon, but made no mention of the Dream Mine. (Bishop Koyle's Relief Mine, Kraut, p. 105)

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Remember, Bishop Koyle told believers that owning 100 shares would be sufficient to care for any man's family. But, if a man had more than 100, he would be in a better position to assist his fellow men during the times of financial trouble and famine.

The greatest of John Koyle's prophecies is yet to be fulfilled. It is regarding the coming in of the mine at a time of a global financial collapse. [Arnold Shreeve had a daytime vision](https://www.reliefmine.com/arnold-shreeve-vision-of-alma-the-younger/), not a dream in the night, of this future day when Al Sinclair ([Alma the Younger](https://www.reliefmine.com/return-of-alma-the-younger/)) will return to start up the Mine. The question most often asked is, "When will it be?" According to Bishop Koyle, it will be when this nation is in great peril. There will be three-inch headlines in newspapers reporting a great disaster. In the same paper there will be a small notice mentioning that the Dream Mine was making its first shipment of ore.

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This content has come from the writings of Ogden Kraut. To purchase any of his books, please visit [OgdenKraut.com](http://www.ogdenkraut.com/?ref=reliefmine.com), which is maintained by his son, Kevin Kraut.
### Signposts to Watch For
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/bishop-koyle-signposts/
Last updated: 2024-06-17T23:27:19.000Z
During the summer of 1985, John Jordan published a pamphlet that listed 102 statements of Bishop Koyle, as he and others understood them. Because these were not written down directly by Bishop Koyle, spiritual discernment must be used in determining if these were accurately recorded. Some of these items have been slightly condensed, omitting Jordan's personal interpretations and comments.

1. The overall purpose of the mine was too big for the people to understand. But, towards the end they would begin to understand.
2. The Church would have a garment mill.
3. Houses would be low and would look like chicken coops.
4. What looked like sheep camps would be at almost every home.
5. Trucks looking like boxcars would be running up and down the roads.
6. The Church would build a 34-story office building in the heart of New York City. The building would not have totally paid for itself before the troubles occur and the mine comes in.
7. The United States would commence selling wheat to its greatest enemy.
8. The Republican elephant would be in power. At an election, it would sink to its knees, never to rise again.
9. Weather pattern changes would be seen to the far south-west. Drought would proceed northward year by year increasing in intensity until reaching the valleys of Utah. At that time the troubles were to start in the valleys. The drought would then head east, increasing in intensity.
10. Gold would be legal in trade.
11. A mine takeover attempt would occur internal to the leadership.
12. Before the mine comes in, all books and records must be in order. The Bishop warned that no brothers or relatives should serve on the board at the same time.
13. On his deathbed, the Bishop called in John H. Koyle, III, and said, "I don't know what they will have done with the money. I just don't know what they have done with the money."
14. Before the mine comes in, two board members (or leaders) will leave the work. And, the rest will not be of much use to it.
15. Towards the end a group will try to bring in the mine early, but will not succeed. It is best not to attempt to bring the mine in early because if it is done, the government will tax it away, or take it over for its important strategic values.
16. Great value would not come from Old Spanish workings. Those workings would be used as a flux.
17. A group trying to bring the mine in towards the end would not have the spirit of discernment to know what to do.
18. Kennecott Utah Copper will close towards the end.
19. Towards the end, Satan will try to stir up trouble for the mine in the valleys, but will not succeed. Then, he will come up on the mountain and try to stir up trouble with the people there and those in the valleys.
20. Dark clouds will hang over the mine and the valleys. People will be distrustful and will not talk to one another. Finally, when the clouds part and the sun shines, everyone will be happy and will converse with each other.
21. There will be a sifting of those worthy of the work.
22. Just before the end time, the mine will experience a short shutdown.
23. A "Gravel Train" operation will come to a halt incidental to the short shutdown.
24. Something will cause the Church welfare program to be inadequate at the end.
25. Stock will sell for 10 cents per share.
26. At the end things will happen so fast that a person will not be able to tell what is to occur first.
27. Finally, what few old stockholders are left will have to ban together to reclaim the mine.
28. The financial condition of the mine will be so bad at the end that a white-haired man from the North will have to come to furnish the money needed to outfit the processing of black ore.
29. It will be possible after all stock is sold for a person contributing to the work of bringing the mine into eventually get 2,500 shares of stock apiece.
30. The mine will not come in until eleven families can live in perfect unity and harmony.
31. The mine will not come in until 30 people meet fasting and praying for deliverance at the green spot.
32. But, when at first the mine comes in, things will have been so difficult and desperate with so much trouble between people that stockholders will wonder if it was all worth it.
33. The U.S. Government will keep propping up the economy as if it were on stilts, until finally it would suddenly collapse overnight.
34. Taxes will become oppressive and almost impossible to pay.
35. The mining industry will attempt to again become operational. but, before they get going, and the mines can do any good for the economy, the crash will come.
36. There will be a setting in order: first the mine, then the Church, then the state, then the nation. They will be brought up short like a wild colt at the snubbing post.
37. The Church is to be set in order just after an April conference.
38. The United States will experience increasing interest rates which will finally reach 20% to 24% after a period of 10% to 14%.
39. Banks will commence taking over mortgage defaults until they own many properties, helping to add to depression. There will be plenty of money in the banks, but none to lend out.
40. There will be an overnight price crash. Wages and prices will be 20 cents on the dollar.
41. Depression will occur just before drought.
42. Depression will become so bad in the United States that service boys will be called home to keep money in the country.
43. Greenbacks will blow down the streets and will not be picked up because they will be worthless.
44. After the economic collapse, goods can be purchased for very little if a person has hard cash.
45. Gold will sell for over $100 per ounce.
46. The Church will renew persecution towards the mine. However, the mine will increase in strength and unity. Whereas, the unity and strength of the Church will decrease.
47. Troubles in the valleys for the Church will commence following the passing of the 12th president of the Church (President Kimball).
48. Near the time of the end, many of the General Authorities will become quite old. Troubles will start when three leaders will die in close proximity to one another. The new replacements will not be able to hold the Church together.
49. In the end there will be a great apostasy in the Church. A rift in leadership will cause many members to leave. Something will happen to make members congregate in and around the churches, and at various other locations to discuss and ponder the great disturbing changes occurring. This will mark the commencement of the time of problems for the Church, as well as the time of apostasy.
50. The Bishop told of an interview with the Prophet Joseph in Salt Lake City. The two of them were seeking out the latter general authorities. The Bishop asked Joseph what he was going to do. Joseph's answer was, "I'm going to release them, every last man-jack one of them." (A man-jack is a mule that must be castrated or cut off to remove their unreconcilable stubbornness to Godly direction.) Joseph then stated, "They had their chance and failed!"
51. At the end the church will be happy to turn the welfare program operation over to the mine to stop recriminations against the leadership of the Church.
52. The Church will be in such a destitute financial condition that it will be happy to accept tithing from the stock-holders when the mine comes in.
53. If the stockholders do not pay tithing on their dividends, rains would come causing a landslide that would seal the mine from them.
54. The Provo steel plant will close at the time of trouble.
55. The railroad rails will be rusty when the mine comes in.
56. There will be little or no electricity. Lanterns will be back in use.
57. Streetcars and buses will no longer be running in Salt Lake City.
58. When the drought comes, one will notice dry, hot winds when the winter wheat is in the milk stage of kernel development. The first year of drought will reduce the winter wheat crop by 25%. The second year the wheat crop will be reduced by 50%. The third year the wheat crop will be reduced by 75%, and will not be fit for anything but cattle feed. The mine must purchase its wheat from the second year's crop, i.e., within the year following the second year harvest and before the third year harvest.
59. Mud will flow down the streets of Spanish Fork indicating the wickedness of the people. When groups of people start rifling the grocery stores of Spanish Fork, those stockholders living there should get out immediately and leave for the mine. Some were advised to come hiding from bush to bush along the canal bank; others elsewhere were to come the long way across the mountains to avoid pillage.
60. There should be enough unity and harmony to bring the mine in, in the second year of drought; if not, by the third year of drought. If there is not enough unity and harmony to bring it in by the third year of drought, the work will be taken away from the stockholders. Pray that the mine will come in in the second year. Otherwise, there will be extreme suffering that winter.
61. Stockholders will be tested on the low values first.
62. The rich will grow richer and the poor poorer, until many will be blue in the face with hunger when the mine comes in.
63. There will be very little gasoline. Stockholders were advised to keep their tanks filled.
64. Towards the end, stockholders will be questioned as to their part in the mine and as to what they heard was said and had seen concerning its coming in.
65. The mine will come in following an unusually hard winter. There will be heavy snows and a late wet spring. After two weeks of planting time, heavy rains will pelt the seed out of the ground. Then, hot dry winds will start to dry everything up, including the remaining plants.
66. At a stockholders' meeting at the mine, two general authorities with the police will try to lay hands on the speaker as an impostor. The general authorities will be struck dead. Stockholders rushing to their aid will be told, "Halt! Let the dead take care of the dead!"
67. The first ore will be black and will come off the top beyond No. 1 and at a grass roots level. If it is winter, it will be brought down by bobsled.
68. The news of the first shipment of ore will go unnoticed since coincidental with it will be the death of the president in office.
69. The stockholders will know by looking that the mine is being brought in properly when they see the mill dump turning black.
70. Taxes will be impossibly oppressive. But the government will collapse following the mine coming in, but before the next tax collection time. Tax is not to be taken out of the Lord's values.
71. The first dividends will be paid just before Christmas--just in time for stockholders to have a little something. It will be the fourth year of depression.
72. Foolish stockholders will buy recreational vehicles with dividend money. Wise stockholders will replace food storage before there is no more food to be had.
73. At the end the Church leaders will sit back and see what happens as the mine comes in and will not cause further trouble for stockholders. A large "snake" will come to the mine from the South.
74. Stockholders are not to hold grudges against those who have caused them trouble. Because, when the stock-holders see what happens to the persecutors, the stock-holders will pray day and night for their deliverance.
75. There will be a harsh winter at the end of which the maple or oak leaves will open like a mouse's ear.
76. The harsh winter will be followed by a mild open winter.
77. A stone wall will be built along the mine side of the canal (during the mild winter).
78. The mine will become a city of refuge against roving bands.
79. Roving bands and marauders will not be a problem south of the Highline Canal.
80. The second shipment of ore, that from No. 4 finger, will be noticed when it gets into the news. People will come to the mine waving money, but there will be no stock to be sold. However, the mine will offer to feed the people.
81. Economic conditions will be so bad that people will say that the mine has come into production too late to do any good. However, that will not be the case since work will commence in numerous areas of the mine at the same time following the second batch of ore.
82. The mine will come in when the Federal Government is in disarray. Some say that the mine will come in in the late summer or fall.
83. When the mine comes in, there will be only three months to obtain needed goods from the East Coast and three more months to obtain goods from Denver (six months total). After that, trucks will not be running.
84. Foreign problems will commence.
85. The leaders of the nation will be blown out of office as if by a whirlwind. They will hide fearing for their lives.
86. When the mine comes in, mine personnel will be able to have most any Church position which they desire. Church authorities will seek after the companionship of mine people to attend conferences with them so that the authorities will be listened to and not rejected.
87. There will be great bitterness towards the general authorities. The leaders will have to take to the pulpits to keep people from leaving the Church.
88. The Bishop's grandson, Lynn, is to be president when the mine comes in.
89. When the mine comes in, the mountains will be covered with people looking for gold. You'll hardly be able to see the mountain for the people covering it.
90. It will be almost too late to get the grain when it is obtained.
91. The mine will also support stocking grain in Idaho.
92. A stair-step concrete grain bin will be built on the terraces provided to store wheat. Hardly will one section be completed that it will be filled while the next section is being built.
93. The wheat to fill the bins will be bought by the mine at about 50 cents per bushel.
94. There will be a large influx of people. Tents will cover the valley. People will feel fortunate if they have a chicken coop to sleep in.
95. A white city will be built in the shape of a horseshoe around the depression.
96. Travel will be unsafe in the valley north of the mine.
97. An earthquake will open and drain the winze.
98. It will be important to purchase the coinage mint machinery being sold as surplus by the Denver mint at the end. The machinery must be brought to the mine within six months of the mine coming in. The machinery is to be set up at the mouth of Flat Canyon.
99. A clothing mill will also be established at the mouth of Flat Canyon at the end of the upper prune orchard road.
100. The mine will purchase and reopen the Provo steel plant.
101. The local militia will attempt to gain control of the mine and its people. Mine money must be used for the right purposes or it will be taken away.
102. Some crops will again be grown the sixth year of the seven-year drought.
### Successful Careers After An Economic Collapse
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/successful-careers-after-economic-collapse/
Last updated: 2024-04-14T22:07:11.000Z
Historically dry cleaners, and toilet paper makers have not been affected by economic depressions.

If you're talking more a total collapse though, I think any job skill that was marketable in the middle ages, will once again become marketable. Anyone that can produce fuel (soalar, wind, hydro) or fuel (bio-diesel) will be in HIGH demand.

Doctors, nurses, vetrinarians, denstist, and such will be in high demand.

Small farmers who can produce food for themselves, and some for market. Whether it's crops like wheat, corn, or carrots. Also the farmer who can produce animals which can be taken to market. The farmer who can produce smaller animals will do better...sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens, and such. Money will be worthless, and very few will have the means to barter for a whole cow. Besides a whole cow is too much meat if you don't have refrigeration.

Cobblers. Know anyone who can make shoes from scratch? That's almost a dead skill.

Seamstress or taylor. Clothes will start to go, mending needed, and new ones needed.

Laundry, this is actually a big one. A lot of people still line dry, but how about hand washing all our clothes? LOTS of work there!

Soap maker, many different kinds of soap needed.

Butcher, baker, and oh yes, the candle stick maker! Someone needs to know how to make bee's wax candles.

Carpenters, mechanics, and blacksmiths will all be in high demand.

Someone with REAL military training. You will need someone to patrol, and protect your community. (Policemen, and good hunters will work in a pinch, but nothting beats military training.

Gleaners, crews may be needed if things are really ugly to try and scavenge/salvage whatever can be saved. (After all, who makes things like windows anymore?)

Ham radio operators are totally vital the survival of a small community.

Teachers, though teaching will change, and kids will be learning more about trades from a very young age.

Fishing, boat makers, lobster pot makers and such could be very important, depending on your area of the country.

Lumberjacks, as new lumber is always needed.

Miners have to supply more coal, or iron ore.

Tanners, everyone will be wearing a lot more leather.

Teamsters, the original ones, ya know the men and women who could  
drive a team of horses.

Saddle makers, also making bridle, harness, ect.

Wagon maker, and wheel maker (a hard skill to learn, I understand).

Tinkers, usually moved from place to place, and did small odd jobs, like mend cooking pots.

Traders, I don't much care if okra comes west of the Mississippi, but I sure would like to see oranges again. Traders could bring in all sorts of goods.

Masons, putting up a brick or stone wall is quiet a skill.

Entertainers like jugglers, people who can do plays, and puppet shows, sing and dance, they will be very welcome in a reasonably stable community. (Not however in a starving one.)

These are just a few of the "jobs" I see as being useful, there are lots more I didn't cover, but I've got to go tend to my goats. I see one with her horns through the fence.

Crumbs from the cookie,  
\~Oreo
### Personal Family Famine
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/personal-family-famine-jim-phillips/
Last updated: 2024-04-14T22:15:13.000Z
Bishop Koyle was shown a devastating famine that would affect countries all around the world. This will be similar to the great famine that took place in Egypt back in the days of Joseph. The following article helps put things into perspective and makes it clear that it's wise to prepare now. It was written by Jim Phillips, inventor of the cold weather foam clothing.

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### An experience with butter, cheese and honey

By Jim Phillips

Recently my wife and I had our own financial famine that lasted almost four months. We barely were able to keep our home, and had little to nothing left over to pay for gas or food. Lucky for us we had our food storage so feeding ourselves and our five children wasn't a problem. Boy, we had a LOT to learn! The basic one year food storage of legumes, rice, wheat, and powdered milk will keep you alive, but, it is not pleasant. We learned from this experience that the recommended minimum food storage items (online Food Storage Calculator) for one year will keep you alive but just barely. It truly is what they call a recommended minimum.

During this time of famine we ate what we had and made the most of it. Despite having olive oil, whenever we had a few dollars my wife sent me to the store to buy butter. We used it to bake with. The caloric content of the butter was a huge plus spread over our baked whole wheat bread. It was more than that, it tasted good, and taste had a huge impact on our overall family morale. During this hard time, food became a comforter even more than usual, because of the added stress.

Making things taste good and appealing was especially important for our four children and my pregnant wife. Did I mention my children are all under the age of seven? Do you know how difficult it is to get a three year old to eat oatmeal everyday without some sort of sweetener? We used honey in almost everything to help the taste. As a treat our children would get teaspoonfuls of honey. Our children scraped our lone honey bucket clean by the middle of the second month of this famine. We wished we had more. In-fact with the next few dollars my wife paid $55 (way too much) for a little 14 lb pail of honey from a local food storage place. That was soon gone as well.

I can remember the day cheese finally made it back into our home. This was after the famine was over and we could buy it again. This long lost friend was soon gobbled up by my children. We missed the calories, the taste and especially the casein content (casein trips the pleasure center of the brain). I found myself walking into the kitchen periodically to slice off a sliver to savor. What a welcome resource this would have been during our personal family famine.

One last thing. During this period, the only work I could find was grueling and physically demanding. I became a log peeler for a log cabin construction company. Log peeling ranks right up there with stone cutting and cement work for physical exertion. So during a time of lack, my body's nutritional and caloric needs almost doubled which is similar to what would be expected in an emergency situation. It became even more important during this time of emotional and physical stress that my body have the fats, fuels and comforts to meet the new demands.

My wife and I are grateful for this experience and all it taught us. Lucky for us when our personal family famine was over we could go to the grocery store and buy what we needed and missed most. I could eat my fill and replenish my body. Had it been a local, or national crisis of an extended period of time there would have been no store to go to and no outside help. That is a sobering thought. Better to prepare now by understanding our true needs and priorities than suffer from acute 20/20 hindsight with an empty stomach.

From my own experience I learned the value of storing honey, butter and cheese to enhance our basic food storage and this is why we are offering these three items for the current Group Buy.
### The Wisdom in Buying Silver Coins
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/wisdom-of-purchasing-silver-coins/
Last updated: 2024-04-07T22:28:43.000Z
Jason Hommel (silverstockreport.com) is credited for answering the many questions someone might have about buying silver.

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#### What's so special about silver?  

Like gold, silver has all the properties of money; it is easily tradable, transportable, divisible, interchangeable, genuinely recognizable, verifiable, lasting, rare, and a luxury item. Silver also has many properties that make it much more desirable than gold, such as, it is much more electrically conductive & reflective.

#### Why will silver go up in price?  

1\. There has been way too much paper money created in the last 30 years, and the rate of paper money creation is increasing at increasing rates, up to 20% per year.

  
2\. Silver is more rare than ever due to the irretrievable consumption of silver by industry. It is probable that refined .999 pure silver is more rare than gold.

#### What is a good price for silver? How much should I pay?   

Prices vary from dealer to dealer, and from time to time, and from product to product. So shop around. Typically, good prices are within about 5% over the price of silver, all costs included such as shipping and commissions, and the spread. 

#### What kind of silver should I buy?  

I don't think the kind of silver matters as much as the price. Get the most physical silver in your hands, at the least price. Paying less for "unallocated" silver in a "pool" can be costly in the event of bank-ruptcy. Silver is payment in full, and protects you from the bankruptcy of another, but only if you buy physical silver and take delivery.

#### How much money do I need to buy silver?   

You can buy one silver dime for about a dollar fifty, ($1.50 U.S). But in many cases, to avoid sales tax, such as in California, you have to buy a minimum of $1000\. Some popular and very busy internet dealers have minimum order sizes of $10,000 to $50,000.

#### How do you know that the silver you buy is real?  

Silver coinage is very easy to discern and detect. It is heavier, and has a distinctive ring to it. But most telling are the edges. You can't see any copper at the edge. If it were easy to counterfeit silver, don't you think the U.S. government would have produced better looking coinage? 

#### What about confiscation?  

Not likely. The real confiscation is through inflation. Confiscation is always a voluntary recall. They never search "house to house." The silver market is too small to matter to the budget of the U.S. There is no reason why they would confiscate now, since they are minting and selling American Silver Eagle coins. Also, many congressmen own silver, because they know what their other congressmen are doing to the money. Congressmen don't want to make criminals of themselves.

#### Should I buy rare coins?  

I don't recommend rare coins as an investment. I've heard too many stories of people who bought rare coins, and cannot sell them without taking a 50% loss or more. Buy silver for the weight, not the image. Silver is about substance, not appearance.

#### I have some old silver coins; what are they worth, and where can I sell them?  

I don't study rare coins, so I don't know. Look up the coin dealers, or look for a "numismatic" coin dealer. Shop around. Maybe pay to have them professionally graded. Maybe sell them on eBay. 

#### How much silver is in my U.S. silver coins dated 1964 or earlier, and what are they worth?  

Silver half dollars, quarters, and dimes contain .72 of an ounce of silver for every $1 face value of coins. Stated another way, they contain 72% of an ounce of silver in two half dollars, or 4 quarters, or 10 dimes. Such coinage also contains 10% copper, for hardness, but the copper is not worth anything.  
 So, count up the coins, as they are. If you have $23.70 worth of coinage, and if it is all silver, here's how to value it: $23.70 times 0.72 times the current silver price = approximate value. Coin dealers will pay you less than the spot price when buying from you, especially if you have an odd amount. In fact, you can sometimes buy $1000 face value bags at 1% under the spot price. 

#### How do I store silver?  

I recommend that you get a safe, and bolt it to the floor, or wall. Also, consider hiding the safe. If it's hidden, they can't steal what they can't find. For very long term storage, you might want to make a hidden wall somewhere in your house. 

#### Where can I get someone else to store my silver for me?  

There are many such services, but I don't recommend any of them. They often operate like a bank, and can go bankrupt.

#### How do I buy silver in my IRA account?  

Any major brokerage should be able to buy silver for you. However, this defeats the purpose, if you think about it. I use my IRA to invest in silver stocks. 

#### What are the capital gains taxes on silver, and what will they be in the future when I go to sell it?  

I cannot legally give tax advice, and I cannot predict future tax rates. Philosophically, that which is taxed is discouraged. Thus, if they tax silver too heavily when it is sold, that would tend to discourage sales, which would tend to drive up the price. Selling silver is often not a reportable transaction, for tax purposes. So, philosophically speaking, if a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound?

#### When do I sell silver? How do I take profits if there is no paper money, and what is the exit strategy?  

I plan to sell most of my silver after silver and gold become money again, and when I feel that I have found another asset that is trading far below the cost of production. When silver and gold are money, silver trades for gold, and gold for silver. So, I might trade some of my silver for gold when the ratio narrows from the current 50:1 down to 10:1 or 5:1 or less.

#### Who will buy or could afford 100 ounce bars of silver after the price goes way up?  

As the price of silver moves up, there will be many more traders. For example, at the top of the real estate market in Florida in recent years, one person in 50 was a real estate agent. When one person in 50 is a precious metals broker or dealer, when it is very easy to sell, that might be the time to sell. Silver and gold are always very liquid, and will always be liquid assets because of their intrinsic value, and special properties. There will always be someone much wealthier than you, who will want to buy your silver, such as industrial users, refiners, brokers, or bankers, and most people will never deal with them directly, but will sell it back to the coin shops, who will, in turn, sell it to new customers.

#### What are the supply/demand fundamentals of silver?  

These are merely rough estimates, or even just guesses: Annual Supply: 600 million ounces mined; 250 million ounces recycled; 50 million ounces sold by governments; Total: 900 million ounces. Annual Demand: 400 million ounces for industry and electronics; 250 million ounces for jewelry; 175 million ounces for photography; 75 million ounces for investment demand; But those are my estimates for what is "current" for 2008\. Investment demand is tiny, yet potentially huge.

#### Won't increased silver mining make silver worth less?  

In theory, yes. In practice, no. Annual increased silver mining is offset by old mines shutting down. Also, newly increased investment demand for silver is far higher than total new silver mine production. There is no silver surplus.

#### Why do you like silver more than gold?  

About 7% of silver mined each year is purchased by investors. The rest is consumed and lost by industry. Silver is a small market, more rare, harder to buy, harder to find. If "smart money" is buying gold, then the smartest money is buying silver.

#### Should I wait for silver prices to dip, before I buy?  

If you don't have any silver, I think it's more important to get some immediately, no matter what the price. Some silver is better than none. You don't have to buy all at once. Money is good because it is divisible. Should you wait for a dip? Waiting for a dip is the wrong strategy in a market that is going up, and is expected to go up. The longer you wait, the more you will pay, typically. Due to the many reports of silver not being available at all, I expect it will typically get much harder to locate, find, and buy silver in the future.

#### How will the world ever go back to using silver and gold as money, and what will it be worth?  

Paper money always fails, eventually, and returns to its intrinsic value, which is about the value of used newspaper. No matter how many zeros they print on the paper, that does not increase value. As silver and gold continue to go up in price, they will attract ever more investment, especially as more and more people understand true value, and as more and more people want to preserve savings, and grow their wealth. I think a silver dime containing 7/100ths of an ounce, or even 1/10th of an ounce of silver in the future could be worth a week's wages, due to the scarcity of silver.

#### How will silver or stocks be valued if there is no paper money?  

Today, stocks can be traded for dollars or Canadian dollars. I expect that in the future, stocks could be traded for fractional ounces of silver, or gold. When silver and gold are money, everything is valued in terms of silver and gold.How do I buy silver stocks? You need a broker, or an online brokerage account, to buy stocks. Generally, you need $2000 to open a brokerage account. With $10 trades, that's a 1% commission on $1000 trades, so I think all trades should be for $1000 minimum, otherwise, you can pay too much in commissions.

#### Why isn't the silver price higher?  

I'm glad you recognize that silver should be higher. Clearly, not everyone does. If everyone did, the silver price would already be higher. It is my estimation that less than one person in 1000 is even interested in silver, and that most of those who are interested in silver do not understand or agree with the main things that I think are keeping the silver price low. For example, economists in 1971 said that when gold would no longer back the currency that the gold price would collapse. Clearly, that did not happen, as gold prices moved from $35 to $850 over the following ten years. But in the long run, the economists were right. Lack of monetary demand caused the gold price to sink far below the inflation adjusted price of $35/oz, by the time gold hit $250/oz. in 1999, which was about $20/oz. in 1971 dollars. The same thing happened with silver, only the price changes were more extreme. It is my belief that since silver is not used as money, there is less demand for silver than there would be otherwise, and that until paper money is no longer used by a majority of the people of earth, silver will not see its much higher true value realized.

#### Can you explain again how silver prices are manipulated?  

Silver prices are manipulated in various ways. The biggest fraud of manipulation is paper money, which diverts investment demand away from real silver. But there are many other frauds, too. Fractional reserve banking, futures contracts and options, and silver certificates are all a form of manipulation, in my opinion. Also, news stories and college textbooks are also manipulative to the extent that they contain lies about silver, which deceive market participants.One of the markets commonly complained about is the COMEX futures contracts. I believe these "investment instruments" are deceptive, and divert investment demand away from real silver, as many potential silver investors are willing to hold silver promises instead of real silver. So, less silver is purchased, and thus, the silver price is lower as a result.

#### How long can they continue to manipulate silver prices?  

Manipulations work to the extent that people think that they can still get real silver if they wanted to. As long as "everything is fine" then people will tend to trust paper promises. So, manipulations can continue until they run out of silver to deliver. Then, people start to wake up to reality, and decide they want to get silver, when silver is harder to get. Then, silver prices can move up very, very quickly.Manipulations typically continue until a default, which is a failed delivery. Many failed deliveries have already happened, if you count the numerous delivery delays that have taken place from some of the largest mints in the world, the Perth Mint, the Northwest Territorial Mint, and the U.S. Mint. But apparently, these are not well publicized in the mainstream media channels, which seem to be more devoted to celebrity news, or news of the housing crunch and brokerage difficulties.

#### Why can't they manipulate silver forever?  

A failed delivery to an industrial user could cause a panic. Industrial users must have real silver, not paper silver, or they will shut down production, which could cause them to go bankrupt. Therefore, once industrial users cannot get silver easily, they may begin to stock up on silver. This could cause further panic for real silver, driving up prices.All price suppressions fail, because they encourage excess demand at a price that is too low. However, silver is an investment, and as such, it has a price curve that is reversed. As silver prices moved ever lower, investors were repulsed by silver. Today, as silver prices move higher, silver investors are attracted to silver. This is why paper money will fail, too. Because they can't manipulate silver forever.

#### Why can't the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) stop the manipulation?  

I honestly don't know what I would do if I were the CFTC. I believe the existence of silver futures contracts themselves are price manipulative, and the only way to solve that problem, legally, would be to shut it down. However, that is no true solution, since, Biblically speaking, people have the right to enslave themselves with usury, and others have the right to enslave others with usury, even if we would rather avoid it. Essentially, prohibition does not work. But there is another view, which is that the futures markets in silver are particularly manipulated due to the excessive positions, and concentration of positions, among four to eight traders. But I don't think the CFTC wants to stop that kind of "excessive" manipulation. Keeping silver and gold prices low, tends to support the dollar, which is in the interests of the government, and the people who have a monopoly on the power to print money to loan to the government, at interest; the Federal Reserve.I don't think we need to ask the government for help. I think we need to promote the benefits of "cheap silver" to other people.Government help would only hurt in the long run. For example, when Andrew Jackson fought the banks and won, he "imposed" laws that forced people to buy property with gold and silver only. This caused a "manipulation" of gold and silver prices that was too high, because the demand came from government edict or "fiat", rather than popular market forces. So, afterwards, precious metals prices collapsed. All manipulations and use of force in the market eventually fail.
### The Horseshoe Prophecy
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/horseshoe-prophecy/
Last updated: 2024-04-19T22:10:51.000Z
by President John Taylor of the Mormon Church  
As told by Edward Lunt, an ordinance worker in the Mesa, AZ temple  
  
The following incident occurred at my father's home in Cedar City, at the time a stake conference was being held in that city, at which President John Taylor and George A. Smith were present.  
  
Apostle Smith was asked to conduct the conference, as President Taylor wished to rest after his having held meetings in the different wards and stakes between Salt Lake City and Cedar City. President Taylor asked Elder George A. Smith to start the conference, as he wished to rest until the afternoon meeting. President Taylor, with some of the authorities, was staying at the home of my parents during this conference.  
  
President Taylor wished to go to his room and lie down. He asked my mother to awaken him in time for the afternoon conference, as he feared he might oversleep and thus fail to arrive at the conference in time.

My mother was busy preparing dinner for the visitors but was surprised to see President Taylor come into the kitchen so soon after retiring for his much needed rest. He immediately started telling mother of a most remarkable vision that he had just had while in his room.  
  
He stated that he saw that Salt Lake City would become a great city with many beautiful paved roads and streets of cement construction, and that the people had become wealthy. He saw that the city extended almost to the point of the mountain south of the new 1951 State prison.  
  
The people, he saw, had become quite indifferent to the counsel and advice of the authorities of the church, and were more interested in the accumulation of wealth than they were in living their religion. He told mother that he saw that war had been started, and that so great was the destruction of life within the city that blood ran down the gutters as though it were streams of water, and the violence was such that it would cause the destruction of the beautiful city. The people were fighting among themselves until it became necessary to remove the church records across the Colorado river.  
  
President Taylor said to mother, "If you are alive at that time, be sure that you are not behind the Church records, because after the Church records leave and are made secure, the very powers of hell would be turned loose, and there will be such destruction that there will be but little life remain, —not only in Salt Lake City, but in adjoining cities also. And in Jackson County, Missouri civilization will become entirely extinct, and all means of transportation such as rail roads and highways will be destroyed, and the only means of travel will be on foot.

All means of manufacturing will also be entirely destroyed. Be sure when you see these things come that you have buttons, needles, cloth and things to work with as much as possible, to make yourselves clothing, because all tools and every kind of machinery will be destroyed. It will be such a destructive war that in comparison to the sufferings and the drivings of the people of Nauvoo, it would be only a drop in the bucket.  
  
"One half of the Mormon people will entirely forsake their leaders, and half of the other half, because of their suffering, will leave the church. Many Mormons will die in the struggle, but the Lord will bless those who stick faithfully to the church and will bless them to the extent that they will not be destroyed."  
  
He said that faithful Latter-day Saints would go to the south and would form a circle something like a horseshoe, before they return to Jackson County, Missouri. Said he, "Those only will be privileged to help build Jackson County who will be found willing and glad to obey the counsel and advice of the authorities who will be placed over them, and who will seek counsel that they may be guided and protected from dire want and distress.  
  
President Taylor also said that we will assist the Lamanites in building the New Jerusalem in Jackson county. He said that the vision to him appeared so terrible that he besought the Lord to close it up, but he saw that those who would keep the commandments and adhere to the authorities of the church would be the ones who would survive and not be destroyed. And that the lord would protect them as he did the children of Israel.  
  
The above experience my mother told to me many, many times; and she held this great experience very sacred.   
  
Subscribed and sworn to this 28th day of June, 1951.  
  
/s/Edward Lunt
### Civil War 2.0 Starts in Chicago
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/next-civil-war-begins-in-chicago/
Last updated: 2026-04-06T17:50:35.000Z
Second Great Rebellion or Chicago Prophecy  
A. Milton Musser papers  
LDS Church Archives

This was a letter from Nephi Packard to A. Milton Musser on July 24, 1896:

> "... My brother, Noah Packard, says that he heard the Prophet Joseph say that the next great (U.S. civil) war after the war of the rebellion (the Civil War of the 1860's between the North and the South) would commence in a little town now called Chicago, but at that time it would have grown to be a very large city. And another brother told me that the Prophet said that the cause of the next great trouble of the United States would be the depreciation of the currency of the United States. I believe I have given you all the facts in as short and concise manner as possible."

Another quote regarding the Civil War itself comes from an interview by Dr. Poulson with David Whitmer, printed in the Deseret News on Friday, August 16, 1878:

> Question: When will the temple be built in Independence, Missouri?  
>  
> Answer: Right after the great tribulation is over.  
>  
> Question: What do you mean by that?  
>  
> Answer: A civil war more bloody and cruel than the rebellion. It will be the smashing up of this nation, about which time the second great work has to be done, a work like Joseph did, and the translation of the sealed plates and peace all over.

 We know that the "powers that be" like to tell the world what they are about to do. Perhaps they are dropping a hint with this movie that just came out!

(3 minutes long)

Are we getting close to the second civil war that Joseph Smith said will be due to the deprecation of the currency? Leave your comments below.
### False Hope Quotes After 1929 Stock Market Crash
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/false-hope-quotes-after-1929-stock-market-crash/
Last updated: 2024-04-18T01:10:05.000Z
Perhaps you will see some parallels between what was said then and what is being said now?

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**September 1929**  
"There is no cause to worry. The high tide of prosperity will continue."  
*Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury*

**October 14, 1929**  
"Secretary Lamont and officials of the Commerce Department today denied rumors that a severe depression in business and industrial activity was impending, which had been based on a mistaken interpretation of a review of industrial and credit conditions issued earlier in the day by the Federal Reserve Board".  
*New York Times*

**December 5, 1929**  
"The Governments business is in sound condition."  
*Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury*

**December 28, 1929**  
"Maintenance of a general high level of business in the United States during December was reviewed today by Robert P. Lamont, Secretary of Commerce, as a indications that American Industry had reached a point where a break in New York stock prices does not necessarily mean a national depression."  
*Associated Press dispatch*

**January 13, 1930**  
"Reports to the Department of Commerce indicate that business is in a satisfactory condition, Secretary Lamont said today."  
*News Item*

**January 21, 1930**  
"Definite signs that business and industry have turned the corner from the temporary period of emergency that followed deflation of the speculative market were seen today by President Hoover. The President said that reports to the Cabinet showed the tide of employment had changed in the right direction."  
*News dispatch from Washington*

**January 24, 1930**  
"Trade recovery now complete President told. Business survey conference reports industry has progressed by own power. No Stimulants Needed! Progress in all lines by the early spring forecast."  
*New York Herald Tribune*

**March 8, 1930**  
"President Hoover predicted today that the worst effect of the crash upon unemployment will have been passed during the next sixty days".  
*Washington Dispatch*

**May 1, 1930**  
"While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States-that is prosperity."  
*President Hoover*

**June 29, 1930**  
"The worst is over without a doubt."  
*James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor*

**August 29, 1930**  
"American labor may now look to the future with confidence".  
*James J.Davis, Secretary of Labor*

**September 12, 1930**  
"We have hit bottom and are on the upswing"  
*James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor*

**October 16, 1930**  
"President Hoover today designated Robert W. Lamont Secretary of Commerce, as chariman of the President's special committee on unemployment."  
*Washington Dispatch*

**October 21, 1930**  
President Hoover has summoned Col. Arthur Woods to help place 2,500,000 persons back to work this winter."  
*Washington Dispatch*

**November 1930**  
"I see no reason why 1931 should not be an extremely good year."  
*Alfred P. Sloan Jr., General Motors Company*

**January 20, 1931**  
"The country is not in good condition"  
*Calvin Coolidge*

**June 9, 1931**  
"The depression had ended"  
*Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerce*

**August 12, 1931**  
"Henry Ford has shut down his Detroit automobile factories almost completely. At Least 75,000 men have been thrown out of work"  
*The Nation*

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Today, in 2024, do you believe that everything is fine in the economy and banking system? Leave your comments below!
### The Resurrected Joseph Smith Will Return
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/resurrected-joseph-smith-will-return/
Last updated: 2026-04-22T20:51:03.000Z
Bishop John Koyle, who has an impeccable track record when it comes to prophesying future events, was shown that Joseph will return to set the church in order around the time the Relief Mine begins producing gold. Here are just some of the things the Bishop said:

> He told a miner in 1920 that Joseph Smith would go into the top church leader's private office in the Church Office Building, and they would say, how did you get in here? Whereon Joseph would fire every last jack one of them.

Here is a quote which suggests that Joseph's return will be around the time the Relief Mine is vindicated:

> Bishop Koyle was shown that when vindication came a complete setting in order of the Church would be at hand. This, he said, was shown to him by the Prophet Joseph Smith himself, who clearly demonstrated to him that not one single general authority of the old order would be left, but that all would be removed, and that new ones called of God would replace them.

Many early members of the church found comfort in the testimony of Parley P. Pratt. He gave an account of an experience regarding the resurrection of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the future role he will play. This quote can be found in Parley's biography, pages 370-371:

> As I walked along over the plains of Illinois, lonely and solitary, I reflected as follows: I am now drawing near to the beloved city; in a day or two I shall be there. How shall I meet the sorrowing widows and orphans? How shall I meet the aged and widowed mother of these two martyrs? (Joseph and Hyrum). How shall I meet the entire community bowed down with grief and sorrow unutterable? What shall I say? Or how console and advise twenty five thousand people who will throng about me in tears and in the absence of my president and the older members of the now presiding council, who will ask counsel at my hands? Shall I tell them to fly to the wilderness and deserts? Or, shall I tell them to stay at home and take care of themselves, and continue to build the Temple?  
>  
> With these reflections and inquiries, I walked on ward, weighed down as it were, unto death. When I could endure it no longer, I cried out aloud saying: "O Lord! In the name of Jesus Christ I pray Thee, show me what these things mean, and what I shall say to Thy people!" On a sudden, the spirit of God came upon me, and filled my heart with joy and gladness indescribable; while the spirit of revelation glowed in my bosom with as visible a warmth and gladness as if it were fire. The Spirit said unto me: "Lift up your head and rejoice; for behold — It is well with my servants Joseph and Hyrum. My servant Joseph still holds the Keys of My Kingdom in this dispensation, and HE SHALL STAND IN DUE TIME ON THE EARTH, IN THE FLESH, AND FULFILL THAT TO WHICH HE IS APPOINTED."  
>  
> "Go and say unto my people in Nauvoo, that they shall continue to pursue their daily duties and take care of themselves, and make no movement in Church government to reorganize or alter anything until the return of the remainder of the Quorum of the Twelve. But exhort them that they continue to build the House of the Lord which I have commanded them to build in Nauvoo."  
>  
> This information caused my bosom to burn with joy and gladness and I was comforted above measure; all my sorrow seemed in a moment to be lifted as a burden from my back.

Now let's take a look at another quote from Norman Pierce's book, "The Dream Mine Story". This details what Joseph will do when he returns:

> Bishop Koyle was shown that these new and inspired leaders would be called by the mouth of the Prophet Joseph Smith himself, at a special general conference called for this very purpose. He saw that there would be [three empty chairs](https://www.reliefmine.com/three-mormon-leaders-die-close-together/) on the stand in the tabernacle caused by recent deaths among the general authorities. The next man in seniority went to take the presiding chair when the Prophet Joseph prevented it, telling him that this chair was not for him. The Prophet Joseph then proceeded in turn to dismiss every one of the general authorities, which brought to an end to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and established in its place a new Church for the millennium, which would receive and obey the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ with nothing left out, for it would also include the United Order and Plural Marriage.

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Remember, Bishop Koyle told believers that owning 100 shares would be sufficient to care for any man's family. But, if a man had more than 100, he would be in a better position to assist his fellow men during the times of financial trouble and famine.

The popular LDS hymn, "Praise to the Man", also seems to be hinting at the return of Joseph based on this verse:

> Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven;  
> Earth must atone for the blood of that man.  
> Wake up the world for the conflict of justice.  
> Millions shall know “Brother Joseph” again.

What about the parable of the redemption of Zion found in [D&C 101](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/101?lang=eng&id=43-62&ref=reliefmine.com)? In it the Lord commands His servant to redeem the vineyard, "break down the walls of mine enemies; throw down their tower, and scatter their watchmen". Since Zion has not been redeemed yet, then this parable identifies a future event.

A few sections later, in [D&C 103:21](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/103?lang=eng&id=21&ref=reliefmine.com), the Lord clarifies who this servant will be:

> Verily, verily I say unto you, that my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., is the man to whom I likened the servant to whom the Lord of the vineyard spake in the parable which I have given unto you.

Finally, here is the last prophetic dream that Joseph Smith had before he was killed. Does this have something to do with how church leaders will respond when being removed from office by Joseph Smith? Time will tell.

**My Old Farm in Kirtland**  
Joseph Smith Jr.  
June 27, 1844 at Carthage Jail  
(Source: “History, 1838–1856, volume F-1,” 177–78.)

Joseph related the following dream which he had last night:

“I was back in Kirtland, Ohio, and thought I would take a walk out by myself, and view my old farm, which I found grown up with weeds and brambles, and altogether bearing evidence of neglect and want of culture. I went into the barn which I found without floor or doors, with the weather boarding off, and was altogether in keeping with the farm.

While I viewed the desolation around me, and was contemplating how it might be recovered from the curse upon it, there came rushing into the barn a company of furious men, who commenced to pick a quarrel with me. The leader of the party ordered me to leave the barn and farm, stating it was none of mine, and that I must give up all hope of ever possessing it. I told him the farm was given me by the Church, and although I had not had any use of it for some time back, still I had not sold it, and according to righteous principles it belonged to me or the Church.

He then grew furious, and began to rail upon me and threaten me, and said it never did belong to me nor the Church. I then told him that I did not think it worth contending about; that I had no desire to live upon it in its present state, and if he thought he had a better right I would not quarrel with him about it, but leave; but my assurance that I would not trouble him at present did not seem to satisfy him, as he seemed determined to quarrel with me, and threatened me with the destruction of my body.

While he was thus engaged, pouring out his bitter words upon me, a rabble rushed in and nearly filled the barn, drew out their knives, and began to quarrel among themselves for the premises; and for a moment forgot me, at which time I took the opportunity to walk out of the barn about up to my ankles in mud. When I was a little distance from the barn I heard them screeching and screaming in a very distressed manner, as it appeared they had engaged in a general fight with their knives. While they were thus engaged the dream or vision ended.”

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Do you believe Joseph Smith will return to set the LDS Church in order and dismiss the brethren? Leave your comments below.
### I.O.U.S.A Documentary
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/i-o-u-s-a/
Last updated: 2024-04-04T19:38:42.000Z
Wake up, America! We're on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens. Burdened with an ever-expanding government and military, increased international competition, overextended entitlement programs, and debts to foreign countries that are becoming impossible to honor, America must mend its spendthrift ways or face an economic disaster of epic proportions.

This video clip goes to show that Bishop Koyle knew what he was talking about.
### LAPD Cop Warns of Future Chaos
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/lapd-cop-warns-of-future-chaos/
Last updated: 2024-04-18T20:04:51.000Z
Below is a post from a retired LAPD cop. It is very disconcerting, but should be taken seriously, I think, in light of the direction our country is going.  
  
Originally Posted by LAPD77 on July 19, 2008  
  
Hi all,  
  
This might be the last thing I ever post on here but I need to warn you all. I have been with LAPD for a while and have learned alot of things. One of them is to be a little more independent. Don't put 100% faith in other humans to take care of you. And yes that means the government too.   
  
Well because things have gotten so bad in LA (Officers being shot at up 39% in 2007) I decided to move to Idaho. I love it by the way. Anyway what I'm going to say might shock you or even scare you, but please understand that fear does nothing but makes things worse kinda like stress. So instead of worrying do something to fix it. Remember there's no problems only solutions.   
  
This morning I got a call from my uncle who is very high up in the military and he told me to leave the city now. I hardly ever talk to him so he was unaware that I had already left LA. But he seemed very concerned but refused to tell me why. After about 20 minutes he told me the very basics. The first thing he said was to buy as much canned food and water as possible. The second was to stock up on ammo. I have already stacked up on ammo because I knew it would become very expensive later and in LA there was a 1 year wait for .223 bullets for my AR15\. But I was still very confused as to why he's calling out of the blue and telling me these things.   
  
Well what he said next is something the American people aren't suppose to know. He told me that there is an actual plan as to when the economy will completely crash. He said that Mexico and Canada will merge with us and that a new dollar called the Amero is going to replace the dollar.   
  
But the most scary thing is what he told me he's been doing for the past couple of years. He's been overseeing the construction of Prison Camps being built all through out America. He said a Private company called Haliburton is building them. He told me that 1 camp in Alaska can hold 2 million people and there's almost 1000 camps in the USA. (not including the ones underground) He also said that these will be used when they declare Martial Law.   
  
There's some more things but I promised him I would never repeat them. But just knowing that this could even be possible makes me say to myself, 'why not buy an extra 20 or 30 bucks of food I can store?' each time I go shopping. I had about 2 weeks worth because in California you never know when that next big earthquake can hit not to mention the last year and a half we have been training on how to handle food riots in LA. *(By the way the first step in the LAPD process is to stand back and observe)* Crazy Huh.   
  
Well, use common sense and get what you can because once everyone wakes up it will be to late. Last but not least why I believe him is because he is the same one that told me beforehand not to fly in Aug. and Sept. of 2001\. Do I have to go on?  
  
Take care everyone and GOD Bless!!
### 90 Items That Disappear in a Panic
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/90-items-that-disappear-in-a-panic/
Last updated: 2024-04-14T23:48:32.000Z
By Joseph Almond

Each of these items will become scarce very quickly. Having a supply of these types of items will help you when it comes time to bartering with neighbors. For example, Bishop Koyle said we would have to get our lanterns out as electricity will be down for a time. Do you have a lantern and lamp oil?

1. Tri-fuel generators
2. Water Filters/Purifiers
3. Portable Toilets
4. Seasoned Firewood (Takes 6 - 12 months to become dried)
5. Lamp Oil, Wicks, Lamps
6. Coleman Fuel
7. Guns, Ammunition, Pepper Spray, Knives, Clubs, Bats & Slingshots
8. Can openers & hand egg beaters, whisks
9. Honey/Syrups/white, brown sugars
10. Rice - Beans - Wheat
11. Coconut oil (Without it food burns/must be boiled, etc.)
12. Charcoal & Lighter fluid
13. Water containers
14. Mini Heater head (Propane)
15. Grain Grinder (Non-electric)
16. Propane Cylinders
17. Michael Hyatt's Y2K Survival Guide (BEST single y2k handbook for sound advice/tips.)
18. Lantern Mantles: Aladdin, Coleman, etc.
19. Baby Supplies: Diapers/formula/ointments/aspirin, etc.
20. Washboards, Mop Bucket w/wringer (for Laundry)
21. Cookstoves (Propane, Coleman & Kerosene)
22. Vitamins and supplements
23. Propane Cylinder Handle-Holder (Urgent: Small canister use is dangerous without this item.)
24. Feminine Hygiene/Haircare/Skin products
25. Thermal underwear
26. Bow saws, axes and hatchets & Wedges (also, honing oil)
27. Aluminum foil
28. Gasoline containers
29. Garbage bags
30. Toilet Paper, Kleenex, paper towels
31. Milk - Powdered & Condensed
32. Garden seeds (Non-hybrid) (A MUST)
33. Clothes pins/line/hangers (A MUST)
34. Coleman's Pump Repair Kit
35. Tuna Fish (in oil)
36. Fire extinguishers (or.. large box of Baking soda in every room...)
37. First aid kits
38. Batteries (all sizes...buy furthest-out for Expiration Dates)
39. Garlic, spices & vinegar, baking supplies
40. BIG DOGS (and plenty of dog food)
41. Flour, yeast & salt
42. Matches (3 box/$1 .44 at WalMart: "Strike Anywhere" preferred. Boxed, wooden matches will go first.)
43. Writing paper/pads/pencils/solar calculators
44. Insulated ice chests (good for keeping items from freezing in Wintertime)
45. Workboots, belts, Levis & durable shirts
46. Flashlights/LIGIITSTICKS & torches, "No.76 Dietz" Lanterns
47. Journals, Diaries & Scrapbooks (Jot down ideas, feelings, experiences: Historic times!)
48. Garbage cans Plastic (great for storage, water, transporting - if with wheels)
49. Men's Hygiene: Shampoo, Toothbrush/paste, Mouthwash/floss, nail clippers,etc
50. Cast iron cookware (sturdy, efficient)
51. Fishing supplies/tools
52. Mosquito coils/repellent sprays/creams
53. Duct tape
54. Tarps/stakes/twine/nails/rope/spikes
55. Candles
56. Laundry detergent (Liquid)
57. Backpacks & Duffle bags
58. Garden tools & supplies
59. Scissors, fabrics & sewing supplies
60. Canned Fruits, Veggies, Soups, stews, etc.
61. Bleach (plain, NOT scented: 4 to 6% sodium hypochlorite)
62. Canning supplies (Jars/lids/wax)
63. Knives & Sharpening tools: files, stones, steel
64. Bicycles...Tires/tubes/pumps/chains, etc.
65. Sleeping bags & blankets/pillows/mats
66. Carbon Monoxide Alarm (battery powered)
67. Board Games Cards, Dice
68. d-Con Rat poison, MOUSE PRUFE II, Roach Killer
69. Mousetraps, Ant traps & cockroach magnets
70. Paper plates/cups/utensils (stock up, folks...)
71. Baby Wipes, oils, waterless & Anti-bacterial soap (saves a lot of water)
72. Rain gear, rubberized boots, etc.
73. Shaving supplies (razors & creams, talc, after shave)
74. Hand pumps & siphons (for water and for fuels)
75. Soysauce, vinegar, boullions/gravy/soup base
76. Reading glasses
77. Chocolate/Cocoa/Tang/Punch (water enhancers)
78. "Survival-in-a-Can"
79. Woolen clothing, scarves/ear-muffs/mittens
80. BSA - New 1998 - Boy Scout Handbook (also, Leader's Catalog)
81. Roll-on Window Insulation Kit (MANCO)
82. Graham crackers, saltines, pretzels, Trail mix/Jerky
83. Popcorn, Peanut Butter, Nuts
84. Socks, Underwear, T-shirts, etc. (extras)
85. Lumber (all types)
86. Wagons & carts (for transport to & from open Flea markets)
87. Cots & Inflatable mattresses (for extra guests)
88. Gloves: Work/warming/gardening, etc.
89. Lantern Hangers
90. Screen Patches, glue, nails, screws, nuts & bolts
### Congress Will Be Destroyed
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/vision-of-us-congress-destroyed/
Last updated: 2024-09-30T20:12:47.000Z
Below is an 1895 vision of the last days given to Newman Bulkley of Springville, Utah. Those familiar with Bishop Koyle's prophecies will know that he also said something devastating will happen to congress. This is summarized in item #85 in John Jordan's List, which states:

> "The leaders of the nation will be blown out of office as if by a whirlwind. They will hide fearing for their lives."

### Vision Begins

I retired to rest about nine o'clock in the evening. In a short time I drowsed off to sleep, and it seemed as if the spirit of my dead wife was hovering round about me.  
  
Suddenly I awoke. Sleep departed from me, the vision of my mind was open, and I beheld the members of the senate of the United States. While in session they were hurled from the hall by an unseen power. They rallied again, and the second time were thrown from the hall. They rallied the third time and were again thrown from the hall with such violence that a great number of them were killed. All those that remained alive had the name "Edmunds" printed in their foreheads. *(See Senator George f. Edmunds' bill against polygamy, March, 1882, "Essentials in Church History." P. 592)*

### Yet future

Next I saw a whirlwind commence in the center of the house of representatives which increased until it frightened all the members out of the house. They scattered to various parts of the United States, and the inhabitants of the city of Washington, D. C. became frightened and scattered until the city became almost desolated.  
  
Then I saw a great tumult commence all over the United States, which ended in a great deal of blood being shed. And a great many of the people who had heard our elders preach and had believed what they had heard, but had not had the courage to embrace the gospel when they heard it, gathered what little effects they could take with them and came to this people in the Rocky Mountains.  
  
Then I saw many thousands of women and children take refuge in the timber, hazel rough, or any place they could conceal themselves from the turmoil that was going on in the United States. And when word reached this people of their situation, there were hundreds of Seventies called upon to go and hunt them up and bring them to this people in Utah. *(See Wilford Woodruff's vision on the desolation of Washington, D. C.; New York, etc., and refugees to the mountains of Zion. See also the Cardston temple vision.)*  
  
Then the government of the United States patched up their difficulty and elected a new congress which assembled to do business. The crusade still continued against the Latter Day Saints. Our enemies attributed all their troubles to the saints, and crusaders raised such a howl and sent forth their petitions to congress so that the first business they did was to order one hundred thousand of the best and most able bodied men that could be found to come against us. *(See Bishop Koyle, on "Army Worse Than Johnston's")*  
  
When this became known to the saints, instructions were sent forth for all of the inhabitants of the territory to gather into valleys, as near as possible to the temples. And the people gathered into Salt Lake, Cache, Utah, and Sanpete counties, and to St. George, until there was a family to nearly every acre of land and all the country around was filled with our people. Water broke forth where before there had been no water, so that all the land could be cultivated. *(See D&C 133:29)*   
  
I also saw that all the old men who had honored their priesthood became spry again. (See D&C 84:33-34 - Renewal of bodies promised.)  
  
I saw that the greater number of those who had gone into polygamy for principal thereof had to go to prison, while those who had embraced it for lust escaped, as the officers appeared to care nothing about them.  
  
I saw no preparations of any war-like demonstration in the midst of the saints, but all appeared to have the spirit of peace and contentment. When the soldiers came near our borders, the United States officers and all the gentiles were seized with fearfulness, and left in haste by night and by day, until they all got outside of the borders of this people and united with the soldiers. Then the army surrounded this people on every side, so that there was no possible way of escape. Then they raised their standards and sent forth a proclamation to all who wished to save their lives to come to them for protection. About one third of our men and as many women as they could persuade to follow them went over to the army and joined it. *(See Heber C. Kimball on "great test and sifting to come.")*  
  
Then I saw the preparations commence for the entire destruction of the saints. It consisted in their gathering together all the combustible material they could obtain and making a complete wall around this people. It looked to me to be some fifty feet high, and from six to ten rods wide at the bottom.  
  
During the time of their gathering this combustible material, our people were laboring in the temples, endowing men with the fullness of the blessing of the priesthood for their protection.   
  
When the enemy had fired their combustibles, these men endowed with the fullness of the holy priesthood walked along like sentinels at their posts and waved their hands. The flames, smoke and ashes that were intended for the destruction of the saints turned upon our enemies. And when this combustible matter was consumed and the fire and smoke had cleared away, lo and behold, the enemies of this people were not to be found. *(See D&C 45:70 "Let us not go up against Zion, etc.)*  
  
During all this time, our people were laboring in the temples day and night, endowing the elders of israel with the fullness of the blessings of the holy priesthood until they got the number of fifty thousand endowed. During this time the temple in Salt Lake City had been completed, and in one of the rooms situated in one of the towers, Jesus and Joseph, with their council, were sitting.  
  
Then preparations were made for the fifty thousand to go down to the center stake in Zion, with Jesus and [Joseph](https://www.reliefmine.com/resurrected-joseph-smith-will-return/) at their head, riding in their chariots of fire. They seemed somewhere about six to ten rods above the earth. *(See D&C 103:20-21)*  
  
While all these scenes had been transpiring, the remnants *(or Lamanites)* of the land had gathered in from all quarters of the Rocky Mountains, and some had come from South America. When our brethren passed down to the center stake of Zion, the remnants went forth and redeemed the Land of Zion. *(See 3 Nephi 21:23)* I saw the foundation of the temple laid there, which had the appearance of a bright luster. The chariots of pillar of fire went over the temple block and remained about it, shedding forth its light to those below. *(A cloud by day and pillar of fire by night.)*  
  
When my attention was drawn back again to the mountains, I saw that the young men and the middle aged men had been called away upon different missions *(See D&C 101:55 on "young men and middle aged.")*; and the old men and women and children had to do all the farm work. All those who were laboring to build up the City of Zion in Jackson County had to be sustained from these valleys, with the exception of the remnants of the House of Jacob.  
  
The buffalo and other game had returned upon the plains to feed them until they could be taught the art of agriculture.   
  
The earth in the valleys was sanctified and cleansed so that it brought forth in its strength. Instead of its bringing forth from 15 to 40 bushels of grain per acre, it brought forth from 100 to 200 bushels. The water broke forth in parched ground, *(See D&C 133:29)* and all the valleys were filled with the Saints of the Most High who had gathered in from the nations of the earth to be schooled in the temples that are now built, to prepare them to go forth to the center stake of Zion.
### Jim Cramer: Bear Stearns is Fine!
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/jim-cramer-bear-stearns-fine/
Last updated: 2024-04-04T19:52:27.000Z
The video below is an example on why we should never, ever rely on the arm of flesh. Because in the end, they will always fail you. Just days before Bear Stearns had their bank run, with people rushing to get their money out, we have Jim Cramer saying that the company is doing just fine. What a joke! You've gotta see this one!
### Surviving in the City During a Collapse
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/surviving-in-the-city-during-collapse/
Last updated: 2024-04-15T00:20:40.000Z
Unknown author from Millennium-Ark.net

### Introduction

While we all want to do our best to prepare for a coming crisis, and many of us realize the city is perhaps the worst place to live, very few people are really prepared to pack up the old Winnebago and head for the hills. Most Americans, whether they're aware or not, are going to stay in the cities.  
  
This is not a hasty decision for most people. Most of us depend on the city for our livelihood, and we can be better prepared by continuing to live in the city, earn a good income, and make preparations for exiting the city at the appropriate time or by staying in the city and living off existing supplies.  
  
This special report explains some of the most critical dangers of living in a city and presents some solutions to surviving them. If you are one of the people who has decided to stay in the city, you'll benefit greatly from this information.

### Cities Are Artificial

Every city is an artificial construct. Cities formed as people came together to conduct business, participate in social interaction, and benefit from efficiencies in public services (such as schools, sewers, water, etc.) and a common defense. Yet cities cannot survive alone. They need resources from the country; most notably, food, water and electricity. While electricity and water can sometimes be created or found within city limits, the acreage requirements of food dictate that no city could possibly feed its own people.  
  
Read that last phrase carefully: No city can feed its own people. Not one. Cities are, by their very nature, dependent on the importation of food. The advent of just-in-time delivery systems to our grocery stores means that most cities would run out of food within a week if supplies were for some reason disrupted.  
  
Remember, cities are not self-sufficient. Although they may seem to be in 2005, they have for a long time been entirely dependent on the American farmer for their support, something almost all Americans take for granted (except the farmer, of course.)

### Risks in the City

The city presents some serious risks during a crisis. The four most serious ones are:  
1\. the collapse of social order (riots),  
2\. the failure of the water treatment and delivery systems,  
3\. the depletion of food supplies and  
4\. the failure of the power grid.  
  
While not every situation will appear in every city, every situation will most certainly appear in some cities. Will that include yours? We'll tackle these one at a time:

### The Collapse of Social Order

Social order is a delicate thing, and it exists as a psychological barrier that could easily collapse under the right conditions. We all saw this during the L. A. Riots following the Rodney King trial verdict as citizens of L. A. set fire to their own town, yanked people from vehicles and beat them literally to death, and even fired guns at firemen attempting to save their buildings! More recently we were all witness to the looting, violence and total breakdown of society following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.  
  
What allowed this to happen? Simple: the simultaneous melting away of the psychological barrier of order. Once people realized 911 couldn't handle the load, or was offline, that the local police were helpless or had simply abandoned their posts, 'Law and Order' ceased to exist in their minds. They then conducted their lives in the way they always wanted to, but couldn't because of the police. That is, they ran out to the local stores and just took whatever they wanted (looting). They took our their racial frustration on innocent victims who happened to be driving through the area, and they let loose on a path of destruction that only stopped when men with rifles (the National Guard) were called in to settle things down. In other words, only the threat of immediate death stopped the looting and violence. Rifles work wonders.  
  
Imagine store owners lying prone on the roofs of their stores with AK-47's, firing at anyone who approached. This is exactly what happened in Los Angeles. But worse, imagine the lawless horde firing at the rescue copters trying to bring in supplies to the desperate masses.  
  
The National Guard eventually got things under control. This event was isolated, however, to one city. Imagine a hundred cities experiencing the same thing. Will the National Guard be able to handle the load? Not likely. What about local police? They aren't fools; if things look bad enough, they'll grab their families and head for the hills, just like they did in New Orleans. No pension is worth getting killed for. A few U. S. cities could be transformed into literal war zones overnight. It would require all-out martial law and military force to have any chance whatsoever of bringing order to these streets. And the reality is that there are not enough military in the USA to secure all of the cities if this happens.  
  
This collapse of social order is perhaps the greatest risk of staying in the city during a crisis. What, exactly, would cause this collapse of social order? Lack of three things: food, water, and money. When people run out of food, some will begin ransacking their neighborhood, searching for something to eat. (Remember that in a city, a 'neighbor' does not mean the same thing as a 'neighbor' in the country. They are not necessarily your friends.) It won't take long, then, for violence to take over in some cities. While certain regions will certainly manage to keep things under control and people will form lines at the local (depleted) Red Cross shelter, other cities will see an explosion of violence. Imagine the gang-infested regions of L. A., Chicago, New York, St. Louis & New Orleans. Do you think those people are going to stand in line and wait? They already have guns; now they finally get to use them. Pent-up racial tensions & hostilities will simply serve as justification for shooting people of the same or other color in order to get their food.  
  
Even if the food somehow gets into the cities, lack of money (due to the government not sending out checks) could cause the same thing. Eventually, lack of money results in looting and mass theft. As the stealing balloons, it also results in a collapse of social order. Water; the same thing (but faster). The collapse of social order is also very dangerous because it doesn't require any 'actual' collapse of the power grid, telecommunications, transportation or banking. Social order is a psychological artifact. It is a frame of mind, and any global panic can quickly remove the mental barrier that right now keeps people basically 'lawful'.

### Failure of Water Treatment & Delivery Systems

Will the water treatment facilities fail during a crisis? Many will. Some won't. The problem lies in figuring out whether yours will. Certainly, they depend on electricity, and testing conducted on some plants has already revealed weaknesses in the system.

In one such test, the water treatment plant released a fatal dose of fluoride into the water system when tested. The computers thought they were 99 years behind in releasing minute doses of fluoride, so they made up the difference. If you happened to be downstream, drinking that water, you were dead. Fluoride, no matter what misinformed dentists tell you, is actually a fatal poison. A major crisis likely to demonstrate this fact in more than one city.  
  
The most important question here, though, is about what will happen when the water stops flowing (or if it is flowing, but it's not drinkable). As you are probably aware, while people can live without food for long periods of time (2-3 weeks), water is needed on a daily basis. You can go 2-3 days without it, at most, but beyond that, you'll quickly turn to dust.  
  
That means people will do anything to get water, because to not have it means death. And guess where it's going to be the most difficult to actually get water? You guessed it: in the cities. During the first day of the water crisis, many people still won't figure out what's going on. They'll figure it's a temporary breakage of a water main and the government will get it fixed within hours. As those hours stretch into the next day, these people will get very worried.  
  
By the second day, more and more people will realize the water isn't coming. At that point, you could easily see a breakdown of social order, as described in the previous section (as you can see, these things all tend to cause each other.). People will begin their 'search for water', and the first place they're likely to go is where they always go for liquids: the grocery store, the local Wal-Mart, the 7-11\. The shelves will be cleaned out rather quickly.  
  
Beyond that (because those liquids aren't going to last long), you're going to see people engaged in a mass-exodus from the cities. They'll take the gas they have left in their tanks and they'll leave the city in search of water. Some will go to ?Grandma's house? out in the country where they might at least find a pond or stream to drink from. Others will simply go on an expanded looting mission, stopping at any house they see and asking the residents (with a gun in their face, likely) if they have any water to 'donate'?  
  
As a result of all this, if water stops flowing, here are the events you can expect to see in some of the worse-off cities:

- Looting of all the grocery stores by the second or third day (remember New Orleans?)
- Minor outbreaks of violence during the looting. Shop owners, for example, may attempt to defend their shops with firearms (ala L. A. Riots)
- Mass exodus of residents from the city in search of water
- Ransacking of any houses or farms within a gas-tank radius of the city, presumably by desperate people with guns
- Mass traffic jams on the outbound highways as people run out of gas and abandon their vehicles (if bad enough, this could actually block the highways and trap people in the cities) (Remember Hurricane Rita?)
- Mass outbreak of water-borne diseases as people use streams and rivers as both a water fountain and a bathroom. People crapping upstream are going to infect the people drinking downstream. Very few have any kind of water filtration device. That last point is really critical. Once the water flow stops, disease is going to strike.

### The Depletion of Food Supplies

The food supplies will likely dwindle quickly as we approach a possible crisis due to people stocking up just in case. Once the crisis actually hits, expect to see breakdowns in the transportation sector that will result in major delays in food delivery. This means food may arrive in sporadic fashion in some cities (if at all).  
  
Once this happens, food suddenly becomes really valuable to people (even though they take it for granted today). And that means any small shipment of food that arrives will be quickly grabbed and eaten or stored. It only takes one week without food to remind people how much they actually need it, so expect the atmosphere to be that of a 'near panic' if food is delayed by as little as three days. The level of panic will vary from city to city. Some cities or towns may experience very little difficulty receiving food. Others may face near-starvation circumstances.  
  
Remember, the cities depend entirely on food shipped in from the farms and food processing companies. Also, note that if there's a water problem as mentioned in the previous section, and the mass exodus begins, the highways may be jammed up at critical locations, causing gridlock for the trucking industry. If we're lucky, some trucks will continue to roll. If we're not, assume that nothing gets through.  
  
A shortage of food ultimately results in the same behavior as a shortage of water. First, people eat what's in the pantry, then they loot the grocery stores. After that, with all local supplies depleted and no hope on the horizon, they leave the city and start ransacking nearby homes. Some will hunt in nearby forests, but most city-dwellers don't know how to hunt. In any case, anyone with the means to leave the city will likely do so soon after their food shortage begins.

### The Failure of the Power Grid

Nothing is as suddenly obvious nor has such a gigantic psychological impact as the failure of the power grid. When the electricity stops, almost everybody knows it at the same instant (unless it happens at night).  
  
Naturally, during the first few hours of the power failure, if it occurs, people will assume it's a temporary situation. Maybe a tree fell on some power lines, or perhaps a transformer blew up somewhere nearby. They'll sit tight and wait for the power to come back on.  
  
What if it doesn't? Then the city faces a severe problem. Without power, obviously, everything shuts down. Within hours, the looting begins in the more crime-ridden cities (we saw this in New York a few decades ago.). The longer the power stays off, the worse the social disorder.  
  
The loss of power will bring the entire city to a halt. While vehicles may get around for a few more days (using whatever fuel they have left), businesses obviously won't be operating. Houses that depend on electricity for heat will quickly reach Winter temperatures, freezing many occupants to death. While those that depend on electricity for Air Conditioning will just as quickly reach Summer temperatures, resulting in death from heat stroke. Hospitals and police stations may have generators on hand, with a few days worth of fuel, but in short order, that will be depleted, too.  
  
But the water treatment plant will almost certainly be off-line without power, causing all the events mentioned in the water section, above. Let's face it, the power is the worst thing to be without in the city. If you have power, you can survive a food shortage, perhaps even a short water shortage. But without power, all bets are off. If you have a 'bug-out' vehicle stocked and ready to go (see below), this might be the time to bail.

### Solutions in the City

Okay, so you're stuck in the city. You've made the decision to stay. You've read the problems above, you believe they make sense, and you're intelligently frightened. What now? You really have two strategies. You can:

- Stay and defend your house
- Bug out (leave the city and head for the hills)

Important! This is not an either/or situation. You can begin by staying in your house and assessing the situation. You'll want to have a 'bug-out' vehicle stocked and ready, just in case, if you can afford one, but you may never actually choose to bug out. You'll have to be the ultimate judge of this. Just remember that when you bug out, you face major risks and disadvantages. Among these:

1. You're severely limited in how much you can carry
2. You have limited range due to fuel
3. You expose yourself to social chaos, roadblocks, random violence, etc.
4. Your house will certainly be looted while you're gone
5. You run the risk of mechanical breakdowns of your vehicle
6. You must have a place to go that you know is in better shape than where you currently are.

In general, unless you have a specific, known safe place as your final destination, I don't advise people to bug out. Just 'heading for the hills' is a very poor plan. You might not make it. But heading for Grandma's house or some known, safe place could be a very good plan indeed, depending on whether Grandma is ready, willing and able to accept you!  
  
For these reasons (and more), staying and defending your house is sometimes the only reasonable course of action, even if it seems dangerous. For the most part, looters and people looking for food are going to have plenty of easy victims, so if you show a little willingness to use force to defend your property, you'll likely send people on to the next house.   
  
That is, until the next house is already empty and you appear to be the last house on the block with any food and water left. If you're in a bad enough area, your neighbors may 'gang up' on you and demand your supplies or your life. This is truly a worst-case scenario, and unless you literally have a house full of battle rifles and people trained to use them (and the willingness to shoot your neighbors), you're sunk. This is why the best situation by far is to keep your neighbors informed and help them get prepared. Then you (both your member and non-member neighbors) can act as a group, defending your neighborhood and sharing the supplies you have with anyone willing to help defend you.  
  
When you have this kind of situation going, your neighbors realize you are their lifeline. You supply them with food and water, and they will help support you because they are, in effect, supporting their own lives. The best situation is when your neighbors and other ward members have their own food and water supplies. That way, they aren't depleting yours, and they have a strong motivation for getting together with you defend your neighborhood. (More on this below.)

### Storing & Hiding Your Food

Storing food is just as important in the city as in the country, but hiding it is far more important. That's because in the worst areas, marauders will be going from house to house, demanding your food or your life. If you're dumb enough to put everything you own in the obvious places, you might as well not buy it in the first place. They will find it. To count on having any amount of food left over after the marauders break in, you'll need to hide your food.  
  
One alternative is to plan on defending your home with force. If you have enough gun-wise people in the house, and enough firearms and ammo, you can probably pull this off. But most of us aren't nearly as experience with firearms as the gang members. A better alternative might be to plan on bringing you supplies to your ward/stake building where all of the Saints can both pool and defend their resources. This of course will depend greatly on your local Bishop and Stake President.  
  
Back to hiding: the best way to hide your food is to bury it. You'll need airtight containers, long-term food that won't rot and you'll need to plan ahead. Bury your food at night so nobody will notice, and make sure you don't leave the map on the refrigerator door! (Better to memorize it!) Try to get the ground to look normal after you're all finished. You'll want to bury your food as early as possible because it gives the grass time to regroup over the spot. If you're in an area that snows, you'll have a great concealment blanket! Most food marauders won't go to the trouble to dig up food, especially if you insist you don't have any.  
  
Best plan: Have some smaller amount of food stashed around the house, letting them find something. Better to give them something and send them on their way. The art of hiding your food is an ancient one. You've got to get creative. Use the walls, the floors, and the structure of the house.  
  
If hiding your food is simply not an available alternative, then try not to advertise it. Keep it put away in your house or garage in as discreet a manner as possible. Don't make a point of telling people that you have a years supply (or more). Word gets around fast that Bro. Jones has a ton of food in his garage. Boxes of food fit nicely under beds, behind furniture, in the attic, etc.. Be Creative!!

To sum up the food storage, you really have three strategies here:

- Store it all in your house and plan on defending it by force.
- Bury it in your yard in case you get overrun by looters.
- Store part of it in your house, and hide the bulk of it.
- Relocate all of it as soon as you recognize a major disaster is in progress

One of the best ways to store food for burying, although it will only last 2-3 years in high-humidity areas, is to purchase 55-gallon good-grade steel drums. You can get them from: Memphis Drum Service, 3299 Tulane, Memphis, Tennessee 38116 (901) 396-6484; (800) 960-3786) The drums are only $16.50, but shipping them is around $30 each. Once you obtain the drums, dump in your grains or other food items. If you purchase bags of food from Walton Feed, this is the perfect way to store it. Don't leave it in the bags unless you're actively eating it. \[Note: Plastic barrels do not rust.\]  
  
Then sprinkle some diatomaceous earth into the drum. You'll need about two cups to treat a 55-gallon drum, and it must be mixed in well. Diatomaceous earth is made from ground up sea shells, and it kills bugs by getting into their joints. You can get some from: Perma-Guard, Inc. 115 Rio Bravo S. E. Albuquerque, New Mexico 87105 (505) 873-3061  
  
This diatomaceous earth is food grade, and on the bag it says, 'Fossil Shell Flour'. Their prices are one pound, $4.90; 2 lb., $8.05; 5 lb., 14.70, 10 lb., $18.00; 50 lb., $24.95.  
  
Once you get these drums filled and sealed, you can then bury them in your yard. This is actually a HUGE UNDERTAKING and is a LOT more difficult than it sounds, since you'll need to dig to a depth of around 5 or 6 feet in order to sufficiently bury these drums. You're likely to attract a lot of attention unless you do it at night, and you'll definitely be removing a lot of dirt that you'll need to find some use for. Because the drums are steel, they will also deteriorate unless you line the outside with plastic (a good idea) and treat the drums with some kind of protectant or oil. (Don't use WD-40.) Even Vaseline would work well, although you would definitely need a lot to coat a 55-gallon drum.  
  
When you're all done, you should have your protected grains in 55-gallon drums, buried in your yard and protected against the humidity of the surrounding earth. It's a big effort, but then again, the food inside may save your life. You'll find it much more efficient to bury several barrels at once; side by side.  
  
In reality it would be faster and easier to simply build a false wall in your garage and seal up your food behind the false wall. Sure, you might loose 2-3 feet of useable space in your garage, but the tradeoff is knowing everything is safe and sound.

### Storing Extra Water

Water can be stored in exactly the same way, although you might want to bury the barrel before you actually fill it with water. Make sure you treat your storage water, rotate it or have filters on hand when you get ready to use it.  
  
If you don't have a yard, or it's not practical to bury your water, you'll have to store water inside your house. This can get very tricky because water takes up a lot of space and it's very difficult to conceal. It's best to get containers made for long-term storage, but in a pinch, you can use almost any container: soda bottles, milk jugs (although it's very difficult to rinse the milk out), and even rinsed bleach bottles (in that case, you won't need to add bleach). But a lot of these containers will deteriorate quickly, and they may break easily. Also, consider what happens if your water may be subjected to freezing. Will your containers survive? Be sure to leave enough air space to handle the expansion.  
  
In order to prepare yourself for the water shortage, assuming you're going to stay in the city, stock at least six months of water at a minimum two gallons a day per person. That's nearly 400 gallons of water if you have two people.  
  
Of course, even with the best in-house preparations, you may find yourself depleted of water supplies. In this situation, one of your best defenses is to have a really good water filter (like the Katadyn filter) that can remove parasites and bacteria from the water. You can also treat your water in other ways (iodine, distillation, silver solution, bleach, etc.). Armed with these items, you can safely use stream or river water (or even pond water) for drinking.

### Water Wells

By far, the best solution for obtaining long-term water supplies is to drill a well. Buy the best-quality hand-pump available (cast-iron pumps available from Lehman?s) and a good cylinder. They will last a lifetime if installed properly. With this setup, you'll have a near-unlimited supply of water.  
  
The total cost of doing this, depending on where you live, ranges from about $4000 - $6000\. Is it worth it? If you've got the money, I think so. However, many cities simply don't allow the drilling of wells, so you may not be able to get one drilled even if you want to.  
  
The deeper your well, the more expensive it gets. Most well drilling companies charge by the foot. When water is deeper, you also need a bigger pump and a more powerful cylinder, so the costs tend to really grow the deeper you go. If you can find water at 20', you're very lucky and it might not cost you even $2000\. If you have to go down to 200', it might cost you $7500, and you're at the depth limit of hand-powered pumps anyway.

### Defending Your Life & Property

Let's talk about force. No doubt, there are plenty of nice people in this country, and I think that in small towns and rural areas, people are going to find ways to cooperate and get along. I also think, however, that some cities will suffer complete social breakdown and violence will rule. If you happen to be stuck in one of these cities, you're going to need to use force to defend your house. The section that follows discusses what I consider to be extreme responses to violence in the most dire situations. Hopefully, you won't find yourself in these circumstances, but if you do, the information below may be valuable.  
  
Important: Do not use your lights at night. If you are stocking propane-powered lanterns, solar-powered flashlights, or other unusual supplies, using them at night will announce to everyone within line of sight that you have more than the 'usual' supplies. Expect them to come knocking in your door. \[See www.EndTimesReport.com/lighting.html At most, let a fire burn in the fireplace, but in general, avoid drawing attention to your house.  
  
Defending your house is a crucial element on your stay-in-the-city plan. Make your house your fortress, and hold drills to help other family members practice some of the more common activities such as hiding, defending, evacuating, etc. Some useful items for home defense include:

- A guard dog
- Pepper spray
- Firearms
- Smoke bombs (military-grade)
- Trip wires

Let's go over these:

The guard dog is certainly a welcome addition to any family trying to defend their house. Although he probably eats a lot of food, the investment is worth if. Dogs also tend to sleep light, so let them sleep right next to the food storage areas, and make sure you sleep within earshot. If the dog barks, don't consider it an annoyance, consider it an INTRUSION.  
  
Pepper spray is a great alternative to the firearm. It will incapacitate people and certainly give them a painful experience to remember. On the downside (potentially), it might just remind them that next time they come back for food, they better kill you first. So understand the limitations of pepper spray.  
  
Firearms are useful for obvious reasons. In the worst-case scenario, when looting is rampant, you may have to actually shoot someone to protect yourself or your family. If you're squeamish about pulling the trigger under these circumstances, don't plan to stay in the city. Use the 'bug out' plan instead.  
  
Smoke bombs can be useful for covering a planned escape from your house. You can purchase high-volume smoke bombs that will quickly fill up any house with an unbreathable cloud of military-grade white smoke.  
  
Trip wires are great perimeter defenses. You can buy them from Cheaper Than Dirt (they run a few hundred dollars). They will give you early warning if someone is approaching. You can connect the tripwires to flares, shotgun shells, light sticks or other warning devices. This way, you can have an audible or visible alert, your choice.  
  
In addition to these devices, you can make significant fortification-style improvements to your home. While none of these are very affordable, they certainly help defend your home:

- Replace glass windows with non-breakable Plexiglas
- Add steel bars to the windows
- Replace all outside door locks with heavy-duty deadbolts
- Replace all outside doors with steel doors, preferably without windows
- Remove bushes and other shrubs where people might hide
- Black out the windows entirely to avoid light escaping at night (similar to what residents of London did during the WWII bombing raids)
- Build secret hiding places for food, coins, or even people
- Create escape hatches or passageways
- Rig pepper-spray booby traps

These aren't as absurd as they might at first sound. Many people living in rough cities already have steel bars covering their windows, and removing extra bushes and shrubs is a well-known tactic for making your home a safer place.

### Let There Be Light

To light your home when there's no electricity, try the following:

1. Use LED flashlights and rechargeable solar-charged batteries. You can buy all these items from the Real Goods catalog
2. Use propane-powered lanterns. You can find these in the camping section of your local Wal-Mart. Be sure to purchase extra mantles and store lots of propane.
3. Purchase quality oil lamps from Lehman's and stock up on oil. You can also purchase cheap kerosene lamps from the Sportsman's Guide or Wal-Mart, then simply purchase and store extra kerosene.
4. Buy extra candles.
5. Purchase lots of olive oil. Not only can you cook with it (and besides, it's a lot healthier than corn or vegetable oil), olive oil also burns as a clean candle fuel. You can float a wick in a jar half-full of olive oil and light the wick. Viola, a home-made candle. Olive oil is a fantastic item for your storage anyway because even if you purchase all the grains in the world, you'll still need cooking oil, and you obviously can't buy powdered cooking oil. Well-stored olive oil can last for thousands of years.

### Staying Warm

Did you know that people won't steal giant logs? Although they may easily steal wood you've already chopped, most people won't have any way of stealing logs. They're too heavy, and the vehicles won't have any gas left. For this reason, your best bet in regards to stocking fuel for your house is to stock up on UNCUT wood logs.  
  
It takes a lot of extra research to find out how to get them (took me a few weeks of asking around), but you can find a source if you look hard enough. Or you can usually get a permit to go out and cut your own. The effort is worth it, because this will give you a ready-to-go source of heat and fuel that cannot be easily stolen.  
  
The catch, of course, is that you'll need equipment to cut and chop the wood. A chainsaw is REALLY nice in this way, but it requires fuel. Fortunately, chain saws don't use much fuel, so if you have a way to store as little as 50 gallons or so, you've got enough to power your chainsaw for a few years (at least!). You'll need fuel stabilizers, too, which you can buy at your local Wal-Mart. (Be sure to buy extra chains for your chainsaw, too.)  
  
You'll also need splitting hardware. You can buy log splitters or just buy an axe, a wedge, and a sledgehammer. Better yet, buy all four so you have a choice of what to use. And remember, wood splits much better when it's frozen, too, so you might just wait until the cold hits in Winter to start splitting your wood. Only split a little at a time, because you don't want to end up with a big pile of nicely-split wood sitting out in your yard. It will invite theft from people who don't have any. If you already have trees on your property, you're all set. Cut down about 4-5 cords right now, so they can start drying out, then chop them as you need them.  
  
A cord of wood, by the way, is a volume measurement. It's 8' x 4' x 4', or 128 cubic feet of wood (stacked). Some people that sell wood will try to rip you off, so make sure you know what you're buying. If you purchase logs, it's better to get a price per linear foot, based on the diameter of the log. For example, you might ask for logs that are an average of 10" in diameter, and you'll ask how much the charge per linear foot would be. Something in the range of $1 - $2 would be great.

### Relations With Neighbors

I've already mentioned the importance of getting along with your neighbors. It really is crucial to your city-based survival plan. The best situation to be in, as mentioned before, is to have neighbors & other church members who are aware of the issue and who are getting ready for it by stocking their own food, water, and other supplies. Every neighbor & member that becomes self-reliant is one less neighbor or member you'll have to support.  
  
The range of neighbor situations, from best to worst, is as follows:

- Best case: your neighbor is current Recommend holder, is aware of and both temporally & Spiritually prepared for an emergency with their own supplies and training.
- Good case: your neighbor is aware of a potential crisis, and even though they don't have their own supplies, they're willing to help defend yours as long as you share.
- Bad case: your neighbor is a non-member that didn't prepare for it, figuring they would just steal from you if things got bad. They are aware of YOUR supplies but don't have their own.
- Worst case: your neighbor isn't aware of anything, he is anti-mormon and he's a violent, angry neighbor just released from prison. He is going to be caught off guard by the ensuing events and will likely attempt to use violence to get what he needs or wants.

Your decision on whether to stay in the city may depend greatly on the quality and quantity of your neighbors. If you do live in a bad neighborhood, do what you can to relocate. If you live in a good neighborhood, do the best you can to educate and inform your neighbors. This might well be the most important missionary work you ever do for your own temporal salvation!

### Gun Control in the Cities

No matter how you felt or thought about gun control in the past, it's time to face disaster-induced reality. The gun-control politicians (and the people who supported them) have placed Americans in a situation where not only can the police not protect us in a timely manner, but we cannot lawfully defend ourselves. Criminals unlawfully have firearms; citizens lawfully don't. Intentionally or otherwise, gun-control supporters have created a situation where an unfortunate number of innocent men, women and children are going to be in danger during a crisis simply because they could not obtain the tools of self-defense.  
  
It also happens that the cities where the rioting will likely be the worst are precisely the cities where firearms are most likely to be banned from lawful ownership (and where criminals may wield near-absolute power for a while.). Perhaps when society recovers from it, we can review the fallacy in the cause / effect logic that keeps people voting for gun-control laws, but in the mean time, millions of people are going to have to resort to breaking the law in order to protect their families. And yes, you too will have to resort to breaking the law if you are to acquire a firearm in an area where guns are entirely banned from private citizens (like New York, Los Angeles, etc.).  
  
After the disaster hits, if the rioting gets really bad, we're going to see local police begging law-abiding citizens for help. Your firearm will be a welcome addition to the force of law and order, believe me. No local cop is going to mind you having a handgun if you're manning a roadblock protecting a neighborhood of families with children. Act responsibly, tell them what you're doing, and they'll probably give you a big thanks. But if you're carrying a gun while you smash a window of the Wal-Mart and walk off with a stereo; well that's a different story. Be prepare to get shot.  
  
See, cops don't mind private ownership nearly as much as we've all been led to believe. I know, I work with law enforcement officers in a small town, and I ask them about topics like this. When the crisis hits, they'll be more than happy to have your cooperation. We're all going to need as many law-abiding gun-toting citizens as possible in order to fend off the criminals and establish some degree of order.

### One More Reason to Move Out

If you really feel you need a firearm to protect yourself and your family, your best bet may be to move to a city or state where people are a lot more accepting of firearms. You'd be surprised what a difference the locale makes. Check the gun laws in any state you're considering moving to. Obviously, 'cowboy' states like Arizona, Texas and Wyoming will have fewer restrictions on firearms (and, interestingly, they have less of a problem with gun violence). States where the population is more dense (like California & New York) tend to have much greater restrictions on private ownership of firearms.

### Bugging out

Suppose it's July 14, 2025, and you've changed your mind about this city thing. You happened to be right smack in the middle of one of the worst-hit cities in the country. The looting is getting worse, the power has been out for two weeks, and your water supplies are running low. You still have enough gas in your truck to make it out of town if you can get past the gangs, that is. You've decided to BUG OUT!

Some basic pointers:

- Don't try to bug out in a Chevy Geo. You will likely need a big heavy 4x4 truck in order to go off-road and around stalled vehicles
- Get something that can carry at least 1000 pounds of supplies. A big 4x4 pickup will do nicely! Yes, it requires more fuel, but you can carry the fuel as cargo.
- Don't bug out unless you can have someone ride shotgun, literally. You will need an armed passenger in case you run into not-so-nice people

What to take:

Ahh, the bug-out supply list. All this will fit in your truck. Here's what you should take if you're preparing to bug out with two people:

- Your 96 hour kits for each person in the vehicle
- 20 gallons of water
- 40 gallons of extra fuel or more (and a full gas tank)

Where to go:

As mentioned earlier, if you have a designated place of refuge (Grandma's house, a cabin in the woods, etc.), head straight for it. If not, you're basically driving anywhere you can go, so try to head for an area that forested and near a creek or river where you can get some water.

### Conclusion

Choosing to remain in the city is a rational choice for many people in many situations. However, as you have seen from the dangers described here, the further away you can get from the population centers in general, the better your chances of surviving.  
  
Most people, perhaps yourself included, have a difficult time actually accepting that a major disaster is going to be as bad as described in this report. And after all, if you leave the city, sell out, quit your job, move to the country, and then nothing bad happens? You will have disrupted your life, and you may find yourself broke, jobless, and homeless. You COULD assume it will be a mild event, which I suppose is also a credible possibility. In that case, surviving in the city will be quite feasible, especially if you have neighbors that can support your efforts and you don't live in a dangerous city with high racial tensions. However, the very nature of a major disaster means that if only one or two major infrastructure components goes down, the ripple effect will quickly create a much worse scenario. It seems there is very little room for 'mild' effects unless they are miniscule. The most likely scenario at this point clearly points to massive disruptions, severe shortages in food and water, loss of power in some areas, and a breakdown of social order in certain areas where the population density is high.  
  
But you can survive anything with good planning, an open mind, and plenty of practice. Why not start now?

Article originally posted at [Millennium-Ark.net](http://www.millennium-ark.net/?ref=reliefmine.com)
### The Implosion is Accelerating, Prepare Now
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/implosion-accelerating-prepare-now/
Last updated: 2024-04-15T03:41:13.000Z
By Greg Evensen  
NewsWithViews.com

For thirty years, I have been writing, speaking, imploring, and begging others to make rational, concrete plans for a time in life that would offer no quarter, give no mercy, and that would in a word be--catastrophic. We are coming face to face with that moment. You have so little time left to do anything that will give you a fighting chance. What are you doing?

National Guard units are training and preparing for urban combat. The United States has just reached an agreement with Canada's armed forces to come in to this country and assume combat roles should they be needed in American cities and towns. The Federal Reserve's last ditch effort to stem the "blood loss" in the sub-prime and other currency markets has failed. The dollar has been abandoned for Euros. The stock market can't find its ass with both hands and a Chinese-made, Wal-Mart sold ass finder. Israel has demanded that all of the financial aid it receives from Washington (that's us) be paid for in Euros. The ultimate irony and slap in the face. Oil, dairy, wheat, wheat products, gold, silver, copper prices, the list goes on and on, are racing for the stratosphere with no end in sight. An implosion has begun and it has no known method of stopping or reversing until critical mass is reached. It will be followed by an explosion in the economy and the political realm unseen since the founding of this nation.

The ultimate tragedy is, this was preventable. It could have been slowed or reversed at any time if a courageous and morally upright Congress had revealed the root causes for the disaster. If the socialist "generals" in Congress had been defeated or at least their programs thrown out at the time of their introduction, billions would have been saved. If the truth and our first president, General George Washington's advice had been followed, every conflict since WWII would have been avoided. During the past 60 years, 120,000 American soldiers would have survived, 500,000 would have been physically uninjured, and two trillion in direct costs and the rehabilitation money grants to former enemies would have been saved.

The size of the federal government would be less than half of what it is today, the budget of the US government would be about 500 billion as opposed to two and one half trillion on a yearly basis and we would most likely be at relative peace. Lack of foolish and unnecessary regulations, taxes, and frivolous lawsuits, would have allowed an explosion of small businesses to thrive. The lack of a Federal Reserve System would have allowed the United States to remain a creditor nation based on assets rather than suffering under a crushing debt imposed by the feds dictatorial control over the people's treasury. There are so many reasons why we could have avoided all of this. Thousands of perfectly good reasons IF employed by thousands of honest, moral, representatives who simply could have done the citizen's business the way God and sound governmental practices demanded ---would have, should have, and could have made the critical difference.

Instead, we saw year after year, decade after decade, and now century after century of greed, bring ultimate ruin to this marvelous nation called America. Although we did not want it, we have allowed it to happen. It resolves nothing and does not buy us a way out, but we must accept our responsibility for this debacle and now prepare for what is coming.

Friends, you must begin NOW if you have not done so, to protect yourselves and your family from this pending---as the disaster movies call it---"extinction level event" for our former way of life. If you hesitate, you will be caught in the maelstrom that is the next six months to five years of life in the US. Pick your poison. If you like global warming and believe that is going to do you in, well then, build a refrigerated secure basement. If you like the Planet X scenario, then prepare for 800 mph winds and basically a "pole shift" that will leave nothing at all. If you live in a nuclear target city, or worse yet (worse??) yes, in a sanctuary city, then get out and get out quickly. Here is what you must do.

Consider geography carefully. I don't care where you live now, choose your "Ride & Hide" (ride it out and hide from the enemy—you pick 'em) location with great wisdom. Coasts are bad, arid regions are bad, rural northern and mountainous regions are the best. Why? Fewer people mean fewer morons to deal with. Weather considerations, wild game availability, timber resources, fresh water, tillable soil, survival off the utility grid is doable, herding small numbers of livestock is possible, also grazing horses can be kept. Being at least 50 miles from the nearest interstate or major highway is preferable, the same with commercial airports and nuke plants. Holing up with really close friends or family is the ultimate best so that expenses, workloads and practical skills are shared to your best advantage. Be ready to leave your city home with only one or two hours alert time. You may not even have that. Practice getting home, loading, and leaving at least once. Notify only those in your group that would be affected. Tell no one else what you are doing. Keep your gas tank full and an extra 5-10 gallons.

Securing the land with a rugged structure(s) and reinforced underground shelter can be expensive, however; it is an absolute. Stocking that domicile with stores of enduring foods, food components (flour, raw sugar, yeast, salt, etc.) medicines or natural remedies (apple vinegar, honey, olive leaf extract, etc.) an electric generator and at least 500 gallons of diesel, 100 gallons of kerosene for lamps, tools—you know the drill. There are many sites available to assist you in stockpiling long-term necessities right at NWV.

You will be happy to know that your government in Washington has assisted these efforts to protect your family from ANY kind of disaster by making it a felony to harbor many items (as listed in the Patriot Act II). You know, be wise, be prepared, but if you go more than a week's worth, we'll put you in one of 800 non-existent Halliburton model "stay for a while, we'll leave the lights on" Washington style long term family "vacation" detention campsites built with illegal or prison labor, right here in the good old US of A.

Moving your money freely will become even more difficult as banks begin to restrict the amounts that can be transferred from savings accounts and other short-term investment vehicles under their immediate control. Using personal checks outside of your own community will become increasingly difficult, soon. Bank drafts or money orders will do for a while, but many real estate, large business or supply companies will require that you jump over difficult hurdles so that they are not left to chase you down for payment.

Securing advance amounts of medical supplies, especially prescriptions and antibiotics (Tamiflu, Amoxicillin, Keflexin, etc.) will be very difficult as most insurance companies will only reimburse for 30 days or less. If you have any serious dental issues, (abscessed teeth), surgeries, glasses or other necessary medical needs, get them done, now.

Consider transferring available 401K, IRA accounts, or other liquid plans into gold or silver before their availability or price are literally beyond reach. A penalty for withdrawal is not desirable, but highly preferable to empty or inaccessible accounts next month or whenever.

Have GPS chips removed from your newer vehicles, laptops if possible, and prepare to leave your cell phones in the lake 100 miles from your retreat. Leave your ID chipped pets at the humane society and any animals you raise for food consumption must be newly born and chip free (many good patriots are telling the state and federal USDA to, well, you know, but that won't last much longer as most states are going into compliance regardless of what the law says, the constitution says, common sense says or what God himself says. The same is true with the REAL ID. That card is also becoming, state by state, the final nail in the coffin of personal liberty. Consider it the mark of the beast (I don't know if it is, but it could be). The personal ID chip is without a doubt that mark, I personally believe. I will not UNDER ANY CICUMSTANCES take that chip, no matter what it ultimately costs me. That is why, among many reasons listed here, common sense and the urgency that is coming at you like the freight train from Hell, you must complete your personal retreat plans, NOW.

Are you getting the picture dear friends? Laugh at me if you will. Marginalize me and others who are begging you to make this effort while you can, but hear this: IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A CITY OR WITHOUT THE MOST BASIC OF NEEDS, YOU WILL NOT SURVIVE A CRISES.

That is the absolute truth and the absolute facts of life. You will be among the first victims of the event or its immediate aftermath. Roving gangs of real pirates and sadistic tormentors will only seal your fate in a most cruel fashion.

Ask yourself this single question. What do you have now that is so worth keeping (suburb mortgaged home, SUV, boat, hockey equipment, a JOB that is killing you, etc.) over your life and that of your family? Is your morning cup of Starbucks worth this effort? For God's sake, WAKE UP!! If you haven't really cared who or what the Federal Reserve is, well, don't worry about it now. Just get your money out and do something with it while you can. If you haven't followed the presidential debates, then don't watch them now, either. Decide for yourself what you are going to do for your family and this nation by becoming independent and 'free' in spite of this and the world government's absolute determination to rule you completely and forever. Can you let go of football and beer long enough to answer that single question? I'm ready, some of you are ready, many of you are not. If you refuse to get ready, then I bid you farewell. You were never my fellow countryman to begin with. God help you.

Your last consideration must be in terms of self-defense. This will draw the ire of many morons who were just waiting for this. To you, I say, don't ever buy a gun. You would only eventually supply a criminal with one more weapon. To everyone else, think shotgun, first. A 12 gauge, 20 inch rifled barrel chambered for 3' shells. Buy at least 1000 rounds of OO Buckshot for defense, 1000 rounds of slugs for large game, and 1000 rounds of #6 shot for small game and birds. These are all round good loads for most situations. Professional hunters may argue a bit, but I tell you from experience hunting and in law enforcement, this will do it. The make of the weapon is your choice, but I would stick with Remington or Mossberg as my first pick. There are others, check with a reputable sporting store to assist you. A Ruger .22 rifle and a 1000 rounds will do for quieter small game. A .308 and 500 rounds will do for long range whatever you need to do shooting-if you get my drift.

A Ruger Mini-14 rancher model chambering .223 with several 20 or 30 round clips and 1000 rounds will be good for when you are outnumbered, and a .45 Government model Kimber or Springfield Armory pistol with 10, 10 round clips and 1000 rounds will do you well. That's roughly $4500 worth of weaponry. Cheap in defense of all that you have. A good four-wheeled vehicle of any kind for off-road use rounds you out. I'm pretty good at spending your money, hmm? Forget the vacation that would have cost you that anyway. Forget the new $50,000 truck that you just couldn't live without. You will LIVE if you use that money wisely. You have just weeks or a few months-MAYBE-to be positioned for any possibility. Natural or manmade. If I am wrong, sell it in a couple of years to someone who still sees the need and you'll be free to be at risk again.

This is the article that many of you have been pleading with me to write for over six months. I did not want to present it prematurely and yet it's anybody's guess as to when it will be too late. There is a risk for the writer of such messages. The risk is that many will still ignore it, stick their heads in a little deeper or laugh nervously as they dismiss the content with, 'he's a typical right-wing worrier, this just can't happen.' Well, I pray to God Almighty you are right and I am wrong. But then again, no matter what happens, I'm ready, my family and I have a good chance...are you ready, do you have any chance at all?

Article originally published at [NewsWithViews.com](http://www.newswithviews.com/Evensen/greg26.htm?ref=reliefmine.com)
### Vision of Alma D. Erickson
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/vision-of-alma-d-erickson/
Last updated: 2024-04-18T20:20:07.000Z
Visions of the Latter Days, pp. 121-134  
Early 1930's

The voice of warning crying unto me, concerning the great and dreadful day of the Lord and the destruction of the wicked, which shall shortly come to pass.

The voice of the Great Spirit does reveal these things unto me, even the Holy Ghost that does bear witness of the Father and the Son. Therefore, I call unto all to repent of their wrong doings and their wickedness, and join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

It is essential that ye be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, that ye may receive instructions and be taught the truth by the Spirits which are in Heaven.

Thus declareth the voice of the Great Spirit which is within me, even the Holy Ghost. For thus saith the Spirit unto me, it is your burden and responsibility that these things made manifest unto you shall be made known unto the world.

### Prophecy Judgments

Prophesy unto this people, for their sins have come up unto me, and they are not of me. He who will not hearken unto the Law of My Word, shall sink into unquenchable fire. Therefore, I extend a warning unto all who will hear the word of their Great Creator, to repent of their sins and evil doings, lest God's judgment come upon them and destruction overtake them.

All these things I make known unto you concerning the Great and Dreadful Day of the Lord, and the destruction of the wicked, which shall shortly come to pass, and is even now at our doors.

Behold, this people, they esteem one another according to their possession of wealth, and not according to the value of the soul. They look upon the wonders of the earth and marvel, but fail to see the poor people who suffer in want around them and among them 

The whole earth is now ripe for destruction, and it shall shortly and speedily come upon the inhabitants of the earth, for God shall hasten His work, and great destruction shall quickly overtake the evildoers, and who is there among them that can escape God's holy law and His chastening hand?

### The Status of the Church

I see our church represented by a high building, and we are in the top thereof, or the most recently constructed portion, which is very shakey; and I perceive that this last constructed portion is going to fall, and we must get down to the lower part of this great structure, which rests solidly upon its foundations. And while I am thus viewing it, the top, or last part built, does crash with a loud and fearful noise.

### Warn the Master's Sheep

I see sheep grazing in the valley and on the mountain side. My Master tells me to watch them and not let them graze too far away from camp, because the sky gathers blackness and a bad storm is drawing near. I call three times, and the last time they hear me and come swiftly toward camp.

### Poverty & Starvation

And thus does declare the Holy Ghost unto me: Beware, lest ye be destroyed with the wicked, for these things shall shortly come to pass 

Poverty and starvation shall sweep the land, and there shall be large masses of destitute people, masses of humanity starving. And as a witness to this truth, you shall see large headlines in the newspapers declaring starvation and hunger; and pictures of masses of humanity but a short way off who are starving. I warn you all to look to God; call on the Mighty One, even your Heavenly Father. Keep His commandments and lay up supplies against this time.

Starvation shall sweep the country, and in certain places, people will even harvest cactus and prickly pears, and prepare food for themselves and to sell. And I see that food becomes so scarce that soldiers are stationed to guard the plates of those who are eating, that the hungry may not steal their food.

### Inflation & Worthless Money

Because of the wickedness of this people, they are brought down into bondage, and their money which they have prized so highly, becomes increasingly worthless. I see the time when a cheap room in a hotel will cost $9.00\. Then I see a law passed declaring U.S. money is of no value; and the rich bemoan the loss of their great piles of money. I see silver coins lying around in the dirt, and I look around and see still more of them, and in certain places, they are in piles on the dirt. Greenback bills become worthless scraps of paper, and have no value. And thus it shall be that U.S. money becomes worthless. 

### Industries Collapse

I see industries collapse. The gasoline and oil industry is symbolized to me by a great pipeline that extends out of the earth a mile or so into the sky, thence a mile to the north, and thence down to the earth. Then I see this great man-made structure is leaking badly at the south, and then it springs a leak at the north, and then it falls northward with a mighty crash. 

Thus it shall come to pass that the gasoline and oil business shall first fail in the south, and it shall spread to the north, until there is a complete oil and gasoline failure. And none shall be hauled over the rails because of the great failure. Traffic and industries shall cease because of the want of oil and gas, and great consternation shall seize upon man. 

### Wickedness & Abominations

And it shall come to pass that wickedness shall increase, and many women in general shall partake of whoredoms for hire, for women shall exceed the men in number. And I see many men turning to robbery, and to liquors and strong drink, and their children are deprived of the teachings of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

### Pestilence Spread By Flies

The Lord God shall send forth flies extra early, and they shall attack the evil doers, the children of the devil, and fear shall fall upon the wicked, insomuch that they shall not move out of their places *(See D&C 29:18)*. But the more righteous shall flee unto Zion. And I see large crowds coming to Utah in such great numbers that they have to be handled in masses, or in herds like cattle.

And again, I see this same fly as it is revealed to me by the Great Spirit. It is quite a large and fiery red or brass colored fly sent to attack the wicked. Pestilence shall spread from its bite, insomuch that the flesh shall fall from off the bones, and the eyes from the sockets, and the tongue shall not speak. 

### Scavenger Wolves Arise

I also saw a dog and a gray bitch wolf, and the wolf is exceedingly heavy with pups to be born. They shall increase in numbers, and shall be ravenously hungry, and they shall not hesitate to attack man; and because of their great numbers, they shall overpower and devour him. Man shall try to tame these beasts, but to no avail. Their purpose is to destroy. 

### Tornadoes & Cyclones

And tornadoes shall come right here in our own west; and I see a dark colored rainbow appear in the Southern sky, followed by another great sign across the whole sky like a checkerboard, and the Lord God shall speak with a mighty voice of fierce and sweeping winds, and buildings, automobiles and people shall be swept away. And I see also that written words shall appear in the sky as a sign and a warning of great destruction.

High winds shall spread over the country with tornadoes and cyclones in various places. Houses shall be blown to pieces and some carried up into the air. The government will issue tents to the homeless. I see a great storm that shall come suddenly, sweeping up glass and causing it to rain down on many, causing much bloodshed. Fire and smoke shall spread over the land and many strange sights shall be seen.

### Troubled Seas

The ocean shall become exceedingly rough in the winter months, and a fear shall arise in the hearts of the people for the safe return of their relatives and friends and those who must go to sea; for it becomes impossible to cross in the winter months, and all must cross by or before the last ship of the season, or wait until the next season when the ocean calms. And at this time, the ocean shall be out of its bounds, or regular water levels, and shall rise up and wash away many towns along the seashores. And afterwards, other people will come in and reinhabit these towns, bringing with them food that is not produced in the ocean-swept country. And I see the water mark on the side hills, high above the towns.

### Fall of American Legion & United States

I look up above the eastern horizon and see a woman dressed in a white robe, which also encloses her head, excepting her face; and she is sitting at the foot of a great white cross, which has golden stars in it. As I look upon this scene, it moves toward the north, and I am told to write of great and bloody wars to come.

Again the vision of my mind is opened and I see two emblems through dark clouds; they are the emblem of the American Legion and the American flag (*The American Legion is a U.S. veterans' organization focused on advocacy, support, and community service for veterans, their families, and their communities*). And as I look at them, they appear to be on a government building. They begin to fade away until they have completely vanished from my sight. I see only the government building without either of these emblems. *(Bishop Koyle said when the Mine comes in, there ain't gonna be no government)*

And I see a crowd of people looking at this great wonder in the sky (*2024 total eclipse?*), and they are somewhat afraid, but not enough that they repent of their wickedness. And I see one man make an effort to pray to the Lord when he sees this great sign, but he makes a failure or mockery out of it, and everyone at the gathering breaks up and leaves in confusion.

I see that the judgments of the Lord are poured out upon all flesh, and it is shown to me that this great sign and wonder marks the time when great signs and wonders shall appear in the sky; and this is the time when the wicked shall be destroyed. 

Then I see the U.S. flag with all its bright colors in the northwesternsky; and then it disappears and another flag appears in its stead, which is plain and without colors; but made up of many different parts. And the meaning of it is made clear, that the people of the U.S. will disagree and divide up and split up, forming many separate organizations, until the central government is completely overthrown, and the nation is in civil chaos--without civil administration or leadership.

### French Against the USA

And it shall come to pass, that the French nation shall bomb the eastern seacoast of the U.S. with a deadly poison gas, and it shall spread over the land like a blanket of thick heavy smoke of a dirty white or a light yellow color; and it does spread over the land with wind and carries with it to all it touches.

### Strange War to Come

A war shall come in this land, for I see a war in the west. I see a mighty gun that shoots from the mountains of the Lord toward the east, drops of rain, as it were, each drop carrying death wherever it hits. First a beam of light comes out of the west and extends across the sky towards the east, and then I see two lines of clouds come out of the west following along each side of the beam of light. And I see them in the east fortifying themselves against these raindrops of death.

### Signs & Wonders

Salt Lake County shall be colored red with many light snows, and northern lights shall come in these times, and be seen out of their regular bounds, and shall show in regions where they have never been seen before. And in that day, the sun shall lose its brightness, and darkness shall fall upon the face of the earth; but it shall come to pass that in certain places of the more righteous, the countryside shall be lighted by a miracle line unto a beautiful lamp in the sky, for it is the will of the Lord that certain crops of the righteous shall not fail, and the interior of rooms shall be lighted by a miracle, and even the inside of buildings and mines.

I see hay come down out of the sky like manna from heaven to feed hay-eating animals, and many haystacks of the righteous increase of themselves by the power of God.

### Clouds of Darkness

But upon dense populations of the wicked, smoke and vapor and dampness and a dark cloud shall settle down and encompass their houses, and shall not rise. When these low clouds appear, there shall be lightning and explosions in the air, the worst that have ever been heard. I see these rapid swirling clouds moving swiftly close to the ground, causing great friction and noise; but to the west, they play out, and toward Utah the sky remains clear.

And thus it shall be when the Lord begins to hasten His work in the destruction of the wicked. There shall be a great sign and all shall see it, for low clouds shall be seen floating low to the ground.

And the Great Spirit or the Holy Ghost declared unto me, Alma Erickson, that the very time of these low clouds is the time appointed by the Lord when the wicked shall not stand. Therefore, know ye that when these low clouds shall come, the wicked of the earth shall be destroyed; and the sun shall lose its brightness, and the earth shall become cooler as a result; causing more clouds to form and come low to the ground, indicating the beginning of the Great and Dreadful Day of the Lord.

And I see these low clouds coming down over the hills and moving with the wind, causing intervals of dimmer sunshine and cooler temperatures. And I begin to hear thunderings and see tornadoes coming over the hills and across the valleys.

And when the temperatures of the earth have fallen because of the low clouds, people will be obliged to go into one room of their houses, and to huddle about their heater to keep warm, and cold and hunger shall come upon man, for this is the time when the wicked shall be destroyed from off the face of the earth.

### Books & Hidden Records

The word of the Lord came to me, saying that books containing the word of our Heavenly Father and Savior and the Holy Ghost, shall be speedily transferred to Zion, just before the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

It is revealed to me by the Holy Ghost that in a deep narrow gorge, in a southeasterly direction from Salt Lake, hidden records are concealed. This gorge is newly made, geologically. (*The Relief Mine after the earthquake?*)

### A Great Hail Storm

And it shall come to pass that the climate will not follow its proper seasons, and the leaves shall fall from the trees in the spring. I see a mighty hail storm coming, and it shall come upon the ungodly and destroy the crops of the earth. A frozen hail stone is shown to me of enormous size, it being several feet thick.

And in that time, rain shall beat against houses with fierce and sweeping winds. Thunder will roar continually, and lightning shall flash with blinding streaks. Quick moving clouds shall appear, and giant hail stones raining down from the sky shall pierce big holes through buildings and automobiles; and the hearts of men shall be filled with fear.

### Influential Electrical Charges

People's bodies are now charged with downward flows of electricity instead of upward flows. The downward flows have a destructive influence upon their bodies, while the upward flows have a good influence. For this reason shall great distress be caused among the people.

I see carrots brought in out of the field freshly dug, yet they are wilted and become soft, having lost their freshness and good flavor, because of the wrong charge of electricity. 

### Earth Goes Out of Balance

The sun shall be seen to fail to follow its true course, and the earth shall be thrown out of its regular way, and the hills shall crumble down and rocks shall fall from their places, and the whole earth shall tremble and shake. I see the sun, and it is sinking low in the northeast, and I see two kinds of clouds, those that are split up by conflicting currents of air, and those that travel with the wind. I see bright sunshine and then dust comes in whirlwinds over the ground. Then darkness suddenly comes and I see the stars, and some appear like they are falling. Thus a great darkness shall come in the daytime, and it shall cause great confusion to many. Cities will be without light, and so great shall be the darkness that many caught away from home shall not be able to find their way back (*coming 3 days of darkness?*)

Water shall spring forth out of the ground with much pressure, and shall rush down over cliffs and down canyons in increasing volume until it floods the lower lands. And the ground shall cave in with deep and wide cavings, and water shall rush into them; and fire and smoke shall be seen. And in many places the water does flow uphill, moved by a force that defies the earth's gravity, engulfing many cities and towns as it is moved.

### Another Earth Returns the Lost Tribes

Happy is he whose thoughts are with the 10 Lost Tribes, even as the thoughts of the 10 Lost Tribes are with the inhabitants of the earth.

I am shown, and I look up into the sky and see another planet slightly towards the north or in a northerly direction; and I see that it is similar to our own earth *(see the photo at the top of this post)*. I see that it is a land of green vegetation, and streams, and creeks of water like unto our own planet. As I look upon it, I see that it is close enough to our earth that its clouds and the clouds of our earth come together and mix and pass by one another. I see a dark strange cloud with whitish smaller clouds around it, and it comes down low over the hills leaving a white snow covered strip of country underneath it and behind it. I see it come down over the hills and hit the earth with quite a heavy force (*see quote from Joseph Smith that says the same*), breaking the core of the cloud open, and I see members of the Lost Tribes walk out of the cloud uninjured.  
  
I see that they are a type of men different from us in that they do not wear clothing as we do, but have a beautiful natural covering, which does shine with richness over their entire body, showing a reddish brown color.  
  
And now again I see those strange people among us whom God has clothed with a beautiful natural covering and I do join them and notice one of their new born babes, whose weight I am told is one pound short of normal. And I hear its mother say, "We will take it to church and have the necessary pound added that it may be normal like other children."

And now after this time, I see a lowland country in the region of the North Pole, and it is overshadowed and surrounded by mountains of ice, excepting one outlet where the ice is melted away. I see that this land is warm, that it is cultivated and its vegetation is abundant, and that it is inhabited by many of the Lost Tribes. *(See* [*ourhollowearth.com*](http://www.ourhollowearth.com/?ref=reliefmine.com)*)*

### Water Covers Salt Lake City

I see the last of many dwellings finished in Salt Lake Valley, and I see the water rising up until the buildings are submerged and the people are forced to leave. I even see the great Temple of the Lord half under water, and the water still rising. Later on, the water subsides, and the valley is reoccupied. 

After the time of desolation, the same land that was desolate shall now become rich in vegetation, and I see the whole land luxuriant with vegetation, trees and undergrowth, which before was desert wasteland.

I see Salt Lake in the near future with her habitation numbered by the mile, or miles, instead of blocks. I also see around about a new beautiful country of choice vegetation, especially of fruits and food stuffs, growing rank, large and rich, with no noxious weeds. 

### Christ Returns

I suddenly see the Lord Jesus Christ come in a cloud out of the Eastern Heaven with great brightness. I am taken up suddenly from those around me to meet Him, not even having time to tell them that the Lord is coming to redeem the earth. I see that He has come surprisingly quick, and that this time is shortly before us. I see that He is wearing about a four-inch red stripe over His shoulder and down across His breast, and that the rest of His robe is very white. I see that His coming is very soon, and that because of the suddenness of His coming, many of us will not have the time to properly dress ourselves to meet Him. Thus is the glorious coming of Christ to rule and reign on the earth for a thousand years as King of Kings, Lord of Lords.

I see immortal people walking forth from low clouds. I shake hands with them and recognize them as of many nationalities. I see many resurrected women, some with babies in their arms who were taken from them by death, but now are theirs again to raise to maturity. 

### Petrified Giant Comes to Life

I see a crew of men digging out a petrified giant, he is half dug out when he changes into flesh and bone and is alive as he was in the days before his death. He then rises up out of his bed of rocks and walks around and begins to talk to those present, but they cannot understand him because his speech is not according to their language.

### A White & Delightsome People

The Indians or Lamanites shall become a white and delightsome people. They will move north into Canada where they will have more range for their cattle. I see three generations; a grandmother who is quite dark, a mother who is not quite so dark, and a daughter who is white.

### An Amazing Airship

A new and different kind of airship shall come that shall have no wings and no gasoline motors, nor carry fuel of any kind; its shape being something like a ball which carries within itself the necessary electrical instruments which control the power of gravity over it so that the ship may be maneuvered through the air at a snail's pace or very swiftly as preferred. And I see many finer ships come after it with many new improvements, but of the same flying principles. These are heavier than air machines and very commonplace.

### Degrees of Intelligence

God has given some men double the brains of others, to develop and increase in knowledge. To some He has given seven-fold, with sufficient periods of time for development; and unto others He has given more, and unto others less. And this He has given unto them before they were born into the world.

I see ancient men compared with our present-day men, and the ancient man is far superior to our present-day man in faith, in truth, and in the ways of God.

I see an old gray headed man who has the mind of a 16-year-old; he has patterned his life after his own ignorant desires. I also see another man who is around 90 years old, or a hundred, who is not gray, but looks young. He has kept the commandments of God and obeyed the word of wisdom in all things.

And now I, Alma, do declare unto you my brothers and sisters, that these things are all true, and shall shortly come to pass according to the Word of God, for they are made known unto me through the Holy Ghost, which does bear witness of the Father and the Son. And now, do not thank me for these things, but thank God, your Father in Heaven. Even so, Amen. 

*(Visions of the Latter Days, pp. 121-134)*  
[https://tremen.dous.org/vision/item/15](https://tremen.dous.org/vision/item/15?ref=reliefmine.com)
### Church Patriarch Charles D. Evans Sees Future
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/patriarch-charles-evans-sees-future/
Last updated: 2024-06-20T14:33:50.000Z
Charles D. Evans was a church patriarch, in the 1890's, while living in Springville, Utah.

While I lay pondering in deep solitude on the events of the present, my mind was drawn into a reverie such as I had never felt before,--a strong solicitude for my imperiled country utterly excluded every other thought, and raised my feelings to a point of intensity which I did not think it possible to endure.

While in this solemn, profound, and painful reverie of mind, to my infinite surprise, a light appeared in my room, which seemed to be soft and silvery as that diffused from a northern star. At the moment of its appearance, the acute feeling I had experienced instantly yielded to one of calm tranquility.

Although it may have been at the hour of midnight, and the side of the globe whereon I was situated, was excluded from the sunlight, yet all was light and bright and warm as an Italian landscape at noon, but the heat was softer or more subdued.

As I gazed upward, I saw descending through my bedroom roof, with a gently gliding movement, a personage clothed in white apparel, whose countenance was smoothly serene, his features regular, and the flashes of his eye seemed to shoot forth scintillations, to use an earthly comparison, strongly resembling those reflected from a diamond under an intensely illumined electric light, which dazzled but did not bewilder.

Those large, deep, inscrutable eyes were presently fixed upon mine, when instantly placing his hands up on my forehead his touch produced an indescribable serenity and calmness, a calmness not born of earth, but at once peaceful, delightful and heavenly. My whole being was imbued with a joy unspeakable. All feelings of sorrow instantly vanished. Those lines and shadows which care and sorrow impress upon us were dispelled as a deep fog before a blazing sun.

In the eyes of my heavenly visitor, for such he appeared to me, there was a sort of lofty pity and tenderness, infinitely stronger than any such feeling I ever saw manifested in ordinary mortals. His very calm appeared like a vast ocean stillness, at once overpowering to every agitated emotion.

By some intuition, or instinct, I felt he had something to communicate to sooth my sorrows and allay my apprehensions. Thereupon addressing me, he said:

"Son, I perceive thou hast grave anxieties over the perilous state of thy country, that thy soul has felt deep sorrow for its future. I have therefore come to thy relief and to tell thee of the causes that have led to this peril. Hear me attentively.

"Seventy-one years ago \[1823\], after an awful apostasy of centuries, in which all nations were enshrouded in spiritual darkness, when the angels had withdrawn themselves, the voice of prophets hushed, and the light of Urim and Thummim shown not, and the vision of the seers closed, while heaven itself shed not a ray of gladness to lighten a dark world, when Babel ruled and Satan laughed, and Church and Priesthood had taken their upward flight, and the voice of nations, possessing the books of the Jewish prophets, had ruled against vision and against Urim, against the further visits of angels, and against the doctrine of a church of apostles and prophets, thou knowest that then appeared a mighty angel with the solemn announcement of the hour of judgment, the burden of whose instructions pointed to dire calamities upon the present generation. This, therefore, is the cause of what thou seest and the end of the wicked hasteneth."

My vision now became extended in a marvelous manner, and the import of the past labors of the Elders was made plain to me. I saw multitudes fleeing to the place of safety in our mountain heights. The church was established in the wilderness. Simultaneously the nation had reached an unparalleled prosperity, wealth abounded, new territory was acquired, commerce extended, finance strengthened, confidence was maintained, and peoples abroad pointed to her as the model nation--the ideal of the past realized and perfected--the embodiment of the liberty sung by poets and sought for by sages.

"But," continued the Messenger, "thou beholdest a change. Confidence is lost, wealth is arrayed against labor, labor against wealth, yet the land abounds with plenty of food and raiment, and silver and gold are in abundance. Thou seest also the letters written by a Jew have wrought great confusion in the finances of the nation which, together with the policy of many wealthy ones, has produced distress and do produce further sorrow." 

Factions now sprang up as if by magic; capital had entrenched itself against labor throughout the land; labor was organized against capital. The voice of the wise sought to tranquilize these two powerful factors in vain. Excited multitudes ran wildly about; strikes increased; lawlessness sought the place of regular government.

At this juncture I saw a banner floating in air whereupon was written the words, "BANKRUPTCY, FAMINE, FLOODS, FIRE, CYCLONES, BLOOD, PLAGUE." Mad with rage, men and women rushed upon each other. Blood flowed down the streets of cities like water. The demon of bloody hate had enthroned itself on the citadel of reason; the thirst for blood was more intense than that of the parched tongue for water. Thousands of bodies lay untombed in the streets. Men and women fell dead from the terror inspired by fear. Rest was but the precursor of the bloody work of the morrow. All around lay the mournfulness of a past in ruins. Monuments erected to perpetuate the names of the noble and brave were ruthlessly destroyed by combustibles.

A voice now sounded aloud these words, "Yet once again I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word yet once again signifies the removing of things that are shaken, as of things that are made; that those things that cannot be shaken may remain."

Earthquakes rent the earth in vast chasms, which engulfed multitudes; terrible groanings and wailings filled the air; the shrieks of the suffering were indescribably awful. Water wildly rushed in from the tumultuous ocean, whose very roaring under the mad rage of the fierce cyclone, was unendurable to the ear. Cities were swept away in an instant, missiles were hurled through the atmosphere at a terrible velocity, and people were carried upward only to descend an unrecognizable mass. Islands appeared where ocean waves once tossed the gigantic steamer. In other parts, voluminous flames emanating from vast fires, rolled with fearful velocity, destroying life and property in their destructive course.

The seal of the dread menace of despair was stamped on every human visage; men fell exhausted, appalled and trembling. Every element of agitated nature seemed a demon of wrathful fury. Dense clouds, blacker than midnight darkness, whose thunders reverberated with intonations which shook the earth, obscured the sunlight. Darkness reigned unrivaled and supreme.

Again the light shone, revealing an atmosphere tinged with a leaden hue, which was the precursor of an unparalleled plague, whose first symptoms were recognized by a purple spot which appeared on the cheek or on the back of the hand, and which, invariably, enlarged until it spread over the entire surface of the body, producing certain death. Mothers, on sight of it, cast away their children as if they were poisonous reptiles. This plague, in grown persons, rotted the eyes in their sockets and consumed the tongue as would a powerful acid or an intense heat. Wicked men, suffering under its writhing agonies, cursed God and died, as they stood on their feet, and the birds of prey feasted on their carcasses.

I saw in my dream the Messenger again appear with a vial in his right hand, who addressing me, said: "Thou knowest somewhat of the chemistry taught in the schools of human learning, behold now a chemical sufficiently powerful to change the waters of the sea." 

He then poured out his vial upon the sea and it became putrid as the blood of a dead man, and every living soul therein died. Other plagues followed which I forbear to record.

A foreign power had inroaded the nation, which, from every human indication, it appeared would seize the government and supplant it with monarchy. I stood trembling at the aspect, when, lo, a power arose in the west which declared itself in favor of the Constitution in its original form; to this suddenly rising power, every lover of constitutional rights and liberties throughout the nation gave hearty support. The struggle was fiercely contested, but the Stars and Stripes floated in the breeze, and bidding defiance to all opposition, waved proudly over the land. 

Among the many banners I saw, was one inscribed thus: "The government based on the Constitution, now and forever"; on another, "Liberty of Conscience, Social, Religious, and Political."

The light of the Gospel which had but dimly shone because of abomination, now burst forth with a lustre that filled the earth. Cities appeared in every direction, one of which, in the center of the continent, was an embodiment of architectural science after the pattern of eternal perfections, whose towers glittered with a radiance emanating from the sparkling of emeralds, rubies, diamonds, and other precious stones set in a canopy of gold, and so elaborately and skillfully arranged as to shed forth a brilliancy which dazzled and enchanted the eye, excited admiration and developed a taste for the beautiful, beyond anything man had ever conceived.

Fountains of crystal water shot upwards their transparent jets, which, in the brilliant sunshine, formed ten thousand rainbow tints at once delightful to the eye. Gardens, the perfection of whose arrangement confound all our present attempts at genius, were bedecked with flowers of varied hue to develop and refine the taste and strengthen a love for these nature's chastest adornments. 

Schools and universities were erected, to which all had access; in the latter, Urims were placed for the study of the past, present, and future, and for obtaining a knowledge of the heavenly bodies, and of the construction of worlds and universes. The inherent properties of matter, its arrangements, laws, and mutual relations were revealed and taught and made plain as the primer lesson of a child. The conflicting theories of geologists regarding the foundation and age of the earth were settled forever. All learning was based on eternal certainty. Angels brought forth the treasures of knowledge which had laid hid in the womb of the dumb and distant past.

The appliances for making learning easy surpass all conjecture. Chemistry was rendered extremely simple, by the power which the Urims conferred on man of looking into and through the very elements of every kind; a stone furnished no more obstruction to human vision than the air itself. Not only were the elements and all their changes and transformations plainly understood, but the construction, operations and laws of mind were thus rendered equally plain as those which governed the coarser elements.

While looking through the Urim and Thummim, I was amazed at a transformation, which even now is to me marvelous beyond description, clearly showing the manner in which particles composing the inorganic kingdom of nature are conducted upward to become a part of organic forms; another astounding revelation was a view clearly shown me of the entire circulation of the blood, both in man and animals. 

After seeing these things and gazing once more upon the beautiful city, the following passage of scripture sounded in my ears: "OUT OF ZION, THE PERFECTION OF BEAUTY, GOD SHINETH."

On this I awoke to find all a dream. I have written the foregoing, which is founded on true principle, under the caption of a dream, partly to instruct and partly to check the folly of reading silly novels now so prevalent. 

CHARLES D. EVANS  
Springville, Utah

*(Contributor, Vol. 15, 1893; TRUTH 1:12, pp. 161-163; see also Visions of the Latter Days, p. 55)*
### Articles of Incorporation
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/articles-of-incorporation/
Last updated: 2025-01-30T18:12:43.000Z
Copied April 12th, 1961, from records of the State of Utah, Division of Corporations, Commercial Code, Heber J. Wells Building, 160 East on 300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111\. (801) 530-4849

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Know all men by these presents, that we the undersigned, hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Utah and do hereby declare, agree to, and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation.

### ARTICLE I. NAME  

The name of this corporation shall be : THE RELIEF MINE COMPANY

### ARTICLE II. PLACE OF INCORPORATION

This corporation is organized at Utah County, State of Utah.

### ARTICLE III. INCORPORATORS  

The names and places of residence, together with the respective stock subscription, of the incorporators of this corporation, all of which are citizens of the United States, are shown at the end of these Articles*,* as a matter of convenience and because of the number involved.

### ARTICLE IV. DURATION  

This corporation shall have perpetual existence, unless sooner disavowed as provided by law.

### ARTICLE V. PURPOSES, POWERS AND OBJECTIVES OF CORPORATION  

The powers, business and pursuits of this corporation and the purposes and objectives for which it is organized are as follows:

1\. To establish, maintain and conduct the business of mining, extraction, milling, concentration, refining and otherwise recovering, treating and marketing, buying, selling, processing, renting, operating, or contracting for the operation or production both at wholesale and retail any and all kinds of ferrous and non-ferrous minerals and mineral products, whether of a metallic or non-metallic nature and including all petroleum and petroleum products within the State of Utah of outside the state or outside the continental limits of the United States as permitted by law.

2\. To buy, own, lease, or rent real estate, buildings, warehouses, shops, factories, plants, equipment, machinery, furniture, tools, books and all other real or personal property of whatever kind or nature; and in general, to carry on and undertake the business and do all things incident to and in connection with the herein mentioned pursuits.

 3\. To purchase, lease, or in any manner acquire and to own, operate or in any manner control and sell, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or encumber mills, smelters, concentrators, refineries, and any other kinds of factories, industrial plants or facilities, or mercantile establishments; also any means for the mining or extraction of, the treatment, storage, or transportation of, or the manufacture and production of, or the marketing of any and all kinds of products of any nature whatsoever, including minerals and mineral products, and including petroleum and petroleum products, also camp sites, camps, boarding-houses, homes, apartment houses and living accommodations of any kind.

To purchase, lease or in any manner acquire and to own, operate or in any manner control and sell, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or encumber any electric light plants, water power plants, irrigating canals and ditches, tramways, pipelines, ships, boats, and barges, any and all kinds of vehicles, railroads, aircraft, landing fields and other means of transportation, rights of way, and any rights or privileges which it may deem convenient to obtain for the purposes of or in connection with the business of the company.

4\. To manage, develop, sell, exchange, lease, mortgage, or otherwise deal with the whole or any part of any property or otherwise legally come into its possession.

5\. To warehouse, store, sell, mortgage, give away or otherwise dispose of and turn to account any assets acquired by said corporation.

6\. To have the power to purchase all or part of other businesses; to own, hold, exchange, purchase or otherwise acquire and to sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise acquire and to dispose of, shares of stock or securities, bonds, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness created by this or other corporations, and while the owner thereof, to exercise all the rights and privileges of ownership, including the right except as to its own stock, to vote thereon, to guarantee securities in other corporations and the like, consistent with the law; to assist other corporations.

 7\. To conduct research laboratories and regardless of source, to acquire, use and dispose of any inventions, formulae, processes, franchises, licenses, patents, trademarks, or copyrights, or distributing agencies, or right to acquire or issue permission or license to use any of the aforesaid, which may be capable of being used for any purpose of this corporation and to exercise, develop and turn to account such inventions, formulae, patents, processes, trademarks, copyrights, or good will.

8\. To do business through branch offices and subsidiaries either within the State of Utah or elsewhere including foreign countries; to conduct business any where and to maintain offices everywhere.

9\. To acquire the good-will, rights, assets and property, and to undertake and assume the whole or any part of the obligations or liabilities of any person, business firm, association or corporation, not contrary to law.

10\. To acquire in any manner, hold, improve, manage, operate, lease, grant, bargain, sell, assign, transfer, convey, exchange, mortgage, hypothecate, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, or encumber real or personal property of every kind whatsoever, or any right, title or interest therein whether said property be directly connected with the general purposes of this said corporation or not, including timber, agricultural crops or produce, livestock, processing and by-products plants, soil conditioners and fertilizers, chemicals and chemical plants.

11\. To borrow or raise money for any of the purposes of this corporation, and from time to time without limit as to amount, to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, and other negotiable or non-negotiable instruments and evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the principal and interest thereof by mortgages upon, or pledge, conveyance or assignment in trust of the whole or any part of the property of the corporation.

12\. To make any and all sorts of contracts or instruments without limit as to amount with any person, firm, association, corporation, company, state, territory or government, to carry out the purposes of this corporation, the same to be executed as determined by the board of directors.

13\. To issue shares of the capital stock of this corporation in payment of, or for, any debt or obligation of this corporation or for the purpose of acquiring and paying for any real or personal property for the use and benefit of this corporation.

14\. Subject, however, to such further compliance to laws, regulations, issuance of permits, or franchises, and other requirements which may legally appertain thereto, to purchase, lease, or in any manner acquire and to own, operate or in any manner control and sell, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or encumber, radio broadcasting and communication facilities, telephone and telegraph service, banks and banking service, insure and issue insurance policies and insurance coverage of all kinds, culinary water systems, sewer systems, fuel and fuel line systems, means of transportation including common carrier, private or public utilities and service.

15\. In the sole discretion of the board of directors, to make donations without limitations, consistent with the law for the public welfare whether charitable, scientific, religious oreducation purposes.

Said donations for the public welfare may be in the form of granting relief in the form of money, food, commodities, or other things of value to individuals, groups, or organizations according to the sole discretion of the board of directors as to grantee, the need and the amount providing, however, the company's creditors are not jeopardized thereby.

To organize and/or support to contribute to profit or non-profit subsidiaries, institutions of learning, museums, research foundations and laboratories of all kinds.

To publish and distribute for profit or otherwise, literature, books and publication of all kinds as permitted by law.

To organize and/or support or contribute to hospitals, medical and dental facilities, veterinary facilities and services, and health services or facilities of all kinds.

16\. This corporation is organized for the purpose of receiving, accepting and taking over all the assets, rights, privileges, good will and property of every kind and nature, and also assume all the obligations, liabilities, choses in action, leases and contracts of every kind and nature, and also assume all the obligations, liabilities, choses in action, leases and contracts of every kind and nature of the Koyle Mining Company, a Utah corporation.

This corporation is authorized to make a special endorsement on the outstanding stock certificates of the Koyle Mining Company whereby it accepts the corporate obligation of said certificate the same as though it had been issued by this company.

Said endorsement may be temporarily in lieu of issuing a stock certificate in exchange therefore as contemplated.

17\. To carry on any business in connection with the foregoing and to do any and all of these and other acts and thing convenient, necessary, or incidental to the proper carrying out of the pursuits and business and the performance of the powers set forth in these articles, in the same manner and whether in the State of Utah or elsewhere, but always in conformity to open law; being expressly provided that the objects and purposes specified in the foregoing clauses shall be nowise limited or restricted by reference to or inference from, the terms of any other clause in these articles of incorporation, but are independent objects and purposes; and it being expressly provided that the foregoing clauses shall be construed both as objects and powers, and that the foregoing enumeration of specific rights shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the powers of this corporation, but are set forth as special powers and rights, and not as restrictions on the scope of authority, and said powers are to construed in connection with and in conjunction with all general powers which may now or later by granted or implied by the law and reasonably necessary for the conduct of the business of this corporation.

Any provisions of these articles of incorporation which may be adjudged to be illegal by a competent court, shall not affect the remaining provisions herein contained.

### ARTICLE VI. PLACE OF BUSINESS  

This corporation shall have its initial principal place of business at Spanish Fork, Utah; but said place of business may be changed at any time and such branch places of business may be established at any other location both within and outside of the State of Utah or in any foreign country, as the board of directors may determine.

### ARTICLE VII. CAPITAL STOCK  

This corporation is organized with the capital stock of One Million (1,000,000) shares at a par value of one dollar ($1.00) per share, consisting entirely of non-assessable common stock.

### ARTICLE VIII. STOCK SUBSCRIPTIONS  

The amount of the capital stock for which each incorporator of this corporation has subscribed is set forth opposite his signature on the last pages hereof as a matter of convenience.

### ARTICLE IX. TRANSFER OF STOCK  

Shares of stock in the corporation, evidenced by properly executed and sealed certificates, shall be freely transferable and assignable,

a) by delivery of a certificate endorsed either in blank or to a specified person by the person appearing by the certificates to be the owner of the shares represented thereby; or

b) by delivery of the certificate and a separate document containing a written assignment of the certificate or power of attorney may be either in blank or to a specified person;

c) as provided for by statute, or operation of law, by decrees or judgment of courts of proper jurisdiction.

The secretary of the corporation shall receive the foregoing evidence of transfer, cancel the transferred certificate, register the transferee in the stock ledger and issue a new certificate to transferee in lieu of the said cancelled certificate.

### ARTICLE X. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS  

The members of the governing board shall be styled directors. There shall not be less than three nor more than nine in number, and the board of directors, by resolution or by law, may at any time increase the number, by any number not exceeding nine or decrease again to any number not less than three without amending these Articles of Incorporation.

Directors may appoint to fill vacancies and may appoint additional numbers to the board of directors who shall serve until the next succeeding annual election, at which time they shall be voted upon by the stockholders as a class 1, 2, or 3 director or to fill the unexpired term.

To qualify as a director a person must have registered in his name, or as a joint tenant, at the time of his election or appointment and during tenure of office, not less than 1,000 shares of stock.

All officers other than directors shall be elected for a one year term by the board of directors.

Initially the board of directors shall be grouped into three classifications, in which the:

1st class shall serve for an initial one year term

2nd class for an initial two year term

3rd class for a three year term from the date of the first annual meeting hereinafter specified.

Thereafter directors shall be elected for a three year term so as to provide that approximately only one third of the total directors shall be elected each year, and when increasing or decreasing the number of directors, this classification shall be utilized to facilitate the reduction or election of only one-third of the directors annually.

If for any reason an annual election is not held, the terms of all directors shall automatically be extended one year until the next annual meeting, thereby providing for the election of filling of the same vacancy or director whose term would have expired first.

There shall be a President, Vice-president, Secretary, Treasurer and Comptroller, as officers of this company, and such other officers as may be provided for by resolution or by-laws.

The offices of President and Vice-president must be elected from the board of directors.

The offices of Secretary, Treasurer and Comptroller shall initially be left vacant subject to being filled by appointment by the board of directors or by election at an annual stockholders meeting.

The corporation shall begin business with a board of five directors, who shall serve for an initial term set opposite their names.

The first annual election shall be held on the 2nd Monday of May, 1962.

| **BOARD OF DIRECTORS** | **ADDRESS**                          | **CLASS** |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------ | --------- |
| Quayle Dixon           | 140 W. Center StreetSpanish Fork, UT | 3         |
| Homer Harwood          | Spanish Fork, UT                     | 3         |
| Horace Brough          | 30 West 4thStreetBountiful, UT       | 2         |
| Douglas Dixon          | Payson, UT                           | 2         |
| A. A. Sinclair         | 3457 Binkley AvenueDallas, TX        | 2         |

The first officers of this corporation to serve until the first annual election in May, 1962, and who are to serve without bond unless otherwise provided for by resolution or by-laws by the board of directors are as follows:

| **Name of Officer** | **Office**     |
| ------------------- | -------------- |
| Quayle Dixon        | President      |
| Homer Harwood       | Vice-president |
| Douglas Dixon       | Treasurer      |
| LaVar Hooley        | Secretary      |

Except for interim appointments, the board of directors of this corporation shall be elected by a favorable majority vote of the quorum of the issued capital stock.

The initial board of directors and officers set forth herein, shall take office upon the issuance of this Corporate Charter, and hold office for the initial term herein set forth.

Subsequent officers and directors shall hold office for the terms specified and shall take office on the first day of the next month, following their election, or as soon thereafter as they may qualify.

After the directors, constitution the board have been elected, a selection of the other officers shall be made by a favorable majority vote of said elected directors, and each director shall be entitled to one vote on such matters.

### ARTICLE XI. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MEETINGS, QUORUM, REMOVAL  

Meetings of the board of directors for the transaction of corporate business may be held at any convenient place as the President may direct, or as may be provided in the by laws.

A majority of the duly qualified directors shall be necessary to conduct corporate business, except as otherwise provided.

A unanimous vote of the board of directors shall be required to remove one of their members of the board, with or without cause, excluding the vote of said member to be removed.

All of the directors shall be given a 15 days advance notice of a directors meeting called for the purpose of considering removing one of the directors.

A director may also be removed by the stockholders as hereinafter provided for.

A favorable vote of a majority of the elected directors shall be required to sell, donate, grant or give away any of the corporate assets, or funds.

The board of directors are expressly authorized to sell, mortgage or otherwise dispose of any or all corporate property without a confirming vote of a majority of the issued stock.

The board of directors shall exercise all the corporate powers set forth in these articles, and such additional powers as may be granted or implied by the law.

Without a formal directors meeting, any resolution or proposition may be reduced to writing and signed by all members of the board of directors respectively indicating their affirmative or negative vote thereon, and if a favorable majority vote is thereby registered, and when said resolution or proposition is filed with the Secretary, it shall constitute a corporate act by the board of directors to the same extent as though such resolution of proposition had been duly adopted at a regular meeting of the board of directors.

The board of directors, officers, agents and employees of the corporation may receive a compensation for services rendered together with an expense allowance incurred on behalf of the corporation, in carrying on the corporate business.

The compensation or salaries of the board of directors, other than officers of the corporation, shall be determined and fixed by a majority vote of the quorum of the issued capital stock.

All other salaries, commissions and expenses of the officers, agents and employees of the corporation shall be determined, fixed and approved by a majority vote of all of the board of directors.

### ARTICLE XII. TREASURY STOCK  

The board of directors may provide by by-laws or resolution for the retirement, reissuance and sale above, at, or below par, of any of the fully paid stock of this corporation which may be acquired by it.

### ARTICLE XIII. STOCK OWNERSHIP  

Except as otherwise provided by law, the corporation shall treat the person in whose name any share is registered on the corporate books as the owner thereof for all purposes, even though said person may be designated as a trustee, agent or a fiduciary, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person.

In voting shares registered in the names of joint tenants, and in the absense of objection from one of the joint tenants, anyone of said joint tenants may vote all of said stock.

Although the law provides for the creation of joint tenancy with right of survivorship by a special endorsement on the certificate, the corporation shall be protected in paying any dividends to the registered owner only appearing on the stock register on the date the register is closed for the purpose stated.

Because the Koyle Mining Company is winding up is corporate affairs, and transferring all of its assets to this corporation, any bona fide owner of shares in the Koyle Mining Company, may surrender said shares to the Secretary of the Relief Mine Company for cancellation and may receive in exchange therefore a like number of shares in the Relief Mine Company.

This right to exchange shares, shall in no way imply any right to dividends, which may have been declared prior to the registering of said exchange, as only the actual registered owners of the shares in the Relief Mine company shall be entitle to dividends.

Said right to exchange shall terminate 7 years from date of issuance of this Corporate Charter.

### ARTICLE XIV. STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS  

The first annual stockholders meeting shall be held on the second Monday of May at 2 p.m., in 1962, and annually thereafter without notice being required, at the company's principle place of business.

The annual meeting may be held at such other time and place as the board of directors may provide, but in which event 15 days written notice of the change shall be mailed to each stockholder of record.

A quorum for all stockholders meetings shall be 51 percent of the issued capital stock and a favorable majority vote of the quorum shall be required to conduct the business of said meeting, except is otherwise herein provided for.

If a quorum is not present in person or by proxy, said meeting may nevertheless be adjourned until a future time, place and date be determined by said meeting, without requiring notice of said continued date.

Annual or special stockholders meetings may be held at such other time and place as the board of directors may provide and in which event, 15 days notice of the change shall be mailed to each stockholder of record, otherwise no notice of the annual meeting shall be required.

The board of directors of said corporation shall be elected by a favorable vote of the majority of the quorum of the issued capital stock.

The initial officers and directors shall hold office for the terms herein provided, and subsequent officers and directors shall take office on the first day of the next month following their election, or as soon thereafter as they may qualify.

Promptly after directors have been elected, the board of directors shall meet to elect the corporate officers for the following year.

A favorable majority vote of all of the elected directors shall be necessary to elect the said officers of the corporation, and each director shall be entitled to one vote on such matters, and if said required majority cannot be obtained, then the existing officers shall continue to serve for one more year.

Failure to hold the annual meeting of the stockholders at the time appointed therefore, shall not prevent the holding of such meeting at a subsequent time upon notice or call by a majority of the directors; or by the written request of one-third of the issued stock directed to the President of the company, after a lapse of three months from the date of the regular meeting, and by a written notice to be given by the Secretary at least 15 days prior to the date set for said meeting.

Said notice shall indicate by what authority the meeting is called, and shall be mailed to the last known address of the stockholders of record.

The failure to hold any meeting for the election of officers or directors shall not affect the tenure of officers or directors so holding office, but said directors and officers shall continue in office until their successors are duly elected and qualified as provided for in these articles.

Special stockholders' meetings may be called by the majority of the board of directors, or by the holders of one-third (1/3) of the issued stock as shown by the books of this corporation.

Every such call may be addressed to the secretary, stating the objective or the purpose for which the meeting is called; whereupon, the secretary shall file at least fifteen (15) days notice of such meeting in the manner provided in these Articles, which notice shall state the purpose of the meeting and by whom or what authority the same is called.

### ARTICLE XV. INDIVIDUAL EXEMPTION  

The private property of the stockholders shall not be liable for the debts of this corporation.

The corporation shall not acknowledge for any purpose fractional shares of stock.

### ARTICLE XVI. AMENDMENTS OF ARTICLES  

These Articles of Incorporation may be changed, altered, or amended at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting called for that purpose, by a favorable vote of 51% of the stock issued, however, a 15 day notice of intention to amend the Articles in stated particulars should be given prior to said special stockholders' meeting, but not if done at annual meeting.

### ARTICLE XVII. BY-LAWS  

The incorporators or the board of directors may draw up and adopt a set of by-laws by which the administrative affairs of this corporation shall be conducted in addition to the specifications set forth in these Articles.

### ARTICLE XVIII. AMENDMENTS OF BY-LAWS  

The by-laws of this corporation may be amended and changed at any meeting of the board of directors by a favorable vote of a majority of the total number of the directors elected.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we the undersigned incorporators have set our hands and seals hereto and subscribed to this amount of stock set opposite our names, this 12 day of April, 1961.
### White Horse Prophecy
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This prophecy spoken by Joseph Smith on May 6,1843 in the presence of Edwin Rushton and Theodore Turley. This was repeated in a meeting about two weeks later, but in both instances was written out from memory afterwards.

There has been much criticism of the "White Horse" prophecy, many saying there is no foundation for it. But Brigham Young quotes from it in the Journal of Discourses. As you read this, pay attention to the references to bank failures and large amounts of gold. 

### The Prophecy

On or about the sixth day of May. 1843, a grand review of the Nauvoo Legion was held in Nauvoo. (Illinois) The Prophet Joseph complimented them for their good discipline and evolutions performed. The weather being hot, he called for a glass of water. With the glass of water in his hand he said, "I drink to you a toast to the overthrow of the mobocrats."

The next morning a man who had heard the Prophet give the toast returned to visit the Mansion of the Prophet. And so abused him with bad language. That the man was ordered out by the Prophet. It was while the two were out that my attention was attracted to them and hearing the man speaking in a loud tone of voice. I went toward them; the man finally leaving. There were present the Prophet Joseph Smith. Theodore Turley and myself. The Prophet began talking to us of the mobbings and drivings and persecutions we as a people have endured. But, said he, "We will have worse things to see; our persecutors will have all the mobbings they want. Don't wish them any harm. For when you see their sufferings you will shed bitter tears for them."

While this conversation was going on we stood by his south wicket gate in a triangle. Turning to me he said: "I want to tell you something. I will speak a parable like unto John the Revelator. You will go to the Rocky Mountains. And you will be a great and mighty people, established there, which I will call the "White Horse of Peace and Safety". When the Prophet said you will see it, I asked him, "Where will you be at that time?" He said, "I shall never go there. Your enemies will continue to follow you with persecutions and will make obnoxious laws against you in Congress to destroy the White Horse, but you will have a friend or two to defend you to throw out the worst part of the laws, so they will not hurt much. You must continue to petition Congress all the time, they will treat you like strangers and aliens, and they will not give you your rights but will govern you with strangers and commissioners; you will see the Constitution of the United States almost destroyed; it will hang by a thread, as it were, as fine as the finest silk fiber."

At this point the Prophet's countenance became sad; he said, "I love the constitution. It was made by the inspiration of God. And it will be preserved and saved by the efforts of the White Horse and the Red Horse. Who will combine in its defense. The White Horse will raise an ensign on the tops of the mountains of peace and safety. The White Horse will find the mountains full of minerals and they will become very rich. You will see silver piled up in the streets. You will see gold shoveled up like sand. Gold will be of little value even in a mercantile capacity, for the people of the world will have something else to do in seeking for salvation "The time will come when the banks in every nation will fail and only two places will be safe where people can deposit their gold and treasures. These places will be the White Horse and England's vaults."

"A terrible revolution will take place in the land of America, such as has never been seen before; for the land will be literally left without a supreme government. And every species of wickedness will run rampant. Father will be against son, and son against father, mother against daughter, and daughter against mother. The most terrible scenes of murder and bloodshed and rapine that have ever been looked upon will take place.

"Peace will be taken from the earth and there will be no peace only in the Rocky Mountains. This will cause many hundreds and thousands of the honest in heart to gather there; not because they would be saints but for safety and because they would not take up the sword against their neighbor. 

"You will be so numerous that you will be in danger of famine, but not for the want of seed time and harvest, but because of so many to be fed. Many will come with bundles under their arms to escape the calamities, and there will be no escape except by fleeing to Zion.

"Those that come to you will try to keep the laws and be one with you, for they will see your unity and the greatness of your organization. The Turkish Empire or the Crescent will be one of the first powers that will be disrupted, for freedom must be given for the gospel to he preached in the Holy Land.

"The Lord took of the best blood of the nations and planted them on the small islands now called England and Great Britain, and gave them great power in the nations for a thousand years and their power will continue with them, that they may keep the balance of power and keep Russia from usurping her power over all the world. England and France are now (1843) bitter enemies, but they will be allied together and he united to keep Russia from conquering the world.

"The two Popes, Greek and Catholic, will come together and be united. The Protestant religions do not know how much they are indebted to Henry the VIII for throwing off the Pope's Bull and establishing the Protestant faith. He was the only monarch who could do so at the time, and he did it because this nation, England, was at his back to sustain him. One of the peculiar features in England is the established red coat, a uniform making so remarkable a mark to shoot at, and yet they have conquered wherever they have gone. The reason for this will be known by them some day. The Lion and the Unicorn of Israel is their ensign, the wisdom and statesmanship of England comes from having so much of the blood of Israel in the nation. 

"While the terrible revolution of which I have spoken has been going on, England will be neutral until it becomes so inhuman that she will interfere to stop the shedding of blood. England and France will unite together to make peace, not to subdue the nations; they will find the nations so broken up and so many claiming government, till there will be no responsible government. Then it will appear to the other nations or powers as though England had taken possession of the country. The Black Horse will flee to the invaders and will join with them, for they will have fear of becoming slaves again. Knowing England did not believe in slavery, fleeing to them they believe would make them safe. Armed with British bayonets, the doings of the Black Horse will he terrible." 

Here the Prophet said he could not bear to look longer upon the scene as shown him in vision and asked the Lord to close the scene.

Continuing, he said. "During this time the great White Horse will have gathered strength sending out Elders to gather the honest in heart among the Pale Horse, or people of the United States, to stand by the Constitution of the United States, as it was given by inspiration of God.

"In these days God will set up a kingdom never to he thrown down, for other kingdoms to come unto. And these kingdoms that will not let the Gospel be preached will be humbled until they will.

"England, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Holland, and Belgium, have a considerable amount of the blood of Israel among their people WHICH must be gathered.

Then nations will submit to the Kingdom of God. England will be the last of these kingdoms to surrender, but when she does, she will do it as a whole in comparison as she threw off the Catholic power. The nobility know that the gospel is true but it has not enough pomp and grandeur and influence for them to embrace it. They are proud and will not acknowledge the Kingdom of God, or come unto it, until they see the power which it will have. Peace and safety in the Rocky Mountains will be protected by a cordon band of the White Horse and the Red Horse.

"The coming of the Messiah among this people will be so natural, that "only" those who see Him will know that He has come, but He will come and give His laws unto Zion, and minister unto His people. This will not be His coming in the clouds of heaven to take vengeance on the wicked of the world.

"The Temple in Jackson County will be built in this generation. The saints will think there will not be time to build it. but with all the help you will receive you can put up a great temple quickly. They will have all the gold, silver, and precious stones; for these things only will be used for the beautifying of the temple; all the skilled mechanics you want, and the Ten Tribes of Israel will help you build it. When you see this land bound with iron you may look toward Jackson County."

At this point he made a pause, and looking up as though the vision was still in view, he said, "There is a land beyond the Rocky Mountains that will be invaded by the heathen Chinese unless great care and protection are given." Speaking of the heathen nations he said, "Where there is no law there is no condemnation, and this will apply to them."

"Power will be given the White Horse to rebuke nations afar off and they will obey, not that they will be one with the White Horse, but when the law goes forth, they will obey, for the law will go forth from Zion."

"The last great struggle Zion will have to contend with will be when the whole of the Americas will be made the Zion of our God. Those opposing will be called Gog and Magog, the nations of the world led by the Russian czar. Their power will be great, but all opposition will be overcome, and this land will then be the Zion of our God."
### Cardston Temple Vision & World War III
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December 14, 1933  
Robert W. Smith, Esquire  
Salt Lake City, Utah 

Dear Brother Smith:

I am pleased to answer your letter of December 1st-first as to the letter of a non-member who wrote of "impressions" received while going through the Temple before it was dedicated, the truth of which letter you ask me to verify and which I am pleased to do.

It was a Quaker lady who was a magazine writer from eastern Canada. She has some relatives in Lethbridge, about 60 miles from Cardston; and being so deeply impressed on her first visit, she had them bring her a second time -this time I was acting as guide. She would sit in each room and never said a word to any in the company, but seemed to be in deep meditation all the time.

When she reached her own home several weeks after, she wrote this letter which has caused so much comment all over the Church. We have never been able to understand how she seemed to know so much about our faith and our belief in our future life and works after death. I never learned her real name. She visited us along in 1921\. I have never heard from her since that time, but the letter is genuine, and of her own "impressions!" received while in the Temple while on the two visits she mentions.

Sincerely your Brother,  
0/S Elder J. Wood  
President of the Alberta Stake

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### Sols Caurdisto's Letter:

We have been to the Temple erected by your church wherein are to be performed the sacred rites in accordance with your faith. The first time I was strongly impelled to describe to you my impressions. I did so but before the completion of the letter, I received some news that so affected me that acting upon the spur of the moment, I destroyed the document in its entirety.

The continued feeling within me of dissatisfaction as to something left undone, coupled with the desire upon the part of the members of my household who had not visited the temple, led to our second visit to Cardston, in which you so kindly consented to accompany us, notwithstanding the inclement weather and personal inconvenience to yourself which the journey entailed. 

It was because of this and many other evidences of your friendship that has given me the privilege to presume to bother you with what after all may be foolish fantacies of a too impressionable mentality. To me it does seem so, for never before in my life have such powerful impressions been infringed upon my inner consciousness as during my visit thru the Temple. Especially was this true at our second visit. The impressions of our first visit were repeated with such overwhelming intensity and variety of detail that I must positively inform you of my experience. 

It seems to me it were a sacred duty upon my part to do this, and knowing as I do that your friends will lightly ridicule what to me is a personal matter, I am going to give you in detail my experience in the hope, that if it is well, maybe it is something more than imagination, that you and others of your faith may wisely analyze and correctly use whatever may be gleaned from this letter.

A fortress in time of storm, was the first thought that shaped itself in my mind with my first view of this ancient, yet modern temple; mellowed with the spiritual usage of ancient civilization and customs, yet alert, virile, and watchful.

A grand, solemn, strong, beautiful, useful house of spiritual progression which seemed to be the embodiment of architectural expression of ancient civilization and glories suddenly re-incarnated and for a future and higher civilization than our own. Strength and beauty exaggerated the more flimsy houses and buildings of the town and gave a painfully obvious example of how the soul within is expressed thru the material body, either in the individual or nation, or a race, either in the man or his architecture. 

Try how I would, I could not get away from the feeling that the town itself was inferior to the latest building, so new and yet so old. Even the electric lights failed to change this thought, that the Temple and the town represented two different epochs of humanity?s spiritual development expressed in architecture. The town embodied the present epoch, science, art, invention harnessed purely for trade or commerce, irrespective of past or future development. The Temple embodies the accumulated knowledge of the ancient world combined with the modern inventions of science and inspiration as the road to a higher future development so near at hand. Let me put it down even another way.

There is a place called Cardston. A Temple linking the past with the present has been built at Cardston and the town has become a collection of flimsy huts nestling at the foot of the Temple which will continue to function for the spiritual purposes for which it is raised. 

Just as the exterior impressions compared with the present and future epochs so did the interior also reflect comparison. Of the beautiful and artistic effects I need not dwell; abler pens can describe the interior from this viewpoint. Sufficient for me to say that the shape of the Temple is a cross, that each apartment is symbolical in artistic and structural effects of some stage of humanity's progress thru the ages. In fact, everything physical is a stepping stone to spiritual progress as such is typified in these ceremonies.

All this was kindly and intelligently explained to us by Mr. Duce on one occasion and by Mr. Wood on the second visit; but I am afraid I was very indifferent and inattentive upon both occasions, for which I tender them my sincere apologies. I had no intentions of being rude or discourteous, but from the moment of entering the Temple until leaving, I was placed in the position of having, as it were, to listen to and grasp a dual narrative all the time, with the result that so engrossed was I at times that I am afraid I was so absent-minded as to appear inattentive if not positively stupid.

I have stated that my impression of the exterior of the building was that of a place of waiting for a higher civilization than our present one. This would suggest a condition of emptiness, but that is not what I mean. An ordinary newly erected building has no atmosphere at all until it has been inhabited some time; after which, it has, as it were, a living atmosphere. What kind of an atmosphere this is, is largely determined by the spiritual development and thought of the persons using and inhabiting the building. This applies especially to places of worship or consecration, and is very noticeable to a sensitive person. Sometimes such an atmosphere is agreeable, exalting, etc.; sometimes very much the reverse, depending upon the spiritual harmony or otherwise of the persons under this atmospheric rule; but was not so as far as it was concerned while outside the Temple. 

I could not understand the overwhelming scene of ancient atmosphere which the building actually possessed in its very granite blocks in spite of the fact that I know a few months previous these stones had been laid, yet the feeling of age predominated. I dismissed the feeling as well as I could by thinking that the place of the structure was responsible for the suggestion of age, but when I entered the Temple, how quickly I found there was nothing to suggest to me that present atmosphere of which I have spoken, but was it empty? Emphatically no!

Time and again as I listened to the speaker explaining some phase of the building or its meaning, I would be seeing beyond him some illustration of kaleidoscopic nature, depicting what he was describing, only more completely and vividly. The characters were so plain to me that I required all my self control to keep silent from room to room. This continued and only ceased when we were out in the frost and snow once more.

There was no set plan for presenting these pictures to me. It seemed as if when I thought something mental, a picture instantly presented itself in explanation of some word of the conductor, which would have the same effect. I was not afraid, only awed by the wonder of it all and the fearful impressive feeling that I received which seemed to imbed every little detailed scene into my brain, from which it will ever remember and record; and vivid as all of it was, these incidents herein related are the ones upon which I received instructions.

The scenes which I observed of an historical character seemed chiefly to verify and amplify the speaker's outline of past history, and so I do not feel impressed to record such, except to state that the same patriarchal characters whom I observed directing and influencing the early movements of the Church, were the same down through every age and epoch, and as the scenes advanced to more modern times, I saw among these spiritual characters and counselors, persons whose features I had previously observed as being in the material body on other historical occasions. 

It seemed as though the temple was filled with the actual spiritual bodies of these previous leaders of your church, each seeming to have the work that person was engaged in whilst in the flesh. In that temple I saw persons who were leaders of your church, during its march across the American desert now engaged in helping these higher patriarchs under whose orders they seemed to be working. It was these latter spiritual leaders, if I may use that term, who seemed to be instructed to show me the scenes here recorded. 

### Future Events

I can give no time as to the happening, except that the impressions I received were of actual present or immediate future.

I saw first a brief but comprehensive sketch of the present state of the world, or as you would term it, the Gentile Kingdoms. Each country in turn was shown, its anarchy, hunger, ambitions, distrusts and warlike activities, etc., and in my mind was formed from some source the words, "As it is today with the Gentiles."

I saw international war again break out with its center upon the Pacific Ocean, but sweeping and encircling the whole globe.

I saw that the opposing forces were roughly divided by so-called Christianity on the one side, and by the so-called followers of Mohammed and Buddha on the other. I saw that the great driving power within these so-called Christian nations, was the Great Apostasy of Rome, in all its political, social and religious aspects. I saw the worldwide dislocation and devastation of production and slaughter of people occur more swiftly and upon a larger scale than ever before. I saw an antagonism begin to express itself from those so-called Christian nations against your people. I saw those with a similar faith to yours in the far east begin to look toward Palestine for safety.

I saw the international world war automatically break down, and national revolution occur in every country, and complete the work of chaos and desolation. I saw geological disturbances occur, which helped in this work as if it were intended to do so. I saw the Cardston Temple preserved from all of this geological upheaval. I saw the international boundary line disappear as these two governments broke up and dissolved into chaos. I saw race rioting upon the American continent on a vast scale.

I saw hunger and starvation in this world; I saw disease produced by hunger, strife and chaos complete the end of this present order or epoch. How long these events were in reaching this consummation I do not know, but my impression was from the outbreak of the international war these things developed into a continuous procession, and almost ran concurrently, as it is with a sickness, the various symptoms are all in evidence at one and the same time, but in different stages of development.

My intensified thought was "What of the Church," if such is to become of the Kingdoms of the earth? Was immediately answered by a subconscious statement. "As it is in the church today," and I saw these higher spiritual beings throughout the length and breadth of the air, marshalling their spiritual forces, and concentrating them upon the high officials of your church upon earth.

I saw the spiritual forces working upon those officers, impressing and moving them, influencing and warning them. I saw the spiritual forces begin to unfold these things into the minds of your elders and other high officials, especially during their spiritual devotions and official duties, and those activities which exalt the mind of the individual or groups. I saw the impressions take hold and inspire the more receptive and spiritual men, until it was all clearly revealed to them in the way the spiritual patriarch desired.

Again I seemed to hear the words, "As it will be." I saw the high officials in council, and under inspired guidance issue instructions to your people to re-consecrate their lives and energies to their faith, to voluntarily discipline themselves, by abstaining from all those forms of indulgence which weaken the body, sap the mentality and deaden the spirit, or waste the income.

I saw further on, instructions given whereby places of refuge were prepared quietly but efficiently by inspired elders. I saw Cardston and the surrounding foothills, especially north and west, for miles, being prepared as a refuge for your people quietly but quickly. 

I saw elders still under divine guidance, counseling and encouraging the planting of every available acre of soil in this district, so that large supplies would be near the refuge. I saw the church property under cultivation of an intensified character, not for sale or profit, but for the use of the people. I saw artesian wells and other wells dug all over that territory so that when the open waters were polluted and poisoned that the people of the church and their cattle should be provided for.

I saw the fuel resources of the district develop in many places and vast piles of coal and timber stored for future use and building. I saw the territory carefully surveyed and mapped out, for the camping of a great body of the people of the church. I saw provision also made for a big influx of people who will not at first belong to the church, but who will gather in their tribulation.

I saw vast quantities of surgical appliances, medicines, disinfectants, etc., stored in the temple basement. I saw inspiration given the elders whereby the quantity, quality and kind of things to be stored were judged, which might not be attainable in this territory in time of chaos. I saw defensive preparations working out the organizations of the camps on maps.

I saw the mining corridors used as places of storage underground: I saw the hills surveyed and corrals built in sequestered places for cattle, sheep, etc., quietly and quickly. I saw the plans for the organization of the single men and their duties, the scouts, the guards, the nurses, the cooks, the messengers, the children, the herders, the temple guards, etc.. I saw these things going on practically unknown to the Gentile world, except the Great Apostasy, whose knowledge and hatred is far reaching, in this day of its temporary power. This was going on piece by piece as the Elders were instructed so to do. 

I saw the other officials obeying the inspired instructions, carrying their message and exhorting the people to carry out, from time to time the revelation given them, whilst all around throughout the Gentile world the chaos developed in its varying stages, faction against faction, nation against nation, but all in open or secret hostility to your people and their faith.

I saw your people draw closer and closer together, as this became more tense and as the spiritual forces warned them through the mouth of your elders and your other officers. I saw the spiritual forces influencing those members who had drifted away, to re-enter the fold. I saw a greater tithing than ever before. I saw vast quantities of necessaries supplied by members whose spiritual eyes had been opened. I saw a liquidation of properties (selling homes) and effects disposed of quietly but quickly by members of the church, as the spiritual influences directed them. 

I saw the inspired call sent forth to all the church, to gather to the refuges of Zion (like White City in Salem). I saw the stream of your people quietly moving in the direction of their refuge. I saw your people moving more quickly and in larger numbers until all the stragglers were housed. I saw the wireless message flashed from Zion's refuge to Zion's refuge in their several places that all was well with them, and then the darkness of chaos closed around the boundaries of your people, and the last days of tribulation had begun.

Sols Caurdisto
### Tsunami & Earthquakes on West Coast
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Last updated: 2024-06-25T04:26:12.000Z
Before we get to the profound vision, let's reflect on another prophecy made by Bishop Koyle that relates:

> John H. Koyle was gifted with dreams not directly related to the mine. For example, he saw that during the time of great tribulation there would be a massive earthquake out in the Pacific Ocean that would bring giant tidal waves along our Pacific Coast. This would in turn bring destructive quakes along the San Andreas Fault and wreck great destruction in San Francisco and Oakland. If inspired, prophetic warnings were heeded in time, many of our people would escape these disasters.

Posted by: "D. T. Bitter"  
Sat Mar 8, 2008

This morning the Lord told me to forward this vision I received on February 22, 2008\. I wrote this down immediately after I saw this vision.  
  
I saw that Las Vegas was completely demolished by a huge earthquake. There were very few survivors. I saw collapsed casinos, with twisted steel and debris everywhere. Huge fires were going with very, very few emergency vehicles, personnel to help put them out. The temple there was destroyed. Next, I was shown, Reno, It was not as badly destroyed, and the were alot more people and rescuers walking around. There were small fires everywhere. Many noble people survived and would reach out ot help those in need.  
  
In Oregon, I saw several volcanoes erupting. Ash and smoke were so thick that people couldn't breathe. I saw Handkerchiefs over peoples faces to help them breathe. Cars wouldn't work because the engines were clogged. I saw that there were those who would pray for their vehicles and the Lord would help them to work and they were able to get out. There were many believers there and needed their faith strengthened. I saw that they would suffer much but would triumph in their faith.  
  
In California, I saw a HUGE wave cover what seemed to be the entire coastline. It will destroy everything. The only ones who survived were those the Lord led out ahead of time. The words I heard were "This tsunami will make the Asian Tsunami a few years ago look like a picnic." On the inland of California I saw volcanoes and small earthquakes widespread. There were places of refuge set up there because of good hearted people. Many would repent and turn to the Savior, still others would be lost because they didn't know what to do or where to go. Some criminals would survive and would wonder around raping and pillaging. All the temples were gone.   
  
In Salt Lake City, I saw a tremendous earthquake, resulting in twisted steel and metal every where, Great fissures opened up in the ground and new mountains raised up. The thing that made the biggest impact were the amount of survivors wandering around not knowing what to do. They were looking for their leaders to tell them what to do but all the leaders were dead, injured or unable to lead (I felt that they were emotionally unable to do so). There was lots of smoke and dust and people wondering around in a daze. The Salt Lake Temple was not destroyed and I felt that there was a purpose for that. That was all I saw. I felt that this would all happen very soon and very close to each other in time.   
  
I have a very good friend who has many prophetic gifts who said in January that we should look to the month of May and that things would start in the state of Washington and go out from there. The earth had received its capacity (Wickedness I felt that meant) and it would shake and tremble as never before.   
  
I also have a friend who had a dream of a series of 12 waves hitting the entire coastline of California. I was told this after I told her my vision. So that was my second witness. This is all I know.

The Lord just said to share with you my other dream of a few months ago. I dreamed that everyone was escaping, fleeing the Wasatch front for some reason, and all I could take with me was this big canvas tent and a little bit of food , blankets ect. I have 8 children and My husband and I were able to get out ok. When we arrived down the the I-15 corridor, there was mass chaos and danger. It was horrible. We were able to set up that tent. We gave thanks to the Lord day and night for the safety and protection that tent provided against all the danger and chaos that lay beyond the walls of that tent. I received that dream several times during the night and the next morning I felt like I needed to go out and buy a tent like that. The Lord told me NO--That Tent Is the Power of Your FAITH! Your faith will be what guards you and protects you from the coming chaos and danger, not anything physical. TRUST IN ME!!!   
  
There you have it. I've share with you all that I have been given. The biggest thing I have learned is that we are in Gods hands and He is our only hope of protection against what is coming.
### Are Simultaneous Inflation and Deflation Possible?
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/simultaneous-inflation-and-deflation/
Last updated: 2024-04-14T21:53:53.000Z
By James W. Rawles  
[SurvivalBlog.com](http://www.survivalblog.com/?ref=reliefmine.com)

I often have friends and clients ask me how I can talk about inflation and deflation in the same breath. They've asked: "But I thought that inflation and deflation were contradictory. How do you think that we could experience both inflation and deflation at the same time?"  
  
Let me explain, starting with a bit of background: The fractional reserve banking system, based on usury, creates money. Here is a simplified example: Each time you deposit a $1,000 at your local bank, the bank then lends nearly all of that money out to someone else, charging interest. The bank holds just a small reserve ("the fraction") to cover the their likely daily withdrawal demands. Now, say that $950 of your deposited money is borrowed by a business, to purchase raw materials. The seller of those materials will deposit the payment check into his own bank. But then that bank can again lend nearly all of it out. The process goes on and on. Thus, the banking system has a multiplier effect: With the present-day 10% cash reserve requirement in the US, each $1,000 that you deposit eventually becomes more than $7,000\. These additional dollars are electronic dollars that are created out of thin air. This puts a lot of new money into circulation, so it is essentially inflationary. Everyone is happy, as long as they all can keep paying their interest. (But by its very nature, the interest-driven banking system creates winners and losers. The losers cannot pay the interest, and go bankrupt. This explains why so many businesses fail each year.) The bankers are the happiest of all, since they make money from everyone on virtually every transaction, in the form of interest and fees. They earn a tremendous amount of money on the float. In the fantasy world of banking, by their accounting, what you and I would consider a liability (a loan) they consider an asset. And what we consider an asset (greenback cash), they consider a liability. (They see any cash on hand as "nonproductive" because it isn't earning interest.)  
  
The multiplier effect is an almost magical process, and everything hums along nicely in good times. But then comes recession. You get laid off from work. Instead of depositing money every week, you start to withdraw money. Your bank must cover those withdrawals. Things get interesting: when deposits decline, the multiplier effect also works in reverse. The reverse multiplier effect is deflationary. By withdrawing $1,000 from your bank, you are effectively removing $7,000 from circulation. The foregoing example is oversimplified, but is a useful illustration.  
  
Now let's look at home mortgages. These have always been a cash cow for banks, because of both an un-backed currency and fractional reserve banking, we live in a chronically inflationary environment. Therefore, on average, price of houses go up more than they go down. And mortgages are "safe" because most people are consistent about making their monthly payments. They might miss a car payment or merely pay the minimum on their monthly credit card statement, but they will miss a house payment only in extremis. Nobody wants to lose the house where they live.  
  
Today, in 2008, we are living in exceptional times. The price of suburban houses, fueled by artificially low interest rates for more than a decade, inflated for so long that they created a speculative mania. At the peak of the mania in 2005 and 2006, people bought houses that they couldn't really afford with no intention of ever living in them. They saw how fast the market was rising, so they bought houses purely on speculation, to either rent them out, or to quickly re-sell them ("flip" them), for a tidy profit. They often knowingly signed up for adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) with relatively low "teaser" introductory rates, scheduled to be reset to much higher rates--with monthly payments that then would be higher than the buyer could afford to pay. The buyers did so, with the expectation that they would sell their "spec" house before the interest rate reset. But then interest rates went up for a while, and stopped the market bubble from expanding.

This pause pushed more houses onto the market. Seeing the turn in the market, the more astute speculators immediately put their spec and rental houses on the market. Almost overnight, there were 6 or 7 houses available for each buyer. As the inventory grew, inevitably prices fell. (As I often say, the law of supply and demand is inescapable.) More and more speculators, unable to sell their houses, fell behind on their payments. Banks started to foreclose. Those foreclosed properties have now started to hit the market, further flooding the supply of unsold houses. This has started a downward spiral of house prices, as the market naturally seeks equilibrium. Since macro market swings tend to be prolonged and over-exaggerated, I wouldn't be surprised to see the prices of residential real estate decline 30 to 40% nationwide, and as much as 70% in the erstwhile "hot" coastal market areas that were grossly over-inflated. As the market nears bottom, there will be some genuine bargains available in three or four years. A similar process, I believe, will soon occur in the commercial real estate market, as the economy slows.  
  
Starting last summer, the turn in the US residential housing market had a profound effect on the global credit market. The millions of subprime mortgages had been repackaged in lots of creative ways, and the indirect investors in these debt instruments naturally began to wonder what was backing them up. These investors were willing to turn a blind eye when prices were rising, but when the market started to turn, they got nervous. Some of them started pulling their money out of hedge funds that had visible exposure to subprime debt. Two hedge funds managed by Bear Stearns were some of the first to suffer. In more recent months, the subprime contagion has spread, as more and more investors have realized that they have no way of knowing what tangible assets represent surety for their loans. Again, the repeated aggregation and "repackaging" of these mortgage-backed securities created opacity, right when investors sought transparency.

Then, to make matters work, it was revealed that the big credit rating firms such as Fitch, Moody's, and Standard & Poors were in collusion with the mortgage bankers. In what amounted to kickbacks and bribery, the credit rating firms had agreed to artificially inflate the credit ratings of hedge funds and banks with residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) exposure. This destroyed the reputation of all banks and hedge trading houses --even those with sterling credit and that had no exposure to subprime of midprime mortgages. Once the rating scandal developed, even "AAA" rated investments became suspect. The end result was that the global credit market essentially shut down. Unable to assess their risk, investors stopped investing, and in turn, bankers stopped lending. This squeeze (remember the reverse multiplier effect that I mentioned?) limited cash to meet the banks withdrawal demands. Rather than declare bankruptcy, some of the hedge funds "temporarily" suspended investor redemptions. Meanwhile, they scrambled to have their parent companies and Uncle Sugar bail them out. This explains the multi-billion dollar "write-downs' that you've seen mentioned in the newspapers.  
  
So now we are in an environment where global credit has shut down to a trickle. The current credit contraction, in terms of its effect on the economy, is actually more severe than that of the 1930s. (The economy is now far more dependent on credit than it was in the past.) There is no liquidity, so there is no chance at all for "business as usual" to continue. But yet we still see the talking heads on CNBC pitching the latest "hot" stocks. Are they blind? Are they spending their weekends picking psychedelic mushrooms? In my estimation the stock market is presently primed for a collapse of epic proportions.  
  
Overall, given the credit squeeze, we are in a situation that is similar to the early 1930s--which was a distinctly deflationary period. Rather than letting the credit collapse cause a worldwide depression, the central banks (including the Federal Reserve banking cartel in the US) are floating huge un-backed loans through creative mechanisms--such as the discount window--to any bank that asks for cash. Hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars. But this is not enough to stem the tide of deflation. The pendulum has already started to swing in that direction, and it is gaining momentum. At this point, it is almost impossible to stop. All that Bernanke and Company can hope to do is soften the blow. Mark my words: There will be recession and massive economic dislocation. The recession may be deep and long enough to qualify as a bona fide depression.  
  
Do you remember Jim Cramer's public meltdown back in August of Aught Seven, when he was screaming "Open the discount window!" His tirade was a foreshadowing of the severity of the current crisis. He could see what was coming, and he briefly let the world know what he felt in the depth of his heart. (He has since then become less vociferous.) It is also noteworthy that at roughly the same time, Cramer also let slip his prediction for "upside down" home investors--the folks that I call contrapreneurs--when he recommended that they "just walk away." In much the same way that I predicted back in early 2007, Jim Cramer saw the advent of what is now euphemistically called "Jingle Mail".  
  
Another key point that I'd like to emphasize is the difference between the availability of credit and the willingness to lend or invest. Helicopter Ben could keep lowering interest rates all the way to zero, but still not make the housing market turn around. As a point of reference, the Japanese lowered rates to zero in 2001, in an attempt to end their chronic recession that started in 1992\. It didn't work very well. In fact, they didn't feel ready to raise rates back above zero for five years--until their economic indicators crawled back up into the black, in 2006\. But this respite was apparently brief, since Japan once again appears to be sliding into recession. Their recession, by the way, got its start in 1991 when the over-inflated price of Tokyo real estate collapsed. It took 14 years for prices to start to recover. Gee, based on their experience, I guess that we can look forward to many fun-filled years ahead, here in the States.  
  
Is the foregoing making things clear, or just muddying the waters? You might still be asking: "How I can talk about inflation and deflation in the same breath?" Here it is in a nutshell. Assets such as real estate can be deflating at the same time that commodity and consumer prices are inflating. Why? Because Mr. Bernanke and his cronies have an unlimited supply of paper and ink. The banks are now begging their pals in Washington for huge bailouts and "economic stimulus" though artificial incentives such as tax rebates--on the scale of what could amount to trillions of dollars.

As I've mentioned before, bailouts and cash infusions that large cannot be financed solely by taxes and bonds. The government will be forced to monetize the additional debt. As I mentioned in a recent article, monetization is highly inflationary. It is not just gradual leverage like the fractional reserve banking multiplier effect I described. Rather, it is an almost instantaneous dump truck load (or as Chairman Ben would call it, a helicopter load) of cash, rapidly hitting the economy. This monetization will not go un-noticed. It will push up consumer and commodity prices and simultaneously push down the value of the US Dollar in international exchange.  
  
So what comes next? In my estimation it will be a continuing downward spiral for house prices, declining commercial real estate prices, more hedge fund collapses, some enormous derivatives melt downs (that will likely spawn municipal bond failures), and bank runs. As the economy slows, the flow of funds going into banks will dry up--both as individual depositors get laid off, and as foreign investors decide to find safer places to put their money. A silent run has already been going on for months, at the institutional level. Meanwhile, the FDIC ha identified a growing number of "problem" bank and they are quickly adding staff to be prepared for big bank runs. (Hmmmm...What do they know that we don't know?) But the Generally Dumb Public (GDP) remains clueless.

I predict that the private depositor bank runs will start shortly. I believe these runs will be started both by domestically-chartered banks and S&Ls, as well as by international banks that have branches in the US. They will put limitations on withdrawals and balance transfers, starting with home equity lines of credit. These withdrawal restrictions will make depositors nervous. Bank runs are 99% psychological. All that it will take is just one rumor stated on a talk radio show in just one major US city, and the avalanche will begin. It could begin very innocently, for example: "Bank of X says that I can't draw any more money from my home equity line. But I know that my house is still worth $500,000, and I only paid $420,000 for it. So if its not my house that is causing it, then there must be some other trouble at the bank. I'm going to tell my friends to get their money out of Bank of X, right away." The avalanche, once started, will be huge. It will take down virtually all the banks and S&Ls, regardless of their subprime and midprime exposure. Yes, the FDIC will make good on their long-standing promises, but that will take months to resolve. In the meantime, people will be short of cash. Even worse, this shortage of cash may mean that many people won't be making their house payments. Which means even more delinquencies and foreclosures.  
  
Be ready for bank runs. Even the mainstream media is catching on to the threat. Be ready for far-reaching "temporary" executive orders that limit withdrawals. Be ready for the bank run jitters to spill over into other effects that could escalate into veritable mass hysteria: stock market collapses, commodities spikes, and public outcry for "moratoriums", "debt relief", "suspensions", "debt restructuring", "stimulus packages", "buy backs", "grace periods", "liquidity injections", "collective stock purchases", "public investing", "bank holidays", "open market operations", "wage and price controls", and huge "pump priming" public works programs. Brace yourself for an assortment of government edicts and massive market intervention hidden behind a huge smokescreen of Orwellian Newspeak and double talk. By the way, also be ready for restrictions on international currency movements--but only for us little guys with greenbacks--not for the financiers' multimillion dollar wire transfers.  
  
Depending on the outcome of the next presidential election, government reaction could range from merely "large", to downright gargantuan. (The latter may go down in history as "Obama's trillion dollar bailouts.")  
  
What is really needed is the abolition of fractional reserve banking and un-backed fiat currencies. A monetary and banking system based on usury is the root of the problem. Debt-based money and currency inflation (a hidden from of taxation) are both parasitic at the core. We need honest (specie-backed) currency, and traditional warehouse banking. In the long run, honest money will prevail. The recent run-up of crude oil above $100 a barrel, spot gold above $955 per ounce, and spot silver above $19.25 per ounce--all time highs--are indicative that the market recognizes the real value of the US Dollar. Incidentally, I also think that the folks at WIR Bank in Basel, Switzerland have had the right idea for 70 years, through the use of private credit clearing circles.
### Long Hard Winter
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/long-hard-winter/
Last updated: 2024-04-18T00:09:11.000Z
Bishop Koyle said a very difficult winter, that breaks state records, would be a signpost that the mine is about to come in. There are some who say that winter took place 2022-2023\. Other folks think the storm is still yet to come. While still others believe there will NOT be a long hard winter because it wasn't specifically mentioned by Koyle in the Thursday night meetings held on the hill.  
  
I'm not an authority figure on the topic, but I do believe Lynn Bishop has spent more time researching this than anyone else. His documentation is good. He also takes into consideration that Norman Pierce, author of one of the Dream Mine books, admitted to changing his story several times to make it sound like the mine would come during his lifetime.

Quote from THE WINDING UP SCENE Vol.1, pp.125-132  
by Lynn L. Bishop

### Weather Conditions Preceding Mine Vindication

Bishop Koyle is often quoted as prophesying that the coming in of the Dream Mine will be introduced by a heavy Winter, a water-logged Spring, and a dry, hot summer, and that a mild Fall, a mild Winter, and a four-year famine would follow. But an analysis of the evidence reveals that there are a number of inaccuracies and misunderstood aspects of this sequence. Since it is often easier to see the individual trees of the forest after one first sees the shape of the forest itself, we shall first present the conclusions of this analysis, and secondly the discussion which leads to the conclusions:

1. **Heavy Winter**: Bishop Koyle was told by the first heavenly messenger that there would be a very heavy Winter before the mine came in, and that this Winter would break many records, but Bishop Koyle did not say that this heavy winter would be the winter which immediately precedes the coming in of the mine. It might be such a winter, but it might occur any time between the time Bishop Koyle said it and the time the mine 'comes in'.
2. **Waterlogged Spring**: Bishop Koyle did have a dream showing him a very wet Spring in which there would be much flooding from one end of the State to the other, but he specifically denied that he ever said there would be a water-logged Spring the same year that the mine came in. This is not to say that there will not be such a Spring, but only that Bishop Koyle said that he didn't say there would be one just preceding the 'coming in' of the mine.
3. **Long Hot Summer**: Bishop Koyle did speak of a hot summer preceding the mine 'coming in', but there are conflicting references on the relationship between this summer and exactly when the mine will produce. Some quote him as saying that the mine will come in during but near the end of this long hot summer, while others quote him as saying that the mine will come in just AFTER this hot summer, and in a very mild Fall which will be like Spring. But a hot summer ending with the mine coming in has been confused with another significant, hot summer that was foretold, namely the hot summer that ends with the beginning of the four-year famine. (See below.)
4. **Mild Winter**: Bishop Koyle did speak of a very mild winter following the mine 'coming in', a winter during which the wheat bins and White City will be built.
5. **Drought or Four-year Famine**: Bishop Koyle spoke of a drought and a four-year famine. We are now in a drought (with periods of rain) which, according to current national news reports, has been going on for six years. Obviously then, this is not the four-year famine during which there will be no rain. The four-year famine comes after the mild winter and begins at the end of a hot summer after the Relief Mine has already been producing for a while, and after reaching the nine Nephite rooms, but this is almost a year after the mine comes in.

Unfortunately, there is much disagreement and controversy among stockholders on these possible events with respect to the mine. We shall now discuss the analysis which has led to our conclusions.

### The Heavy Winter and Water-logged Spring:

Bishop John H. Koyle, a visionary man who often saw the future and was frequently instructed by heavenly messengers, stated that before the Relief Mine 'comes in,' there would be a heavy winter throughout Utah that would break all records. Bishop Koyle also foretold that he saw much flooding from one end of the State to the other and that the streets of many towns and cities would be filled with the flow of muddy water. Bishop Koyle died in 1949\. A couple of years after Bishop Koyle died, there was a terrible winter, 1951-1952, which broke records for total snowfall. This was followed by a very wet Spring of much flooding throughout the State. In Salt Lake City, it was necessary to sandbag the sides of 13th South to contain a canal of water which was diverted to the Great Salt Lake. A number of dream miners wrote about this:  
  
Norman C. Pierce: "About this time Bishop Koyle had another of his same prophetic dreams which I heard him relate, saying: 'It looks like it won't be long now before we'll be having some of the big troubles we've been expecting. I saw in a dream the other night that muddy water would flow in the streets like rivers in almost every community from one end of the state to the other. When it comes, it's going to cause a lot of trouble for a lot of people around here. It will be the beginning of really big troubles.'  
  
The account of its fulfillment, if it is not still so clear in your memories, will be found when you come to the part of this history that deals with the year 1952\. An even greater fulfillment remains to be witnessed to mark the time for the Dream Mine to turn out. Dual fulfillment is sometimes noted in history, the first being a 'type' of a greater fulfillment which is to come. In the due time of the Lord we shall see it." \[DMS 90\]  
  
Steve Wood: "Also, he \[Bishop Koyle\] saw where the water would run down the streets of Salt Lake City. In the spring of about 1951 \[actually 1952\] we had a real river of about three feet deep running west on 13th South. The streetcars went across on a bridge that was elevated at least four feet. Both sides of the street were sandbagged to a height of about four feet. I saw a man in about an 18-foot boat going west from State Street." \[BKDM in RMII 205\]  
  
"Mud will flow down the streets of Spanish Fork indicating the wickedness of the people." \[JJ#74, p.9 quoted in RM II, p.227, #59\]  
  
"The Leland area West of Spanish Fork will be like a marsh during the wet soggy spring." \[JJ#79, p.10\]  
  
This heavy winter and water-logged Spring is possibly the imminent one Bishop Koyle dreamed of, and it may have been the heavy winter which the messenger told Bishop Koyle would occur before the mine 'comes in.' However, some dream miners had the impression that the messenger told Bishop Koyle that the heavy winter would occur near to and preceding the 'coming in' of the Dream Mine:  
  
"The mine will come in following an unusually hard winter. There will be heavy snows and a late wet spring. After two weeks of planting time, heavy rains will pelt the seed out of the ground. Then, hot dry winds will commence to dry everything up, including the few remaining plants." \[JJ#78, p.10 quoted in RM II, p.227, #65\]  
  
Norman Pierce: "He \[Bishop Koyle\] gave a number of signposts by which we would know and recognize the approach of this crisis. 1) A long, hard winter that would do much damage." \[DMS 54\]  
  
Lavawn Owen: "The Bishop said there would be a heavy winter just before the Mine comes in, and it will be the worst winter ever. Immediately following this winter, there will be flooding and a very wet spring." \[LO, May, 1993\]  
  
Steve Wood: "He \[Bishop Koyle\] also saw the Mine would come in after a hard winter followed by a water-logged spring, then a dry hot summer, and when the wheat was in the boot, the Bishop came out of the tunnel with the first gold in his hands." \[BKDM in RMII 202\]  
  
Joseph Geertsen told me that his son Jim heard Bishop Koyle emphatically state in response to the wide-spread gossip and talk among the stockholders who were trying to make sense of all his prophecies, etc., that he never said that there would be a water-logged Spring immediately following the record-breaking winter and immediately preceding the coming in of the Relief Mine. Because of the varying stories among many of the stockholders, I rely more on those whom I talked with many times and who worked with Bishop Koyle and the mine and who proved to be very careful about what was stated by the Bishop. Joseph Geertsen was just such a person. He questioned Bishop Koyle carefully about the things he said. He told me many times that he was disappointed with Norman Pierce, and others who were so anxious for the mine to come in that they twisted and modified things that the Bishop was supposed to have said, in order to make the current signs appear that the mine was going to 'come in' right away. I asked Norman Pierce about this and why he was continually doing this. He admitted that he did this and told me that he couldn't stand waiting for the 'coming in' of the mine? He even published this response a number of times. I answered that truth was whatever it was regardless of what we desire it to be.  
  
According to Joseph Geertsen, of all the accounts given of the Dream Mine and Bishop Koyle's prophecies, the most accurate one was the Story of the Dream Mine by Claude F. Weight. Claude Weight said that Bishop Koyle did not say how many, if any, winters there would be between 'the' heavy winter and the mild winter which would immediately precede the beginning of the four-year-famine that was to come.  
  
Claude Weight: "The messenger \[Moroni\] explained that there would be a winter of heavy snow and big snow drifts after which there would be a mild open winter, but whether that winter was to follow immediately or whether some other winters would be in between, he never explained.  
  
However, immediately following the mild open winter, there would be a hot, dry summer. The crops would come up in the spring, and there would be considerable moisture, and the crops would be glorious (that is the word Bishop used to use.) He saw the wheat would grow up and head out beautifully, and the irrigated wheat would mature, but the dry land wheat would not have enough moisture to fill out. By harvest time the heads would curl over in a sort of crescent shape. . . . He was told by the messenger that this condition would bring about a shortage of food during the first year of harvest." \[The Story of the Dream Mine, pp.5-6.\]  
  
Thirty years after the heavy winter of 1951-1952, another heavy winter occurred which may have been the one foretold by Moroni. This was the winter of 1982-1983 which was also a heavy winter for total moisture and was followed by a very wet Spring. Again, many mud slides and much flooding occurred from one end of the State to the other. This was so disastrous, that a whole town was wiped off the map. This was Thistle which became a lake of water and mud. Again, much sandbagging was required in many towns in order to contain and restrict the boundaries of the flood waters. Bountiful area \[Stone Creek\] and Salt Lake City \[City Creek\] were but two among many examples throughout the State.  
  
However, a third candidate for the foretold heavy winter occurred in 1992-1993, just eleven to twelve years ago, in which the total snowfall and many related troubles exceeded previous records throughout the State in many cities and in the mountains. El Nino was identified by meteorologists as the culprit.  
  
Following the trouble in Utah and other Rocky Mountain States, the next several years were filled with record-breaking disasters throughout this Nation and the World. There were hurricanes of furious destruction, great rivers swelled to fantastic heights and many places were drastically ruined by the flood. There were tornados, ice storms, 'unbelievable' snow depths, and many more tragedies. During the summers, there were record-breaking heat waves causing many deaths. There were devastating earthquakes in California and throughout the world. There were fatal volcanic eruptions throughout the world, including in the United States. One recent peak of disaster was Hurricane Mitch which demolished much of Honduras and the adjacent States. The death toll and destruction were 'mind boggling.'  
  
Is the heavy winter of 1992-1993 the one Bishop Koyle referred to, or is there still to come an even worse winter just preceding the coming in of the mine? Was the foretold heavy winter simply a significant event which would happen 'sometime before' but not necessarily immediately before the mine 'comes in?' This is how Bishop Koyle stated other prophesied events as well. For instance, he foretold that the trolley rails in Salt Lake City would be removed before the mine 'comes in.' This was fulfilled in 1952.  
  
Time is running out. As stated earlier, there have been at least three significantly heavy winters since Bishop Koyle died: 1951-1952; 1982-1983; and 1992-1993\. It has now \[2004\] been eleven years since the third record-breaking winter. If the heavy winter was to occur near or immediately before the mine 'comes in,' then even the third heavy winter may not be the one Bishop Koyle was told about. Therefore, as time continues to go on without the Relief Mine coming in, the likelihood becomes greater that there will yet be another heavy winter preceding the coming in of the Mine, a winter breaking all the records of the previous record-breaking winters.  
  
Perhaps, according to other signposts which are being fulfilled, there is not enough time left for another very heavy winter to occur before the mine comes in. Of course, time will tell. Most students of prophecy have thought many times in the past, that according to the world-wide signs they were seeing, the Setting-in-order and coming in of the Dream Mine must happen right away. But the dates and times which they thought could not pass by without fulfillment did pass without the expected prophecies being fulfilled. By the same token, then, there may still be a number of years before the Dream Mine 'comes in.' Or, it may finally come in sooner than some believe.  
  
A true and inspired prophetic giant of our times, Lorin C. Woolley, also foretold that the weather patterns in the years preceding the 'winding up scene' would be all out of 'kilter' and topsy turvy, and that the seasons would get mixed up 'snow outside of the winter season and Spring weather in Winter, etc. This indeed has been the case.  
  
Is there a pattern that emerges from all these judgments we have observed to have taken place already? all the heavy winters, and other unusual weather patterns which have occurred since the death of Bishop Koyle? Is there 'rhyme or reason' to all this? Is the Lord trying to tell us something? Is this a great Divine Hint? God is trying to tell us that unless we repent we are headed for even greater judgments. These unusual judgments are definitely a result of the greatly increasing wickedness of the world which is spiraling and accelerating towards the ultimate judgments that are described in the Book of Revelation.  
  
In the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord warns that 'judgments' will begin at 'His House,' first among the Mormon people who have blasphemed the name of the Lord in Holy places. Judgments begin where there is initially the most light given by the Lord. The Mormon people, in general, have received the most revelation among the well known nations of the Earth. At the same time, the Mormon people, speaking collectively and not individually, have jumped on the bandwagon of the world's wickedness, as it rushes downward to destruction. But where there is much given, there is much responsibility required. Thus, judgments begin first among those who, more than other peoples, should know better.
### Arnold Shreeve's Vision of the Mine Starting Up
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/arnold-shreeve-vision-of-alma-the-younger/
Last updated: 2026-08-23T18:37:17.000Z
Permission was granted, from Lynn Bishop, to type in a large excerpt from his book, "The Winding Up Scene". If you haven't purchased Lynn's books, now may be an excellent time to do so. The following excerpt contains the full text from Brother Arnold Shreeve's vision in regards to the Relief Mine starting up again. You may also be intrigued by reading, [The Return of Alma the Younger](https://www.reliefmine.com/return-of-alma-the-younger/). 

Lynn has done a tremendous job with all of the research he has done. It has taken years to complete all of the interviews and putting everything together. I have received comfort by Brother Shreeve's vision, as it gives hope that all will be well when the true messengers return to take charge. The following source speaks of these coming messengers:

> "The two Nephites who visited Bishop Koyle, the morning of January 10, 1914, told him that later on the Lord would send messengers to help with the mine, but who would hide or disguise their identity (Al Sinclair being one). He was told that after a while the disguised messengers would back out of the picture, but **just before the mine 'came in' they would show up again but this time in their true identity**. Blaine Gardner told this to me (Lynn Bishop) a number of times through out the years, beginning in the mid sixties." (The Winding Up Scene p. 163)

The following vision goes hand-in-hand with the [Cardston Temple Vision](https://www.reliefmine.com/cardston-temple-vision-and-world-war/) Sols Caurdisto had years ago. Both indicate that homes will be sold by members of the church as they relocate to the designated places of refuge, like White City, which will be built in Salem, UT. This will all be under the direction of new, inspired church leaders called at the time [Joseph Smith returns](https://www.reliefmine.com/resurrected-joseph-smith-will-return/) to set the Church in order.

**\--—Begin excerpt from Lynn Bishop's Book-----**

The following account of Arnold Shreeve's vision is from a copy made by Raymond Steele, a former member of the Board of Directors of the Dream Mine. Before presenting this vision, one point should be discussed. Many dreams and visions of the future show persons, places, and settings that are symbolic in the current time of the individual having the prophetic experience and which are 'types' for similar persons, places, and settings that will be fulfilled in the future. The Bible is full of such 'types'. For instance, Egypt appears in prophecy to be a symbol of the United States, while a great Assyrian leader appears to be a symbol of a future Russian leader from the North. Many more modern examples could be given. Quayle Dixon, Horace Brough, Mark E. Peterson, J. Reuben Clark, and David O. McKay, all appear in significant roles in this vision, and yet each died quite a number of years ago. I feel they are 'types' of individuals who are now living and who will fulfill similar parts as given in the vision.

Throughout this vision, I, Lynn Bishop, have included my own comments which are set apart in brackets \[ \] and in **bold text**:

**Raymond Steele**: "Seven months before Arnold Shreeve had the privilege of meeting Al Sinclair he saw him in a vision. He was lying in bed one night and knew he was not asleep for he was conscious of his wife's breathing as she lay asleep beside him.

He seemed to be in the old meeting house at the Dream Mine as it was before it was remodeled and made larger as it is today. About 18 or 20 men were seated in the room, and from where Brother Shreeve was sitting he saw President Quayle Dixon enter the room followed by Brother Al Sinclair. Following him were the directors of the Koyle Mining Company. When all were seated and the meeting had been opened by prayer Quayle called on Al Sinclair to speak, who arose and looked at Brother Shreeve and said, "Brother Shreeve, you know who I am. Will you introduce me to this group?"

Brother Shreeve arose, looked over the audience and said, "I scarcely know how to begin, but it has been made known to me by the Spirit of God that Brother Sinclair is one of the three Nephites who have been on the earth for 2,000 years, administering to God's children, and he has been sent to us with a message concerning the Dream Mine."

**\[In part three of my Winding Up Series, the testimonies of two individuals were presented which indicate that Al Sinclair is Alma the Younger, a translated Nephite. Of course, the Three Nephites are also translated Nephites. It is very easy to assume or make the mistake of thinking that if a translated Nephite is spoken of, then he must be one of the three Nephites. In light of this, I feel that Raymond Steele, in retelling Arnold's vision, innocently made the mistake of referring to Al Sinclair as one of the Three Nephites instead of simply saying that he was a translated Nephite.\]**

I sat down and Brother Al Sinclair said, "Thank you, Brother Shreeve." Then addressing the audience he continued, "Now that you know who I am, let's get to work."

He asked, "How many of this group assembled here are willing to lay all they have on the altar to get the work started?" Every hand went up and he said, "All right then." He started down the line and told each man in the group just how much money he had, how much property he owned, and what it would sell for.

**\[Apparently, the Law of Consecration is going to be required.\]**

"And the queer thing about it," Brother Shreeve said, "when he had finished, I remembered what he had told me, but I had not the slightest idea of what anyone else was told. The reason for this, I'm sure, was that it was none of my business what the other fellows had."

The part of the program completed, he went through the group again and assigned each man his job in this great project. Air line pipe was to be laid in the tunnel, machinery was to be installed, compressors, both electric and diesel powered, were to be placed. Roads were to be built and numerous other jobs had to be done.

Where jobs did not require full time, a man was given two jobs. And again, Brother Shreeve remembered only the jobs that were given to him. He was assigned a part of helping in some way with ancient records as well as being in charge of laying the pipe.

Brother Sinclair asked if they were willing to accept these jobs and Brother Shreeve said, "I want to do all I can but I don't know whether you realize that I have a bad heart and may not be able to handle that kind of work."

Brother Al Sinclair said, "We'll take care of that." He told him to sit in a chair up at the front. He then asked some of the brethren to assist him and he gave him a blessing. Brother Shreeve said he felt something snap in his heart and realized it was healed.

Brother Sinclair turned to the group and said, "If there is anyone else who feels that he is not able to do his job on account of his health if he will come up we will give him a blessing." More than half the men received a blessing through the hands of God's servant and were made equal to the tasks which had been given them.

Then Brother Sinclair continued, "We will start to work early and work long hours. The men who live close enough will go home at night and others will stay on the Hill. Women will be called to cook for them at the bunkhouse. We will stockpile a thousand tons of ore and it will take about 2.5 months. Each man will make a list of his living expenses including payments he is now obligated to make and will be allowed that much each month to take care of his family. The ore is to be piled on the road between the tunnel and the bunkhouse."

**\[Where is all the money coming from to finance this work of getting out the first shipment of ore? Recall, that the white-haired prophet from the North comes with 'plenty of money' to finance the first shipment of ore from the Mine. Money is needed to pay the workers, buy supplies such as trucks and other equipment, etc.\]**

Brother Shreeve was shown how they were to go down in the winze. At the bottom he saw a fissure opened up into a crack, and ant-gravel- like ore, red in color, was pouring out. This was the fissure where they were to start drilling for the rich ore.

Brother Sinclair also told them that mine stock would be issued to all who had contributed of their time or money to this project since Bishop Koyle died. Then the books of the company will be closed and sealed and no more stock would be sold. (This statement was verified by Sinclair on one of this visits to the mine.)

When the ore was out, ten large trucks were purchased for hauling. Arrangements were made with the smelter to run it, as these transactions will require a lot of money.

After the trucks were loaded and ready to go, it was time to go to the authorities of the church and ask for the privilege of telling them the story of the mine. President Quayle Dixon, Director Horace Brough, and Arnold Shreeve were the men chosen to go.

They went to the Church Office and asked to see the First Presidency. When asked the nature of their business, they were referred to Apostle Mark Peterson who had been set apart for this special work of looking after the Dream Mine. They told Peterson they wanted to tell them the story and begged to see the other Brethren. They were finally admitted to another room where they greeted President McKay and J. Reuben Clark. They were given permission to go ahead with the story, so President Dixon unfolded the story of Bishop Koyle and the famous Dream Mine as some of the citizens of the surrounding towns call it.

When he had finished there was silence for a few minutes. President McKay sat with this head bowed as if in deep thought. Suddenly he raised his head, looked at Peterson and said, "Mark, what do you think about this?"

Without hesitating, Peterson answered, "I think it is all a dirty scheme to get us mixed up with the work of the Devil. It's nothing but a fraud to get money from honest people and I'm not in favor of having anything to do with it."

At this President McKay blew up and ordered the men out of the office and told them that if they ever came back to bother him about that mine again he would kick them out. He also told them that the Presidents before him had turned it down and he was through with it for good.

**\[Here is more evidence that the Mine comes in BEFORE the church is set in order by Joseph Smith. See the post,** [**The Resurrected Joseph Smith Will Return**](https://www.reliefmine.com/resurrected-joseph-smith-will-return/)**.\]**

This was a disappointment to the men, and when they were outside, Horace said, "It hurts me to have the brethren act like this; I wish they hadn't done it."

"Well, what shall we do know?" Quayle asked.

Shreeve had an idea. "I have a friend in Ogden who is a reporter for the Tribune and I believe he will write the story for us."

They all agreed to call him on the phone. He said, "Sure," he would be there just as soon as he could drive down.

The story was told, cameras made ready to take pictures and word was sent for the ore-trucks to start rolling towards the smelter.

The next morning when the Tribune came out with the front page covered with pictures of the trucks and the ore running through the smelter with a stream of gold running out, and the story of the Dream Mine, there was excitement up at the Church Office. President McKay called President Dixon and asked if he could come down and see what happened.

He said, "It seemed that all Hell had broken loose, people were coming and calling up to see what it all meant and we can't tell them anything."

They were invited to come down and see what is coming from the Dream Mine which the church has condemned for so long.

**\--—End excerpt from Lynn Bishop's Book-----**

Another post has recently been added called, [The Return of Alma the Younger](https://www.reliefmine.com/return-of-alma-the-younger/). This provides an unusual story about how one Dream Miner, in 2013, had correspondence with Al Sinclair via email. A 13-minute audio segment is included to enhance the intrigue.

One more thing... the stockholders used to get together each year on Labor Day for a picnic at the Dream Mine Grove. This was evidently quite a big affair, with about 1,500 people turning out. One one of these occasions, Bishop Koyle stated that one of these times (at the picnic) they would be celebrating the coming in of the Mine:

> Lavawn Owen: I heard the bishop say that the mine's coming in would be celebrated on a Labor Day picnic. \[LO 5/1993\]  
>  
> Norman Pierce: There would be a Labor Day celebration at the grove to celebrate the mine turning out. \[DMS 1st edition, p. 56\]

Based on Koyle's other prophecy that the Mine will begin minting coins in time for a "happy Christmas", we should know if we're in the right year at least by Labor Day.

Do you plan on coming to the picnic to celebrate when the Mine starts up, apparently under the direction of [Alma the Younger](https://www.reliefmine.com/return-of-alma-the-younger/)?

Leave your comments below.
### What is the Conclusion?
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/what-is-the-conclusion/
Last updated: 2024-04-18T00:24:32.000Z
Having a man claim great dreams and visions is one thing, but what does God think about all this talk about Nephite gold, and using it to beautify the future temple in Jackson County, Missouri? Great wealth and treasures have been promised the saints by the Lord. In a revelation to the Prophet Joseph, He said:

> And if ye seek the riches which it is the will of the Father to give unto you, ye shall be the richest of all people, for ye shall have the riches of eternity; and it must needs be that the riches of the earth are mine to give; but beware of pride, lest ye become as the Nephites of old. (Doctrine & Covenants 38:39)

Even ancient records of the Nephites are to come forth in the last days. The Lord added:

> I say unto you, that there are records which contain much of my gospel which have been kept back because of the wickedness of the people. (Doctrine & Covenants 6:26)

The Prophet Joseph Smith prophesied:

> The White Horse will find the mountains full of minerals and they will become very rich. You will see silver piled up in the streets. You will see gold shoveled up like sand. Many will come with bundles under their arms to escape the calamities, and there will be no escape except by fleeing to Zion. ("The White Horse Prophecy", Visions of the Latter Days, Kraut, p.50)

The Prophet Brigham Young declared:

> When it is necessary that we should possess gold in great abundance, the Lord will show it to us in vision, and we shall not have to prospect and dig to find it, as the wicked have to do. The liberty of the Saints is to possess power with God to open gold mines, when we want gold... (Journal of Discourses 10:2888)

The Apostle Orson Pratt stated:

> There are no people now upon the face of the earth so rich as the Latter Day Saints will be in a few years to come. Having their millions, therefore they will purchase the land, build up cities, towns and villages, build a great capital city at headquarters in Jackson County, Missouri. (Journal of Discourses 21:135)

Joseph Smith and the ancient prophets saw both great wealth AND great distress at the same time. The wealth would be used to provide food and safety. Perhaps there is new meaning to the following quotes by Isaiah and Micah:

> And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the MOUNTAIN of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; (Isaiah 2:2-3, Micah 4:1-2)

How amazing that they saw a certain "mountain" that would be "exalted" above all other mountains. Something would occur at this mountain that would cause many distressed people to "flow" to it. What would cause "nations" of people to leave their native lands and seek out this special mountain? Why would this "mountain" be classed as part of God's "house" or Kingdom? Why did these two prophets call it "the mountain of the Lord?"

Bishop John Koyle made a multitude of prophecies, all of which came to pass. Therefore, it seems very likely that the most important prophecy of all, about the mine coming in, will also be fulfilled. But only time will tell!
### Some Still Hold Stock in the Dream Mine
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/holding-stock-in-dream-mine/
Last updated: 2024-05-07T21:14:03.000Z
By Phil Miller  
[Salt Lake Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/?ref=reliefmine.com)  
Media Corner Archive  
  
Followers of a Utah farmer say time is nigh for Nephite riches to be revealed!

The Nephites were the first to find the gold, tons and tons of it, riches that would humble all of the wealth of Bill Gates, the Sultan of Brunei and the Queen of England put together. But abundance made the Nephites in The Book of Mormon prideful and greedy, and their treasures finally were seized by a wrathful God more than 2,000 years ago, and collected in nine great caverns. The colossal vaults are supported by enormous golden columns and piled high with ornaments and artifacts and priceless records documenting the ancient roots of the Mormon Church and the Nephites.  
  
And the bountiful chambers are surrounded by the richest lode of gold ore ever found on Earth, more gold than could be extracted in several generations. Of course, nothing has ever been found that remotely indicates such a fabulous stockpile ever existed, but that hasn't stopped some Utahns from believing in it.  
  
They believe the gold still is sealed, untouched since biblical times, deep inside a nondescript Wasatch Range mountain two miles east of Salem in Utah County. Only one man has claimed to have seen the wondrous hoard in two millennia: A modest, stooped, soft-spoken dirt farmer who said he accompanied the Angel Moroni on a breathtaking tour of the cache during a spectacularly vivid dream in 1894.  
  
That humble man, John Hyrum Koyle, died 50 years ago Monday at age 84\. His followers -- and they still may number in the hundreds, perhaps thousands -- say he was guided by God. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says he was a heretic. But the glorious day is approaching, with a speed both terrifying and thrilling, when the Nephites' treasure will be revealed to all humankind, the believers say.  
  
That day, perhaps now only weeks or months away, will be the day when all civilization on Earth has collapsed into chaos and poverty. And that will be the day when Koyle's dream becomes the salvation for all who believe.

### Picture of Humility

A large portrait of Jesus Christ in an intricately carved frame dominates one wall of Ogden Kraut's Midvale publishing office. Mounted next to it is a slightly smaller, slightly plainer rendering of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith. And beside the two hangs a photo of John Koyle. The display accurately sums up Kraut's spiritual priorities. "Probably the only man I could ever say for sure was a prophet, seer and revelator," Kraut says of Koyle, using the title Mormons reserve for the LDS Church president. "He was the most humble man I ever met. There was not a shadow of vanity or pride about him, but when you were with him, you knew he was led by the Lord."  
  
Those are dangerous words for a Mormon, since the church long ago branded Koyle a charlatan, but Kraut, a retired military photographer, was excommunicated in 1972 for his beliefs, including polygamy. Though he considers himself a follower of Joseph Smith's teachings, Kraut can speak without regard to the reaction of today's LDS general authorities. Other believers in Koyle's Dream Mine, as the real mine he founded and help dig is commonly called, cannot.  
  
A knock on several doors in Salem, 60 miles south of Salt Lake City, recently produced polite but firm refusals to discuss the mine. A few would confirm that they own stock, but nothing more. Some suggested that Satan, trying to cause a rift between Salem's Latter-day Saints and Mormon leadership, had inspired the visit. But the mine exists, and the odd white step-shaped mill on the mountainside, visible for miles, proves it.  
  
No serious mining has gone on inside the mountain for nearly 40 years, but the reorganized Relief Mine Co., the official name of the Dream Mine, still maintains the property and mining claims, conducts annual state-required assays, and calls a shareholder meeting every May. Relief Mine Co. owns more than 1,000 acres of land, worth about $5 million today and more valuable every year as the expensive modern subdivision called Woodland Hills creeps closer. Tenant farmers work about 100 acres, and a gravel pit on the property produces just enough income to cover the company's $9,000 tax bill.  
  
Nearly 700,000 shares of stock have been issued, but nobody knows how many have been tucked away in attics, or sold to memorabilia collectors or thrown out by disbelieving descendants. About 150,000 shares were registered by current stockholders at last week's annual meeting, or 22 percent of the outstanding total. Everything is tidy and legal, but Relief Mine Co. isn't about gravel pits or dividends or the now-dead orchards on the land.  
  
The company and its stockholders merely are marking time until a century-old prophecy comes true and the riches of the Nephites are brought forth to save the Earth. That day is not far off, Kraut says. "I have seen more signposts in the last six months than I have in the last 50 years combined," he says confidently. "Look at the signs -- Y2K, a war in the Balkans, a wicked president and an unstable economy that could fall apart at any moment.  
  
"I've been waiting 52 years for the conditions to be right and the mine to come in. Now that it's almost here, it's a little frightening." The riches of the mine are close, he says, and will take only one day to reach once the time is right. But until that time, he believes, 10 years of digging would not be enough to find the gold ore.  
  
Kraut estimates a few thousand Mormons believe Koyle's dream, as he does, but says all will be convinced once the mine comes in. "It will bring more members to the church than all the missionaries who have gone out put together," he says.  
  
Anyone who met Koyle more than five decades ago can have no doubt about the truthfulness of his vision, Kraut says. The small man with cataracts could talk with unequaled fervor and sincerity.  
  
"Nobody could doubt that he spoke for the Lord. There was a reverence that I have never seen, before or since," says Kraut, who worked in Koyle's mine for two years in the late 1940s before serving an LDS mission. "I miss those days, those memories."  
  
Reluctant Visionary John Koyle never fancied himself an oracle, and never showed off his gift for public amusement or entertainment. But stories of his ability to see the future through his dreams abound, from scholarly books on his life to anecdotes shared by friends.  
  
He predicted the 1929 stock-market crash to the exact day, believers claim, and his 1940s prophecy that "muddy waters will run through the streets and cause disruptions the length of the state" has been interpreted as foretelling Utah's disastrous 1983 floods and mudslides.  
  
After Herbert Hoover's election to the presidency in 1928, Koyle told friends that one man, a Democrat, would win the next four elections. Franklin Roosevelt did.  
  
According to Kraut, in 1941, when dentist Albert Brooksby's son enlisted in the military, Brooksby anxiously asked Koyle how long World War II would last. The elderly miner didn't know. The next morning, Koyle contacted his friend. "I know now," he said, and predicted a four-year campaign that would end by September 1945\. The news spread quickly in Utah County, and many people were confident of its validity.  
  
Utah County resident Steve Woods, relying on Koyle's prediction, even assured Deseret News sports editor Les Goates in late July 1945 that the coming World Series and college football season would be played as scheduled because the war nearly was over. This despite the fact that the Japanese still occupied much of Asia and the Pacific islands, and experts were predicting a long and bloody liberation campaign.  
  
A skeptical Goates wrote a column mocking Woods' confidence. "Everything is going to be sweetness and light for traveling football, baseball and basketball teams by Sept. 1," his Deseret News column read July 27, 1945\. "Steve Woods says so!" A month later, after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered.  
  
If Koyle's dreams seemed an astonishing gift, it was one that he never sought. Actually, he resisted it at first. He grew up in Spanish Fork, a deeply religious son of pioneer parents. In 1886, the dreams began. Spirits visited the 22-year-old farmer one night, Koyle said, and instructed him that they would prove their righteousness with a vision. They showed him that his cow, missing for several days, could be found at a certain place on his farm, its right horn broken and interfering with its eye. When his cow stood at the exact spot the next day, broken horn and all, Koyle believed.  
  
So devout did he become, in fact, that Koyle spent his life trying to fulfill the most splendid and important vision he ever received, the prophecy that came eight years later and gave him unbridled joy but eventually cost the anguished old man a place in his church: The Dream Mine.  
  
Heavenly Messenger Koyle said the Angel Moroni visited him the night of Aug. 27, 1894\. Latter-day Saints believe Moroni was the last Nephite prophet and that he delivered to Joseph Smith the records from which The Book of Mormon was translated. Moroni took Koyle to the top of nearby Loafer Mountain, and the earth opened up so the two could walk inside. Koyle said his guide pointed out where he was to dig, what signs to watch for, what formations he would have to overcome. Then he ushered Koyle into nine wondrous caverns the ancient Nephites had left behind, impressing him with riches he barely could comprehend. Even more overwhelming was the reason to dig for the lode: There is a coming calamity on Earth, Koyle was told, with financial collapse, starvation, natural disasters. Paper money would be worthless, and $20 bills would blow like trash in the gutter, not worth the trouble of bending over to pick them up. A bushel of gold would buy a bushel of wheat. But the Nephite treasure would provide for all who needed its help. It would save the people who came to it, the greatest welfare program the world ever has seen. Thus Koyle called it the Relief Mine.  
  
To prove the dream was true, the messenger said, a nearby dry well suddenly would flow with water the next day at noon. When Koyle returned home from farming the next evening, his wife, Emily, met him at the gate. She excitedly told him that their neighbors whooped with excitement when they stuck water that day -- at precisely noon.  
  
Still, Koyle had to persuade his friends to believe his dream and join him in mining the mountain. He took one fellow farmer up the mountain to where he proposed to start digging, and predicted they would hit a cream-colored formation within three feet of the surface. They did, and soon people were showing up from all over the state to work in the Dream Mine. "It was the midst of a tremendous mining boom in this country, when you could seemingly turn over any rock and reveal some fabulous mineral," says Zeese Papanikolas, a historian who has written about Koyle and the Dream Mine. "The economy of mining was so hot, Koyle's story probably seemed very believable."  
  
Koyle and his followers staked mining claims on the mountain and began digging Sept. 17, 1894\. They incorporated as the Koyle Mining Co. and began selling stock to raise money. Miners were paid in stock as well, and soon more than a quarter-million shares had been issued. As word of Koyle's work spread, thousands of eager investors, nearly all of them Mormons, clamored to buy stock. Some sold possessions to buy more, convinced that, despite geologists' reports deeming its ore worthless, each $1 investment someday would return $1,000\. "  
  
The mine became a big part of everyday life in Utah County," says Papanikolas. "It was part social organization, part religious organization, part employment agency. Nearly everybody in the south county took part to some extent, by buying stock if nothing else." Mining continued for 20 years, with the path of each shaft directed by Koyle's dreams.  
  
But in January 1914, when miners had burrowed 1,400 feet into the mountain, Koyle was visited by two mysterious men. They instructed him to shift his work to the other side of the mountain and downslope, to dig a tunnel that would intersect with the mine. Convinced that the visitors had been two of the three Nephites that the Book of Mormon says had been left on Earth by Jesus to spread his gospel, Koyle and his workers began boring a second entrance into the mountain.  
  
Six months later, under pressure from the LDS Church, they abandoned the work, but Koyle was persuaded to continue mining in 1920\. By that time, the timber supports had become unsafe in the original shaft, so miners focused completely on the tunnel. Koyle kept the shaft perfectly straight without any modern sighting tools -- so straight that a worker can kneel at the tunnel's end, 3,400 feet into the mountain, and see light at the entrance, miners say.  
  
In 1932, when the company had little money, Koyle announced it was time to build a mill to process the ore. The mine's board of directors turned him down, but Koyle raised the money himself and soon the modern-looking "white sentinel" building was erected on the northwest slope. Trouble was, the equipment necessary to pull any valuable minerals from the seemingly worthless rock had not been invented, so the mill remained empty.  
  
When enthusiasm flagged, some event or timely prediction always reignited the fervor. His followers testified Koyle correctly predicted geologic formations in the mine -- a sudden reversal of the ore's pattern, or the discovery of a perfect outline of the United States embedded in the granite.  
  
Miners followed Koyle's directions to start digging straight down again near the tunnel's end, and uncovered a "capstone," so solid it took two months just to bore through its 3-foot depth. They also dug a "winze," a declining shaft toward where Koyle said the caverns lie, but it filled with water a few years after his death.  
  
Despite all the digging, nearly two miles of tunnels in the mountain, the mine never struck the rich golden ore Koyle had predicted. Though a patient man, Koyle was disappointed his vision never materialized, especially since he interpreted the Great Depression as one of the signs that financial chaos was near.  
  
By the mid-1940s, Koyle, now an elderly man weathered by a lifetime of hard work, was convinced the mine was about to come in, and his belief sparked renewed enthusiasm among residents. They came out each Thursday night to his weekly mine conferences, which offered the electricity of a revival meeting, and the Dream Mine hit a fever pitch. Then, suddenly, the walls caved in on Koyle's spirit. His heart was broken.

### Falling Away?

Mormon Church doctrine holds that members can receive guidance from spiritual powers, but revelations concerning the flock as a whole always are channeled through the ruling First Presidency. So while Koyle was free to pursue his dream, the LDS leadership had warned him for decades against using church doctrine to persuade other Latter-day Saints to join him.  
  
Mormon President Joseph F. Smith and his two counselors signed a statement published by the church-owned Deseret News that year, saying "when visions, dreams, tongues, prophecy, impressions or an extraordinary gift of inspiration conveys something out of harmony with the accepted revelations of the church . . . it is not of God, no matter how plausible it may appear. . . . It is our duty to warn against mining schemes which have no warrant for success."  
  
Koyle, who had been appointed bishop of Salem's Leland Ward in 1908, was removed from the post. A year later, the church persuaded him to shut the mine. But Koyle, who continued to receive what he believed was divine guidance through his dreams, decided he must begin mining again in 1920\. It was a conflict that beleaguered him all his life. "John didn't know what to do. He wanted to obey the authorities, yet he could not deny what had been revealed to him," Koyle's sister said shortly after his death. "We all felt sorry for him."  
  
The previous warning against believing in the mine was published again in the Deseret News in 1945, this time signed by President George Albert Smith and his counselors. And, in 1947, when reports of Koyle's Thursday-night meetings persisted, the church held a formal trial before his stake's high council. According to Kraut's book on the Relief Mine, Koyle finally made a deal: He would sign a statement repudiating the mine and his angelic vision, which would be kept secret, and would cease the meetings, in exchange for a meeting with the LDS Church's First Presidency. Koyle believed he could change President Smith's mind about the mine, because he had been given information by Moroni that would convince the LDS leader. But as he rode home from the trial, Koyle burst into tears, Kraut recalls. He knew he had made a mistake by signing the document, because he had been warned in a dream about ever signing any papers regarding the mine.  
  
The next day, his statement was printed on the front page of the Deseret News. His followers were stunned. Koyle soon resumed his Thursday meetings, and assured his shaken followers that he had signed only to preserve his church membership. A year later, on April 1, 1948, a feeble Koyle was excommunicated. "He was as devout as they come. He couldn't believe the church would treat him that way," Kraut says. "It made him very sad, because he believed the general authorities just didn't understand. The mine was for the church's benefit. Its gold will be used to build the great temple in New Jerusalem someday," he says, referring to a Mormon prophecy about the church's future.  
  
Distraught over his fate and weakened by heart trouble, Koyle died May 17, 1949, in a Payson hospital. His Deseret News obituary made no mention of the mine to which he had devoted his life. "He was inspired," Kraut insists. "Anyone who met him could tell instantly. And someday soon, the church will believe it, too."
### Prophet Sharing: The Faithful Are Still Waiting
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/prophet-sharing-dream-miners-are-waiting/
Last updated: 2024-04-15T21:46:52.000Z
[Salt Lake Weekly - December 27, 2007](https://www.cityweekly.net/?ref=reliefmine.com)  
By Eric S. Peterson 

People who routinely drive along U.S. Highway 91 between Spanish Fork and Payson have come to consider the oddly futuristic, white-stone mill built into the hillside as part of the scenery. 

Utah County's "Dream Mine," as it's been known for more than a century, rarely turns up in conversation, either. 

It seems most people would rather not discuss the mine's ancient and fabled promise: wealth beyond imagination, where rivers of precious gold and platinum course beneath the docile farm community. What's more, nine vaults are said to lie deep within the mine, filled with the treasures left by an ancient race from the Book of Mormon known as the Nephites. As legend goes, the Nephites' wealth was set aside for God's chosen people during a time of uncertainty as a blessing to fortify the faithful against the ensuing chaos of the apocalypse. 

![](http://test.reliefmine.com/images/stories/bishop/DMcloseup.jpg)

John Hyrum Koyle foretold that prophesy in 1894\. A poor Mormon farmer from Spanish Fork, Koyle said his visions led him to build the mine, where in the early 1900s, he preached the vision to a steadfast group of followers. He did so until 1948, when authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicated him. 

While the mine has always been part of the rural tapestry of southern Utah County, the Dream Mine hasn't always been the subject of polite dinner conversation. Koyle's prophecies prompted the church to question his mine operation-which sold stock for decades without producing an ounce of pay dirt-and his efforts eventually led to his excommunication. 

The mystery of this mine, and of the man who dedicated his life to it, have both intrigued and inspired faith from modern-day believers. Many walk a fine line between embracing fundamentalism and living their mainstream Mormon faith. Believers once met for sermons at the mine itself, but through the years, fear of church reprisal drove the faithful from public worship. Decades passed, only to have believers reappear in a more discreet and anonymous gathering place: the Internet. 

Online believers have brought new life to an old prophecy while trading stock, sharing stories and preparing for the last days-all while trying to fly under the radar of LDS general authorities. Today, the discussion group buzzes with followers' talk of the mine and predictions of the apocalypse. When will it come and how? The time seems close at hand and the signs are all around, according to the e-group discussion. 

"More volcanoes, big \[earthquakes\], large tsunami or tsunamis," one believer posts. "Probably before the end of the year, unless geologically things calm down. A volcano in Alaska should be about to blow also. More volcanoes are about to erupt, probably in the Cascades. A chunk of people possibly dead within a few months from now. 

"Spring: Church troubles-a ripe time for change, due to the shock of what's happening, and good time for the Servant to show up(?) May-church probs, power plant terror attacks (this is first econ collapse). 2nd collapse in Fall 08, along with Utah EQs and other locations." 

An e-mail discussion group has helped resurrect the century-old dreams of a man who believed God's angels had singled him out for a very special mission. 

### Man of visions

According to late historian Ogden Kraut's book John H. Koyle's Relief Mine, John Hyrum Koyle was born in 1864 into a family of Mormon pioneers among the first to settle in Utah. Brought up n Spanish Fork, Koyle was exposed to the rigors of frontier life, even watching helplessly as a quarry landslide buried his father alive. Koyle was 9 years old at the time and quickly became head of the household. 

He lived a Spartan existence, farming, going to church, marrying young and starting a family. While faithful, he held doubts about his religion and wanted a solid LDS Church testimony. He dedicated himself to prayers of forgiveness and understanding, which ultimately brought his first vision. 

### It was about a cow

It seems Koyle had been missing a heifer and, one night after prayers, had a dream. He saw his cow with a broken horn in a field adjacent to a nearby railroad track. The next day, Koyle set out to find this spot and found his cow in the pasture, broken horn and all-a perfect mirroring of his dream. He no longer doubted and promised God that if he would direct him in his visions, he would be a most dedicated servant. Little did Koyle know the things the Lord would ask of him. 

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Koyle acquired the gift of dreams, Kraut's book recounts, and the most important dream of all came to him Aug. 27, 1894\. On that date, an angel visited Koyle in a fitful dream, urging him to dig a mine. 

This mine would lead to nine vaults filled with the treasures of the Nephites, descendants of Lehi, an Israelite prophet in the Book of Mormon. Lehi's son, Nephi, is best known for rescuing the golden plates-from which the Book of Mormon would eventually be translated-and for leaving Jerusalem for the Americas. 

The angel guided Koyle through the mountain itself. They passed effortlessly through miles of rock and dirt, which revealed rich veins, tunnels and the vaults. 

Climbing the mountain several days later, Koyle saw a strange circle of light on the hill-the very halo of light the angel told him would mark his first dig. 

Koyle would have numerous visions-from predicting two world wars, the Great Depression and nearly every development in the progress of the mine before it happened. 

The Dream Mine was incorporated in 1909, and 114,000 shares of stock issued. Shares were $1.50 but were promised to be worth more than a $1,000 each when the mine came in. Most miners never drew a dime from their labor but preferred working at the rate of three shares of stock per day. 

![](http://test.reliefmine.com/images/stories/bishop/DreamMineOpening.jpg)

At one time, an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people from the region were associated with the mine. But Koyle's visions were the kind reserved for anointed LDS prophets, and the groundswell of interest in the mine raised the church's suspicions. 

According to the LDS Doctrine and Covenants official revelation in the LDS Church follows a chain of command: Individuals may receive divine guidance for themselves or their families and bishops may do so for their congregations. Only church presidents may revelate for the entire church. 

Koyle's prophetic claims thus provoked renowned church apostle (and a geologist) James E. Talmage. He was certain the mine was worthless and that Koyle was a deceiver. 

"I say to you that the misrepresentations that have been made in selling stock of the Koyle Mine are of the Evil One," proclaimed Talmage in a 1928 issue of the Spanish Fork Press. 

Battle lines were drawn. The mine became a target for church authorities who perceived Koyle as a threat. They made the distinction clear: loyalty to the mine was loyalty to the devil. 

But old beliefs die hard, and the mine withstood the pressure until January 1947, when Koyle was summoned to a high council and told to sign a statement repudiating his visions and work. 

Fearful of losing membership in the church he loved, Koyle, 84 at the time, begrudgingly signed. Later, he told of instantly regretting it. 

Koyle defiantly continued with the mine. In April 1948, he was excommunicated. He died in Payson less than a year later. Labeled a false prophet and a con man for having sold tens of thousands of dollars in allegedly worthless stock, Koyle died poor, just as he had lived. 

Believers still await the day when the mine will redeem their fallen prophet and produce riches. Then, as Koyle was fond of saying (as noted in Norman Pierce's The Dream Mine Story), "in rapid sequence, the church, state and nation will be brought up a standin' to judgment like a wild colt to a snubbin' post." 

### The dream goes digital

Fear of their own excommunication drove Koyle's followers underground for years, and talk of the mine shrunk to a whisper. 

But recently, followers have found safe haven in an e-mail discussion group created by Orem chiropractor (and mine stockholder) Delynn Hansen. "Doc" as he is known online, believes starting the e-group was no accident. 

"The Spirit told me to start the e-mail group, and I didn't question it. I just did it." Hansen says. 

Hansen is busy on a recent day in his Orem office, cheerfully greeting clients and setting them up on matted tables. He's adorned his office walls with a variety of odd art-deco style tribal masks. In the farthest corner of the office, an unseen machine rhythmically emits a loud ticking noise like a metronome. Hansen's desk, tucked into the corner, overflows with papers and books. He retrieves his stock certificate from the Dream Mine, also known as the Relief Mine as it was renamed in 1961\. 

![](http://test.reliefmine.com/images/stories/bishop/stockCertificate.jpg)

The stock still floats around nowadays, and since the creation of Hansen's e-group, trading has gone through the roof. The last time stock sold on the e-group, it was priced at $25 a share, two dollars more than recently advertised EnergySolutions stock. 

"It didn't take long after I started the group that they've been selling and trading the stock, and now there's very little left," Hansen says. Since no new stock is being issued, buyers purchase directly from shareholders, and the company signs the stock over to the new owner. 

Coincidentally, Hansen started the mine discussion group the night before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Since then, membership has swelled from a handful of friends to around 990 members. 

Interest from the e-mail group led Hansen to host a tour of the mine a few years back. When former mine president Dean Cloward arrived at the gates, he was astonished to find more than 100 group members. 

"After we all came out, I saw this big smile on the president's face when he saw the new generation," Hansen recalls. "I think it clicked for him why we have the e-group." 

### This is how the world ends

Today, the mine sparks more interest than it has for decades. Stockholders, believers and even the casually curious have found freedom to talk and share experiences from the anonymity of the Web-based e-group. 

Since the very mission of the mine was to ready Zion for the tumult of the last days, signs of the end are the hottest topic of e-group discussion. 

Koyle was cryptic about details of the final days, so current believers have their own theories. Scanning his notes, Hansen refers to a story told by follower Jesse Young: "The time of trouble will be ushered in by a financial crash. We'll go to bed at night and wake up in the morning with no light, gas or heat." 

### Hansen has a theory as to what could wreak this havoc

"Electromagnetic pulse," he says. "They say you could blast two of those over the skies of America, and that would literally fry everything. You could take down America, just that quick. The Russians have that capability. The only thing that would be left working would be hardened electronics that the military have." 

Koyle once predicted that before the end, Russia would invade Turkey for access to the Black Sea. The weekend of October 26 this year, stories broke about Turkey attacking Kurdish rebels in Northern Iraq. Since that weekend, 22 posts on the discussion group shot back and forth speculating what this might mean with regard to the end of the world. 

According to one post: Now that Turkey has crossed the border and engaged the Kurds it seems to me that Russia is biding its time. Who knows how patient the Reds will be in watching what goes on there, but when they think the time is right they'll invade Turkey for their water. 

Another poster commented: The reason Russia attacks Turkey has more to do with our disabled condition, Conflict will start inside America over the loss of money power, greenbacks worthless, no power, no water, additional upheavals from nature as well as those brought on by collapse of dollar. And the attempted changeover to new currency, maybe the Amero. ? The country reaps what it has become, a corrupt nation of wicked people turned from Christ and His teachings. 

Hansen realizes this doomsday watch can become a morbid preoccupation. But he wants to be ready. "A lot of us have saved up supplies, I've got a ton of briquettes, propane gas, wind-up flashlights. If you don't ever need it, fine, but if you do need it ..." 

### Mine and yours

Many have questioned the rigid faith of the mine believers. Are theirs a deeper testimony of the LDS Church or are they beliefs of another splinter group? 

The church gave its last official warning against the mine in 1970, when President Harold B. Lee recited a 1913 declaration against the mine. Hansen believes the church at large has no ax to grind anymore with the mine's faithful because Koyle's followers don't hold the mine above the church itself. But, they also can't separate their beliefs in both institutions. 

"Most people \[who believe in the mine\] that have a testimony of the gospel have that same testimony in the mine and can't disregard the one without disregarding the other," Hansen says. 

Because of this, however, some believers worry that open talk of the mine might draw the scorn from fellow Latter-day-Saints-perhaps even excommunication. When asked about the status of mine believers' church membership for this story, the LDS Church declined to comment. 

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For many like Hansen, both works are divine-others eventually will come to learn the significance of the mine. "There are some people, even leadership in the church that have no knowledge or testimony of the mine. You can be president of the church and yet the Lord might not give you knowledge of the mine. It's something that's on a need-to-know basis, and you don't need to know," he says. 

The belief that God might guide the faithful toward a bonanza of lost gold and riches might cause mainstream LDS members to scoff. But then again, a strikingly similar story is that of the Book of Mormon's discovery in which God revealed the location of golden plates inscribed with holy scriptures to church founder Joseph Smith. 

D. Michael Quinn, an eminent LDS Church historian, referenced the mine in his controversial work Early Mormonism and the Magic World View. Quinn saw treasure-seeking church members like Koyle as an integral part of early Mormon folk belief. 

But old-time religion practices didn't have much support later on, explains Quinn in a telephone interview from California. "You had secular humanists and narrow-minded religionists united in the idea that they had to battle \[the old\] beliefs, for which the religionist considered Satanic and the secularist just considered embarrassing and stupid." 

### Business as usual

While, for some, faith in the mine and church are knotted tightly together, others don't see it that way. 

"The mine is not the church, and the church is not the mine," says John Adams, who since last May has been president of the Relief Mine Co. (the official name of the mine). 

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Adams, acutely aware of the mine's controversial history among the church and the larger community, knows the kind of attention the mine has drawn in years past. "Some people have focused on the mine to an unhealthy degree," Adams says. "Some people end up on the fringes. Instead of focusing on the preparedness side \[of the mine\] and focusing on the interest of their fellow man, they tend to go off on tangents." 

For Adams the mine is just a business, at least for now. "There's no mining going on now. We've got agricultural properties, rental homes and a gravel pit. We're just generating enough revenue now to keep the lights on and the doors open." 

The money generated from these enterprises just pays the bills, while general upkeep of the mine remains with volunteers who come to clean up and make repairs. These frugal efforts have helped keep the mine open over its 113-year existence. All the while, the mine has never surrendered an ounce of gold. It's earned the reputation of being the longest-operating mine never to produce. 

For Adams, it will continue this way until the time is right. Until then, the mine doesn't need to be a gathering point for folks living on the fringe. 

"The thing people forget is that Koyle's testimony was first that the church is true, and second was that he had a unique experience he felt he needed to act upon." 

### Nightmare of the Dream Mine

The e-group undoubtedly has brought new faith to work an old claim, but some doubt Koyle's dream is being realized. 

Kevin Kraut is a believer in the dream, but a doubter of his fellow dreamers. Kevin's late father Ogden was one of few scholars to write about the mine, and the elder Kraut had no doubt that the mine was a divine mission. That's because Ogden actually worked on the mine and "witnessed" the prophesies of Koyle come true. 

But the idea of relief, Kevin Kraut believes, is a Mormon fundamental lost on most members, and even on most mine shareholders. "They don't get it. When the mine comes in, do you think a lot of these people who got stock are gonna use it to help others, or help themselves?" Kevin asks. 

![](http://test.reliefmine.com/images/stories/bishop/DreamMineHole.jpg)

Kevin refers to the United Order, an early Mormon utopian philosophy drawn from the "law of consecration" mentioned in the Bible and LDS scriptures. The order envisioned a society of common goods and property, where brethren labored together to take care of one another. But Kevin thinks this teaching often is forgotten. 

"People's hearts are so set upon the things of this world. People don't understand the law of consecration. It's about trying to help the other guy before helping themselves. There are a lot of stockholders who just don't get the drift," he says. 

Kevin acknowledges the e-group has been a blessing in the way it has helped to organize volunteer work at the mine and even in raising funds for publishing some his father's work. But still, he wonders if they get it. 

"My father worked with Koyle, and he knows he was so inspired. He prophesied things on a dime, and he tried to live the old religion. These guys nowadays, LDS people living in big houses, fancy cars, paying their tithing and then just taking care of themselves, let me tell you-there will be more harlots that make it into the kingdom of heaven than some of these pompous LDS folks." 

For Kevin, this isn't just a guess. 

"Believe me, I've been to the other side, and those guys aren't there." 

His trip to the "other side" was a near fatal diabetic coma. His troubles didn't end there; he also believes he was fired from his past job because of his father's belief in plural marriage. 

Kevin bristles at the way he's been treated by former employers but is also at peace with his beliefs. The senior Kraut argued that Koyle believed in plural marriage, and so does Kevin. 

Kraut distinguishes his own understanding of plural marriage from the coercive kind practiced by fundamentalist sect leader Warren Jeffs, convicted in September 2007 in St. George on two counts of being an accomplice to rape. "That kind of polygamy turns my stomach; it turns God's stomach," he says. 

Despite the disdain his convictions draw from society and even fellow mine believers, Kevin is confident the mine has a sacred purpose. "Look, Sodom and Gomorrah weren't wiped out just because of sexuality. It's because they cared too much for the things of the world and didn't care about their fellow man. That's why the mine is there now. To get people from Babylon to Zion, that's all." 

### White City

According to Ogden Kraut, in the early days, the mine was referred to as the "White City." It was to become a gathering for refugees fleeing the carnage of the last days. Today's keeper of the mine, so to speak, is a middle-age man named Joe Lentz. He rents property next to the mine and guards against trespassers. 

The mine, constructed of solid minimalist blocks, rests against the Salem hills. While some pictures depict the mine as a white beacon, the winter has tarnished the building to a mottled gun-metal gray, like the clouds overhead. 

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"That building there," Lentz says, gesturing toward a tiny house adjacent to the mine the size of a small woodshed, "was built for Stan Wheeler. He was a member of the board who used to pray out there and wait for the mine to come in." 

Inside the "house" is a room with a small table, a brick stove and a tattered chair set before a dingy window that looks out to the mine. "\[Wheeler\] spent about 30 days straight here once," Lentz says. "Yeah, they're animate folks" 

My father, who is a Dream Mine stockholder himself, first told me of the mine. With his introduction, I was allowed to tour the grounds one recent frigid morning in November. We viewed old dynamite sheds, an ore-processing mill stacked with tons of raw dark earth, and the mine shaft itself-the "prophesied" gateway to the fabled treasure vaults of the ancient Nephites. Standing sentry today is only a rusted mine cart, locked to the gate and meant to keep out the curious. 

From the top of the mine, the valley spreads out in all directions, a blanket of farmlands, country roads, endless sky and the towns of Salem and Spanish Fork below. 

At one time Koyle and the faithful lived right below the mine, forming a tight-knit community reverently bowed against the mountain above. 

Ironically, the current residents are not believers but simply tenants of the Relief Mine property, like Joe Lentz. 

Lentz, a devout Mormon, may guard the mine property, but he holds no stock in it-literally or figuratively. If otherworldly messengers did visit Koyle in a dream, Lentz wouldn't consider them to be "heavenly." 

Far from it. 

"Well, let's just say there's only one other person besides God who can send messengers to Earth. I think you know who that is." 

### Dream on

Koyle said God commanded him not to write of his dreams. Thus, Koyle's many startling predictions were recorded only by his closest followers. Several well-known Koyle dreams, drawn from the Ogden Kraut's John Koyle's Relief Mine, and The Dream Mine Story by Norman Pierce, are detailed below: 

1912: Koyle's vision of polygamists in Mexico contradicts the promise of LDS Church President Joseph F. Smith. In 1890, the LDS Church banned the practice of polygamy in the United States, causing many polygamists to settle in Mexico. The church officially forbade plural marriage worldwide in 1910\. To offer consolation to members in Mexico who would now have to give up plural marriage, Smith promised that the next temple would be built there. Learning of this announcement, Koyle disagreed. According to his dream, settlers would flee Mexico with only two bags per person. In 1912, Mexican revolutionary forces led by General Pancho Villa forced these settlers out of Mexico allowing them only two bags per person. The next temple was not built in Mexico. 

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1918: Koyle predicted World War I and that the Utah Battalion would be spared casualties. In 1908, Koyle saw in a dream the horrors of World War I, a war he claimed would take the 145th Field Artillery squad (mostly Utah men) to Europe. He also saw that they would see no action nor suffer any casualties. Fred Squires, a Salt Lake City barber, hearing that the 145th had been called to the front lines, drove down to Spanish Fork to confront Koyle as a liar. Koyle reassured him the 145th would be safe. Squires read this news in an early morning Nov. 18, 1918, paper. By the time he returned to Salt Lake City, news of the signing of the Armistice arrived, and along with it came the peace that spared the boys of the 145th. 

1929: Koyle foresaw the stock market crash. Koyle warns his banker and LDS stake president Henry Gardner to call in his loans before October of 1929\. Gardner is most grateful for the tip. 

Many say Bishop Koyle never got one wrong, but there is disagreement.

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### Dream Mine Or Nightmare?
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/dream-mine-or-nightmare/
Last updated: 2024-04-19T23:59:21.000Z
Shareholders in South County Landmark Still Believe Their Stocks Will Pay Big Dividends

By Edward L. Carter  
[UtahValley360.com](http://www.utahvalley360.com/?ref=reliefmine.com)

Climbing yet another rickety wooden staircase inside the abandoned ore-processing mill east of Salem, I cannot shake the feeling that the Dream Mine is actually a nightmare.

Like many Utah Valley residents who have seen the multi-tiered, stark white structure in the south Utah Valley foothills, I have long desired to explore this curious relic of the 1930s. Unlike most Utah Valley residents, however, I experienced for myself the allure of “Bishop” John H. Koyle’s Dream Mine, also called the Bishop’s Mine or Relief Mine.

Although usually kept quiet, belief in the mine remains strong. Some people still have stock certificates squirreled away — just in case — and a crowd turns up in Spanish Fork each May for the annual shareholders’ meeting.

But just a few minutes into this rare tour, the allure of the mine has given way – for me, at least – to a cloud of depression. Maybe it’s the decades of dust and rust. Or perhaps it’s the thought of the men whose lives wasted away inside the cold, cramped shaft of one man’s dream.

### The Dream Begins

The legend of the Dream Mine began in August 1894 with John Koyle’s nocturnal notion that he had been visited by Moroni, an ancient American prophet whose history is related in the Book of Mormon. Koyle later told others he had envisioned deposits of gold and treasure hidden inside a nearby mountain by the Nephites, a Book of Mormon group.

“This mine would be richer than anything like it in the whole world,” wrote author Norman C. Pierce in 1958, “but the big, rich deposits of ore \[John\] had seen would not be released to them until a time of great world crisis when all the people would be sorely in need of relief.”

Within a month of his first vision, Koyle had abandoned farming on his property south of Spanish Fork and had staked his first claims at the Dream Mine. He and five friends began digging in round-the-clock shifts. As the work progressed, Koyle claimed to receive direction for the mining operations through dreams and visions. Several years later, he was named bishop, or leader, of the Leland congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In 1909 the Koyle Mining Company was incorporated to sell stock in the mine. Funds were needed as operations expanded but no wealth was produced. The company sold stock almost exclusively to Latter-day Saints on the promise that the mine would someday save the church from financial trouble.

Then, in 1911, Koyle had a dream of the “Relief Bank.” According to accounts by those who knew Koyle, he stated that the Relief Bank would come forward with money and food in a time of financial collapse in the United States to save the stockholders of the mine and other members of the LDS Church.

But in 1913 church authorities warned members not to invest in any mine connected with dreams and visions. In December 1913 James E. Talmage, an apostle and geologist, inspected the mine and reported to LDS Church headquarters that there was nothing to it. Shortly after, mine operations were shut down, and the mine remained closed for more than six years.

### Dreams Past & Present

Almost exactly 110 years after Koyle first began digging a vertical mine shaft into what locals call Knob Hill, I peer into a 2,300-foot long horizontal tunnel bored by “Dreamers,” as Koyle’s followers are sometimes called, to meet up with the original vertical shaft.

A locked gate prevents me from entering, and the Relief Mine Company, the entity that now owns the mine and about 1,800 acres of adjacent hillside property, has posted ominous signs warning of poisonous gases and other dangers.

I listen to stories told by L. DeLynn “Doc” Hansen, an Orem chiropractor and longtime mine believer. Hansen, an affable and knowledgeable tour guide, has graciously facilitated my visit to the mine and accompanied me there. He frequently refers to statements made by “the bishop,” or Koyle, and uses present tense verbs as if Koyle were still alive.

“It’s high enough on the mountain to be dry when the flood comes,” Hansen says of the mine portal. “The bishop says anything above the canal will be out of the water.”

Listening to Hansen, I surmise that owning stock in the mine is like joining an exclusive and secretive club. Stock that sold for $1.50 per share in Koyle’s day trades hands for about $8 per share today. True believers count on their stock becoming worth more than $1,000 per share when and if the mine becomes full of valuables.

Hansen calculates the major economic collapse will take place in October 2007, and he theorizes that the mine will begin paying its first dividends in December of that year. Soon after, believers say, people will flock to the mine area and construct a large community in the foothills east of Salem to be known as “White City.”

Hansen recounts his own conversion, as it were, to the mine. After graduating from chiropractor school, he set up his practice in Orem. Having become familiar with the mine as a youngster, he sought out the then-president of the mine, Quayle Dixon, who invited Hansen and his wife to the mine office at the base of the hill.

“I don’t know why but I took $300 with me, shoving it into my pocket,” Hansen wrote in a recent account. “My wife didn’t know anything about the mine, but she listened with me as Quayle told us the story of Bishop Koyle and his mine.

“Afterwards, he told us that the bishop recommended that a family have 100 shares of stock. I asked him how much a share was and he told me $3 per share. I pulled the $300 out of my pocket, and we became stockholders in the mine that day.”

### It's Been No Fun 

At approximately the time the mine was shut down in 1914, Koyle was released as bishop and moved his family to Idaho, where he resumed farming. But in 1920, after another vision, Koyle got the mining bug again and moved back to the Spanish Fork area. Reportedly, he had the blessing of LDS Church authorities to resume work at the Dream Mine as long as he did not claim to have had divine revelations.

But Koyle continued to claim divine revelations, and followers pointed to correct predictions such as the crash of the stock market in 1929, a local drought and the result of a presidential election. In 1932 he dreamed of a revolutionary ore-processing mill that would change the way metals were processed and would result in fewer lost profits.

Construction began on the mill, which is the structure still visible today at the base of Knob Hill. There were reports that ore with a value as high as $1 million per ton would soon be produced and that shareholders would get $1 per share every third day, with the remaining profits going to the LDS Church.

It didn’t happen.

Both federal and state securities regulators investigated the claims for evidence of fraud, but no legal action was taken against the mine company or its officers.

In 1939, mine stockholders built a house for Koyle and his family at the base of the hill on which the mine is located. In that house, which remains occupied and stands near another house that today serves as the mine company office, Koyle began to hold “Thursday night meetings” that combined religion, stock sales and encouragement for supporters of the mine who had yet to receive any benefit. Koyle reportedly became estranged from the LDS Church in 1948 and died in 1949.

In their respective writings about the mine, both Pierce and Hansen have recorded the heartbreak and trouble suffered by Koyle’s family.

“I have wished many times, and so have the children, that John had never had a dream about the mountain and the ore,” Koyle’s wife, Emily, wrote. “For years now, we have had people coming to our home at all hours, to learn all about the latest details. Some believe while others ridicule. It’s been no fun, I can tell you.”

### Giving Up

Standing near the top of the mill that has never processed significant amounts of ore, I look down on Utah Valley below. It’s late October, and snow already has buried the upper mountains and threatens lower elevations.

A melancholy sadness has enveloped me, and I am not alone. Even long-time Dreamers who worked on the mine alongside Koyle himself have said recently there is a certain darkness about the site now.

Nothing I have seen has convinced me that the Dream Mine is any closer now to rendering nine rooms of Nephite gold bars than it was on the day Koyle first pushed a shovel into the earth here. Fabulous wealth and a glorious financial rescue seem unlikely results of the decrepit machinery, broken windows and drab rock I have seen.

I can’t say whether Koyle’s dream will come true, but, like Hansen, I don’t doubt Koyle believed it would.

“When you’ve been in the mine and seen that solid rock, you think nobody would do this unless they believed it was true,” Hansen says.
### Mystery Encircles
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/mystery-encircles-dream-mine/
Last updated: 2024-04-19T22:02:02.000Z
By Janis Nielsen  
Spanish Fork Press  
December 26, 2001 

Kraut's second book, "Relief Mine II: Through Others' Eyes," contains a compilation of stories, articles, publications, newspaper clippings and personal accounts from those who knew Koyle, and others who were just fascinated by the Dream Mine story. That book is an effort to clarify some of the stories that have been exaggerated, misquoted, or are just plain untrue, Kraut says.  
  
Kraut himself worked in the Dream Mine for two years. "I think it's one of the highlights of my life," he says. He had come to Utah in 1947, when he was 20 years old, looking for work as a photographer. When no work could be found, someone suggested he come down and look at the Dream Mine and maybe get a job there.  
  
Kraut knew nothing about mining, and wasn't sure he wanted to work there. But when he was introduced to Bishop Koyle, Koyle just shook Kraut's hand and pulled him up real close. "You came up here for a job, didn't you?" Koyle asked. "Well, sort of," Kraut replied. "You're just the man we want," he was told.  
  
"Koyle was absolutely the most intriguing man I've ever met in my life," Kraut says. Kraut worked with Koyle in the fields and at the mine and became well acquainted with his family and friends. He ate at his table, and knelt with him in prayer.  
  
Work at the Dream Mine was like no other mining operation, Kraut said. For one thing, most of those involved in the work were religious people, many of whom had substantial callings in the church. Each day's work began with prayer, and no smoking or rough language was allowed.  
  
Eventually, some 7,000 families were involved with the Dream Mine. According to one BYU professor, work on the mine involved the largest social group movement in the entire history of the church that was independent of the church organization itself.  
  
Most people who met Koyle went away convinced that either he was inspired by the Lord or led by the devil, because he was so unusual, said Kraut. Koyle was a gifted person, but humble and meek and never pretentious, Kraut said. When Koyle spoke, people listened.  
  
Koyle's numerous prophecies have been the source of much speculation and controversy throughout the years. Many of his prophecies, including some about WWI and WWII, about the economy, about shut downs at the mine, and several given to individuals, were fulfilled. In fact, said Kraut, so far, he has found none of Koyle's prophecies to be false. "That's the uncanny part of it."  
  
In time, the Dream Mine operation began to cause much contention among both local and general LDS church authorities. Some church leaders supported Koyle; others denounced him. Finally Koyle was excommunicated from the church in April of 1948, a little more than a year after he was pressured at a church trial to sign a repudiation of his conduct and claims regarding the mine. His signature of that document was something he deeply regretted.  
  
To this day, thousands still hold stock certificates for shares in the Dream Mine. At one time, it was said that, when the predicted financial crisis arrived, anyone holding 100 shares of the stock would be independent.  
  
Although ores of many kinds have been taken from the mine over the years, none were found in sufficient quantities to make the refining process worthwhile. Still, many believe the Dream Mine will yet play a vital part in rescuing the saints from economic disaster. "The whole purpose of the Dream Mine has yet to be fulfilled, Kraut believes.

Kraut's books can be purchased at [Confetti Antiques & Books](https://www.confettibooks.com/?ref=reliefmine.com), which is located on Main Street in Spanish Fork.
### The Dream Mine is the Product of Visions by a Utah County Farmer
URL: https://www.reliefmine.com/dream-mine-product-of-visions-by-utah-county-farmer/
Last updated: 2024-05-07T21:14:25.000Z
By Phil Miller, 1999  
[Salt Lake Tribune](http://www.sltribune.com/?ref=reliefmine.com)

**SALEM, Utah** – The Nephites were the first to find the gold, tons and tons of it, riches that would humble all of the wealth of Bill Gates, the Sultan of Brunei and the Queen of England put together.

But abundance made the Nephites in The Book of Mormon prideful and greedy, and their treasures finally were seized by a wrathful God more than 2,000 years ago, and collected in nine great caverns.

The colossal vaults are supported by enormous golden columns and piled high with ornaments and artifacts and priceless records documenting the ancient roots of the Mormon Church and the Nephites. And the bountiful chambers are surrounded by the richest lode of gold ore ever found on Earth, more gold than could be extracted in several generations.

Of course, nothing has ever been found that remotely indicates such a fabulous stockpile ever existed, but that hasn't stopped some Utahns from believing in it. They believe the gold still is sealed, untouched since biblical times, deep inside a nondescript Wasatch Range mountain two miles east of Salem in Utah County.

Only one man has claimed to have seen the wondrous hoard in two millennia: A modest, stooped, soft-spoken dirt farmer who said he accompanied the Angel Moroni on a breathtaking tour of the cache during a spectacularly vivid dream in 1894.

That humble man, John Hyrum Koyle, died 50 years ago Monday at age 84.

His followers -- and they still may number in the hundreds, perhaps thousands -- say he was guided by God. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says he was a heretic.

But the glorious day is approaching, with a speed both terrifying and thrilling, when the Nephites' treasure will be revealed to all humankind, the believers say. That day, perhaps now only weeks or months away, will be the day when all civilization on Earth has collapsed into chaos and poverty. And that will be the day when Koyle's dream becomes the salvation for all who believe.

### Picture of Humility

A large portrait of Jesus Christ in an intricately carved frame dominates one wall of Ogden Kraut's Midvale publishing office. Mounted next to it is a slightly smaller, slightly plainer rendering of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith. And beside the two hangs a photo of John Koyle.

The display accurately sums up Kraut's spiritual priorities.

"Probably the only man I could ever say for sure was a prophet, seer and revelator," Kraut says of Koyle, using the title Mormons reserve for the LDS Church president. "He was the most humble man I ever met. There was not a shadow of vanity or pride about him, but when you were with him, you knew he was led by the Lord."

Those are dangerous words for a Mormon, since the church long ago branded Koyle a charlatan, but Kraut, a retired military photographer, was excommunicated in 1972 for his beliefs, including polygamy. Though he considers himself a follower of Joseph Smith's teachings, Kraut can speak without regard to the reaction of today's LDS general authorities.

Other believers in Koyle's Dream Mine, as the real mine he founded and help dig is commonly called, cannot. A knock on several doors in Salem, 60 miles south of Salt Lake City, recently produced polite but firm refusals to discuss the mine. A few would confirm that they own stock, but nothing more. Some suggested that Satan, trying to cause a rift between Salem's Latter-day Saints and Mormon leadership, had inspired the visit.

But the mine exists, and the odd white step-shaped mill on the mountainside, visible for miles, proves it. No serious mining has gone on inside the mountain for nearly 40 years, but the reorganized Relief Mine Co., the official name of the Dream Mine, still maintains the property and mining claims, conducts annual state-required assays, and calls a shareholder meeting every May.

Relief Mine Co. owns more than 1,000 acres of land, worth about $5 million today and more valuable every year as the expensive modern subdivision called Woodland Hills creeps closer. Tenant farmers work about 100 acres, and a gravel pit on the property produces just enough income to cover the company's $9,000 tax bill.

Nearly 700,000 shares of stock have been issued, but nobody knows how many have been tucked away in attics, or sold to memorabilia collectors or thrown out by disbelieving descendants. About 150,000 shares were registered by current stockholders at last week's annual meeting, or 22 percent of the outstanding total.

Everything is tidy and legal, but Relief Mine Co. isn't about gravel pits or dividends or the now-dead orchards on the land. The company and its stockholders merely are marking time until a century-old prophecy comes true and the riches of the Nephites are brought forth to save the Earth.

That day is not far off, Kraut says.

"I have seen more signposts in the last six months than I have in the last 50 years combined," he says confidently. "Look at the signs – Y2K, a war in the Balkans, a wicked president and an unstable economy that could fall apart at any moment.

"I've been waiting 52 years for the conditions to be right and the mine to come in. Now that it's almost here, it's a little frightening."

The riches of the mine are close, he says, and will take only one day to reach once the time is right. But until that time, he believes, 10 years of digging would not be enough to find the gold ore.

Kraut estimates a few thousand Mormons believe Koyle's dream, as he does, but says all will be convinced once the mine comes in. "It will bring more members to the church than all the missionaries who have gone out put together," he says.

Anyone who met Koyle more than five decades ago can have no doubt about the truthfulness of his vision, Kraut says. The small man with cataracts could talk with unequaled fervor and sincerity.

"Nobody could doubt that he spoke for the Lord. There was a reverence that I have never seen, before or since," says Kraut, who worked in Koyle's mine for two years in the late 1940s before serving an LDS mission. "I miss those days, those memories."

### Reluctant Visionary

John Koyle never fancied himself an oracle, and never showed off his gift for public amusement or entertainment. But stories of his ability to see the future through his dreams abound, from scholarly books on his life to anecdotes shared by friends.

He predicted the 1929 stock-market crash to the exact day, believers claim, and his 1940s prophecy that "muddy waters will run through the streets and cause disruptions the length of the state" has been interpreted as foretelling Utah's disastrous 1983 floods and mudslides.

After Herbert Hoover's election to the presidency in 1928, Koyle told friends that one man, a Democrat, would win the next four elections. Franklin Roosevelt did.

According to Kraut, in 1941, when dentist Albert Brooksby's son enlisted in the military, Brooksby anxiously asked Koyle how long World War II would last. The elderly miner didn't know.

The next morning, Koyle contacted his friend. "I know now," he said, and predicted a four-year campaign that would end by September 1945\. The news spread quickly in Utah County, and many people were confident of its validity.

Utah County resident Steve Woods, relying on Koyle's prediction, even assured Deseret News sports editor Les Goates in late July 1945 that the coming World Series and college football season would be played as scheduled because the war nearly was over. This despite the fact that the Japanese still occupied much of Asia and the Pacific islands, and experts were predicting a long and bloody liberation campaign.

A skeptical Goates wrote a column mocking Woods' confidence. "Everything is going to be sweetness and light for traveling football, baseball and basketball teams by Sept. 1," his Deseret News column read July 27, 1945\. "Steve Woods says so!"

A month later, after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered.

If Koyle's dreams seemed an astonishing gift, it was one that he never sought. Actually, he resisted it at first. He grew up in Spanish Fork, a deeply religious son of pioneer parents. In 1886, the dreams began.

Spirits visited the 22-year-old farmer one night, Koyle said, and instructed him that they would prove their righteousness with a vision. They showed him that his cow, missing for several days, could be found at a certain place on his farm, its right horn broken and interfering with its eye.

When his cow stood at the exact spot the next day, broken horn and all, Koyle believed. So devout did he become, in fact, that Koyle spent his life trying to fulfill the most splendid and important vision he ever received, the prophecy that came eight years later and gave him unbridled joy but eventually cost the anguished old man a place in his church: The Dream Mine.

### Heavenly Messenger

Koyle said the Angel Moroni visited him the night of Aug. 27, 1894\. Latter-day Saints believe Moroni was the last Nephite prophet and that he delivered to Joseph Smith the records from which The Book of Mormon was translated. Moroni took Koyle to the top of nearby Loafer Mountain, and the earth opened up so the two could walk inside.

Koyle said his guide pointed out where he was to dig, what signs to watch for, what formations he would have to overcome. Then he ushered Koyle into nine wondrous caverns the ancient Nephites had left behind, impressing him with riches he barely could comprehend.

Even more overwhelming was the reason to dig for the lode: There is a coming calamity on Earth, Koyle was told, with financial collapse, starvation, natural disasters. Paper money would be worthless, and $20 bills would blow like trash in the gutter, not worth the trouble of bending over to pick them up. A bushel of gold would buy a bushel of wheat.

But the Nephite treasure would provide for all who needed its help. It would save the people who came to it, the greatest welfare program the world ever has seen. Thus Koyle called it the Relief Mine.

To prove the dream was true, the messenger said, a nearby dry well suddenly would flow with water the next day at noon. When Koyle returned home from farming the next evening, his wife, Emily, met him at the gate. She excitedly told him that their neighbors whooped with excitement when they stuck water that day -- at precisely noon.

Still, Koyle had to persuade his friends to believe his dream and join him in mining the mountain. He took one fellow farmer up the mountain to where he proposed to start digging, and predicted they would hit a cream-colored formation within three feet of the surface. They did, and soon people were showing up from all over the state to work in the Dream Mine.

"It was the midst of a tremendous mining boom in this country, when you could seemingly turn over any rock and reveal some fabulous mineral," says Zeese Papanikolas, a historian who has written about Koyle and the Dream Mine. "The economy of mining was so hot, Koyle's story probably seemed very believable."

Koyle and his followers staked mining claims on the mountain and began digging Sept. 17, 1894\. They incorporated as the Koyle Mining Co. and began selling stock to raise money. Miners were paid in stock as well, and soon more than a quarter-million shares had been issued.

As word of Koyle's work spread, thousands of eager investors, nearly all of them Mormons, clamored to buy stock. Some sold possessions to buy more, convinced that, despite geologists' reports deeming its ore worthless, each $1 investment someday would return $1,000.

"The mine became a big part of everyday life in Utah County," says Papanikolas. "It was part social organization, part religious organization, part employment agency. Nearly everybody in the south county took part to some extent, by buying stock if nothing else."

Mining continued for 20 years, with the path of each shaft directed by Koyle's dreams. But in January 1914, when miners had burrowed 1,400 feet into the mountain, Koyle was visited by two mysterious men. They instructed him to shift his work to the other side of the mountain and downslope, to dig a tunnel that would intersect with the mine.

Convinced that the visitors had been two of the three Nephites that the Book of Mormon says had been left on Earth by Jesus to spread his gospel, Koyle and his workers began boring a second entrance into the mountain. Six months later, under pressure from the LDS Church, they abandoned the work, but Koyle was persuaded to continue mining in 1920.

By that time, the timber supports had become unsafe in the original shaft, so miners focused completely on the tunnel. Koyle kept the shaft perfectly straight without any modern sighting tools -- so straight that a worker can kneel at the tunnel's end, 3,400 feet into the mountain, and see light at the entrance, miners say.

### The Mill on the Side of the Mountain

In 1932, when the company had little money, Koyle announced it was time to build a mill to process the ore. The mine's board of directors turned him down, but Koyle raised the money himself and soon the modern-looking "white sentinel" building was erected on the northwest slope. Trouble was, the equipment necessary to pull any valuable minerals from the seemingly worthless rock had not been invented, so the mill remained empty.

When enthusiasm flagged, some event or timely prediction always reignited the fervor.

His followers testified Koyle correctly predicted geologic formations in the mine -- a sudden reversal of the ore's pattern, or the discovery of a perfect outline of the United States embedded in the granite.

Miners followed Koyle's directions to start digging straight down again near the tunnel's end, and uncovered a "capstone," so solid it took two months just to bore through its 3-foot depth. They also dug a "winze," a declining shaft toward where Koyle said the caverns lie, but it filled with water a few years after his death.

Despite all the digging, nearly two miles of tunnels in the mountain, the mine never struck the rich golden ore Koyle had predicted. Though a patient man, Koyle was disappointed his vision never materialized, especially since he interpreted the Great Depression as one of the signs that financial chaos was near.

By the mid-1940s, Koyle, now an elderly man weathered by a lifetime of hard work, was convinced the mine was about to come in, and his belief sparked renewed enthusiasm among residents. They came out each Thursday night to his weekly mine conferences, which offered the electricity of a revival meeting, and the Dream Mine hit a fever pitch.

Then, suddenly, the walls caved in on Koyle's spirit. His heart was broken.

### Trouble With the LDS Church

Falling Away? Mormon Church doctrine holds that members can receive guidance from spiritual powers, but revelations concerning the flock as a whole always are channeled through the ruling First Presidency. So while Koyle was free to pursue his dream, the LDS leadership had warned him for decades against using church doctrine to persuade other Latter-day Saints to join him.

Mormon President Joseph F. Smith and his two counselors signed a statement published by the church-owned Deseret News that year, saying "when visions, dreams, tongues, prophecy, impressions or an extraordinary gift of inspiration conveys something out of harmony with the accepted revelations of the church . . . it is not of God, no matter how plausible it may appear. . . . It is our duty to warn against mining schemes which have no warrant for success."

Koyle, who had been appointed bishop of Salem's Leland Ward in 1908, was removed from the post. A year later, the church persuaded him to shut the mine.

But Koyle, who continued to receive what he believed was divine guidance through his dreams, decided he must begin mining again in 1920.

It was a conflict that beleaguered him all his life. "John didn't know what to do. He wanted to obey the authorities, yet he could not deny what had been revealed to him," Koyle's sister said shortly after his death. "We all felt sorry for him."

The previous warning against believing in the mine was published again in the Deseret News in 1945, this time signed by President George Albert Smith and his counselors.

And, in 1947, when reports of Koyle's Thursday-night meetings persisted, the church held a formal trial before his stake's high council. According to Kraut's book on the Relief Mine, Koyle finally made a deal: He would sign a statement repudiating the mine and his angelic vision, which would be kept secret, and would cease the meetings, in exchange for a meeting with the LDS Church's First Presidency.

Koyle believed he could change President Smith's mind about the mine, because he had been given information by Moroni that would convince the LDS leader.

But as he rode home from the trial, Koyle burst into tears, Kraut recalls. He knew he had made a mistake by signing the document, because he had been warned in a dream about ever signing any papers regarding the mine.

The next day, his statement was printed on the front page of the Deseret News. His followers were stunned.

Koyle soon resumed his Thursday meetings, and assured his shaken followers that he had signed only to preserve his church membership.

A year later, on April 1, 1948, a feeble Koyle was excommunicated.

"He was as devout as they come. He couldn't believe the church would treat him that way," Kraut says.

"It made him very sad, because he believed the general authorities just didn't understand. The mine was for the church's benefit. Its gold will be used to build the great temple in New Jerusalem someday," he says, referring to a Mormon prophecy about the church's future.

Distraught over his fate and weakened by heart trouble, Koyle died May 17, 1949, in a Payson hospital. His Deseret News obituary made no mention of the mine to which he had devoted his life. "He was inspired," Kraut insists. "Anyone who met him could tell instantly. And someday soon, the church will believe it, too."