Mormon History, fall of 1848

[Utah Currency] The church mint, a small adobe building on the northeast corner of Brigham Street (South Temple) and Main, was made possible when members of the Mormon Battalion returned from California in the summer and , bringing gold dust earned in California after the discovery of gold there earlier that year. fall of 1848

[source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Utah Currency, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/]
[Utah History Encyclopedia: Utah Currency, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/]