Mormon History, Jul 11, 1847

[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 11th Sunday We spent the day in Camp. Some of the brethren rode out to seek out the road & found A mineral tar spring. It run pure tar or substance that looked like tar quite as thick & black. Some thought it was oil. It had A strong smell & was 15 miles south of our camp. Several of the brethren thought of getting it to tar waggons with.

[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

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