O. Porter Rockwell - wasmormon.org

“the spades often struck the iron sides of the treasure chest, and how it was charmed away, now six inches this side, now four feet deeper, and again completely out of reach” - Porter Rockwell - Joseph Smith's Neighbor, Friend and Bodyguard A Gentile Account of Life in Utah's Dixie - Elizabeth Wood Kane | wasmormon.org — “the spades often struck the iron sides of the treasure chest, and how it was charmed away, now six inches this side, now four feet deeper, and again completely out of reach” - Porter Rockwell - Joseph Smith's Neighbor, Friend and Bodyguard A Gentile Account of Life in Utah's Dixie - Elizabeth Wood Kane

Book of Mormon Anachronisms – Slippery Treasures and Treasure Digging Concepts

“Was not Joseph Smith a money digger? Yes, but it was never a very profitable job for him, as he only got fourteen dollars a month for it.” - Joseph Smith Jr, Elders Journal. Far West, Missouri. July 1838 The following answers to questions, which were asked in the last number of the Journal | wasmormon.org

Joseph Smith was brought up being praised for a “gift.” What gift is that? The gift his father practiced and saw in him. The practice was condemned by Benjamin Franklin 100 years earlier. The practice appears in church history, in the doctrine and covenants, and even the Book of Mormon. This practice is easily ridiculed …

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