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M THE  UnOOVZKT  OF  GOLD.

later the  brwih  dam  wag  fioUhetl,  althoogH  not  till th': fortitwUi  of  Manthall  aod  bis  men  had  been  tried by a  HifA  which  tbi%at«;Ded  to  sweep  away  the  whole «tru'rtur«.

Another trouble  arose  with  the  tail-raoe. In order t/t '^.-onoriiize  laWr,  a  dry  cbaanel  bad  been  selected, forty f>r  fifty  ro^ls  long,  which  had  to  be  deepened  and wid<.-nod. This involved  some  blasting  at  the  upper end; but  elxewhere  it  was  found  necessary  merely  to Unmsft  the  earth  in  the  bed,  throwing  out  the  Iw^er

Htoiii'H, mul  let  tho  water  during  the  night  pass  through till' Hhiic('-gnti'  ti>  wasli  away  the  d(5l)ri3.

It wiiH  a  buHy  S(Viio  presented  at  this  advance  post Je\v  Helvetia. The half- won' of  whiti'  mt'u  wore  mostly  Mormons  of  the  dis- Uuult'il battalion,  even  now  about  to  turn  their  faces toward tlu-  new  Zion. A faniilv  was  rt>presented  in the  wife  and  ehiUlreu  of  Peter  L.  Wirnnier,"  the  as- "  ri|;liiHt  f<>riii  i<f  nuiio  afpeon  to  haie  bwn  Weinwr,  cormptad  by  Sag-