Finds are continually being made; but the fortune comes so suddenly that the miner, like the gambler, usually spends freely, and is anxious to try his luck still further. Claims are often jumped by other parties, and some bitter fighting is sometimes done; for if there is one thing besides a man’s own life that he will shed his blood for, it is the glittering gold. Miners receive from five to seven dollars per day, and furnish their own tools. It is certainly hard and dangerous work to dig in the mine so far below, and thus seeing but little sunlight the whole season through; but, strange to say, there are men who have crippled and ruined themselves in the dark gold-dens, and though hobbling on crutches are not yet content to live anywhere _but_ where the pick rings against the rocks, and the exciting cry of gold is heard. Whenever the cry of a rich find is raised, it goes like wild-fire through the mountain-towns, and often far out, and people rush like maniacs to the scene--some to mine, some to haul, etc. Whether the alarm is true or false, numbers arrive at the scene. There are persons having good teams watching these breaks, and as soon as the first cry is raised they load their wagons with tobaccos, liquors, flour, feed, shoes, blankets, etc., etc., and hastening to the ground they cut down some pines and stake off a claim, and build a little store-house. They get their own prices for goods; and should the cry be _false_, he can easily sell out to persons who come to _see_; but should the find be _rich_, he has his store-house where he can make his _fortune_. Besides, the vein might run under his very claim. Persons are making _fortunes_ at this to-day; and Leadville is an example. Persons who staked off their little claims among the trees on the mountain-side when the discovery was first made, can to-day count their wealth in large pieces of silver and gold. Park City is forty miles from Salt Lake; and anxious to see the great historical valley, as well as the home of a people who are the world’s curiosity, we pulled out in that direction. CHAPTER III. View of Salt Lake Valley and City--Tabernacle--History of the Mormons--Joe Smith--Came to Kirtland, Ohio--Brigham Young Converted--Located at Independence, Missouri--Located at Nauvoo, Illinois--Joe and Hiram Smith Killed--Emigrated to Council Bluffs--Came to Salt Lake--Trouble with the Government--Mormon Theology.