Nov 20th 1890
I signed 17 Recommends I received 9 Letters
I wrote 1 Letter to R. H. McDonald I had an interview
with Dr Charles E Woodruff surgeon of the U S Armey & wife
I had an interview with James H. Hart of Bear Lake I met
with the Apostles in prayer circle Paid Dickson & Stone
$2500 fo services Joseph E Taylor called upon the subject
of dancsing in Meeting Houses I Paid a Bill of $30 on my
grave yard I had a poor night could not sleep 6 m[iles]
~ Friday
21. I signed 9 Recommend I received 9 Letters I wrote
4 Letters 1 to Susan, to Silas S. Smith All the Presidency
signed a letter to Dr William & Orson F Whitney
Recommended the History of Utah to the People
~ Saturday
22. I took cars with G. Q. CannonBeck & Hyde & Emma & others we rode to Lehi Junkction then
turned west & went to Siver City & Eureka
& stoped at the boarding house of the Bulion
Beck Mine we had good quarters ^85 mils^ we went down
into the bowels of the Earth 600 feet and Examined the
silver oar. The prophets from this mine is about
$50000 a month The new Machinery cost $60000,
And water $20,000. The Population of Eureka is
about 4000 we spent the Evening visiting friends
~ Sunday
23 Sunday we met in the new Meeting House built By Beck & the Saints at 10 oclock to Dedicate the Meeting
House & to Meet with the people. the House holds about 250
people After singing George Q Cannon offered the Dedicatory Prayer After which W Woodruff read the
Latter part of the 49 ch of Isaiah & spoke 45 Minuts
~ Thursday
Nov 20th 1890
I signed 17 Recommends I received 9 Letters
I wrote 1 Letter to R. H. McDonald I had an interview
with Dr Charles E Woodruff surgeon of the U S Armey & wife
I had an interview with James H. Hart of Bear Lake I met
with the Apostles in prayer circle Paid Dickson & Stone
$2500 fo services Joseph E Taylor called upon the subject
of dancsing in Meeting Houses I Paid a Bill of $30 on my
grave yard I had a poor night could not sleep 6 miles
~ Friday
21. I signed 9 Recommend I received 9 Letters I wrote
4 Letters 1 to Susan, to Silas S. Smith All the Presidency
signed a letter to Dr William & Orson F Whitney
Recommended the History of Utah to the People
~ Saturday
22. I took cars with G. Q. CannonBeck & Hyde &
Emma & others we rode to Lehi Junction then
turned west & went to Siver City & Eureka
& stoped at the boarding house of the Bulion
Beck Mine we had good quarters 85 mils we went down
into the bowels of the Earth 600 feet and Examined the
silver oar. The prophets from this mine is about
$50000 a month The new Machinery cost $60000,
And water $20,000. The Population of Eureka is
about 4000 we spent the Evening visiting friends
~ Sunday
23 Sunday we met in the new Meeting House built By
Beck & the Saints at 10 oclock to Dedicate the Meeting
House & to Meet with the people. the House holds about 250
people After singing George Q Cannon offered the
Dedicatory Prayer After which W Woodruff read the
Latter part of the 49 ch of Isaiah & spoke 45 Minuts
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," November 20, 1890 - November 23, 1890, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 15, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/k2yr