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was reportedly discovered in the mine. Five years later, Koyle and his followers started constructing an ore mill called the "White
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Koyle died in 1949 and work on the Dream Mine ended in the 1960s. Koyle's followers, known as "Dream Miners," have continued to maintain the mine and to trade stock in it as of 2016. Although the mine has not yet produced any valuable metals, Dream Miners believe it will produce gold before the
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which they could not drill through. Work on the mine became too costly to continue, and the company now earns money through a rental home, a gravel pit, and an orchard watered with the mine's water. A geological survey of the Dream Mine during this time found only
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Sheldon Dixon founded the Relief Mine Company to succeed the Koyle Mining Company. The Relief Mine Company continues to do assessment work for the mine. Work on the mine continued in the 1960s until the excavators encountered a
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viewed the Dream Mine as a product of early
Mormonism's magical worldview, a result of Joseph Smith's "superstitious and schismatic" practices. Quinn viewed the LDS Church's opposition of the mine as a rejection of this worldview. American folklorist
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in 1947 and was told that he could either repudiate his revelations concerning the Dream Mine or be excommunicated. He signed a notarized statement repudiating his revelations, which was then published in the
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of $ 10 at most, though investors would pay $ 30 to $ 35. In May 2018, the company's board reported it had more than 7,500 active stockholders.
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of Jesus Christ. Koyle's prophecies were controversial among leaders of the LDS Church, who excommunicated him in 1948.
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Christianson, James R. (1984). "In Search of the Sensational".
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863:(July 1941). "Folklore from Utah's Silver Mining Camps".
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An Historical Study of the Koyle Relief Mine, 1894–1962
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Bullock, Kenneth C. (May 1962). Hintze, Lehi F. (ed.).
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to discuss the mine and Koyle's prophecies. During the
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