12th we rode 7 miles & camped we then took a few waggons
rode 3 miles to the west to the foot of a small canyon we there
left our waggons & Horses & walked 1 1/4 miles to the head of the
canyon & their visited a splendid good coal mine the vein
was about 6 feet thick it diped to the west about 20 degrees
the coal was of excellent quality we brought some of it away
with us it was in sight on both sides of the canyon this
coal bed lies about 10 miles north northwest from Fort Ephraim
after returning to camp we rode 17 miles to Fort Ephraim & spent
the night we held a meeting J M Grant ^Brother McIntosh^ Preached was followed by
H. C. Kimball & athe few meeting was dismiss
by J. M. Grant I spent the night with Brother Isaac Behunnin 20 mils
Fort Ephraim is laid out with an inner fort 12 1/2 by 15 rods built
with a stone wall 2 feet thick 10 feet high finished. An outside
wall built of splendid white limestone 4 feet thick at the
bottom 2 feet at the top 18 feet high 60 by 44 rods the
coity contains 400 inhabitants two thirds Danes. they have
a sheh school taught by a man in the winter & female during
summer. This city has been esstablish or setteled but about
one year the inside wall is built & outside wall is built & two
thirds of the outside wall is built 7 feet High & a part of it
is 14 feet high the intention is to build the dwellings against
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