Prophets and prophecies are mentioned hundreds of times in the scriptures and for a good reason. They are the "seers" of the future to warn, admonish and help mankind prepare for future events. Unfortunately, however, such spiritual beacons often go unheeded.

A prophet is usually defined as "a man of God" or as a "mouthpiece for God"; thus, he is considered a person delivering a message from the true God of heaven. Amos said, "... the Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?"(Amos 3:8) Here, then, is a distinction among many men who claim to be prophets, seers, and revelators, but they never receive the words of prophecy and revelation. There may be a thousand claims to be prophets, but only one may have the true gift of prophecy. How strange that in the 55 years that Bishop Koyle operated the mine, he was continually making prophecies and seeing them fulfilled, but it seemed that no one else could make the same claim.

The prophecies of Bishop Koyle were not given for entertainment or curiosity; they were meant to convey a message of warning and instruction. If this generation fails to benefit from them, they justly deserve the consequences.

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The purpose of this chapter is to quickly review some of John Koyle's prophecies so that the readers can be more aware of their message and learn from them. The author worked with the Bishop at the mine for about two years and has personally seen the fulfillment of many of his prophecies, and he talked with others who saw the fulfillment of nearly all the rest.

The following prophecies, though not necessarily the greatest, deserve mention and serious consideration:

1. Mobs in the (area)

* John Koyle was shown in dreams that mobs would harass (people)

* Twice they came just as he was shown, but he avoided conflict because he had been shown what to do.

2. Operating the Mine

* Bishop Koyle was shown how to operate the mine, where to start, and what they would find along the way.

* The workers in the mine reported finding the very formations, colors, and conditions that had been foretold, and at the time they were to discover them.

3. Men and Money at the Mine

* The Bishop was promised that he need not worry about help at the mine, nor money to operate it. Both men and money would always be forthcoming as the need arose.

* For 35 years, from 1914 to 1949, regardless of wars, depressions, inflations, opposition, and persecution, the mine had manpower when needed and always was able to meet operating expenses.

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4. Cars like Boxcars

* When the automobile was in its beginning stages, Koyle said they would become as "big as railroad boxcars" and would have something like "eyes" on them.

* Today we see thousands of huge cargo trucks on the highways, with headlights that look like eyes.

5. The Water Ditch

* The Bishop instructed workers to build a small ditch that would be big enough to carry the water they would find.

* The miners dug the ditch, and at the exact distance described by John Koyle, they hit the water that just filled the ditch...

7. World War I

* Bishop Koyle described a great world war in which the United States would become involved. Ten years later World War I began.

* Koyle said that the 145th Artillery... would not see action.

* Even though the 145th was sent to the front line, they did not engage in battle.

8. Depression of 1929

* The Bishop told his banker in Spanish Fork that in four months there would be a terrible depression.

* Four months later (October 29), the great depression began.

9. Shutdown and Reopening

* Two (angels) told John Koyle that the mine would, from necessity, be shut down, but that the powers that shut it down would be the same powers to reopen it.

* Six months later the Bishop was told by the General Authorities of the [persecuting mormon-masonic] Church that if he continued working and selling stock at the mine, he would be excommunicated. The Bishop obeyed their injunction and closed down all operations at the mine. After six years President Heber J. Grant sent a letter to the Bishop requesting that he open the mine to pay off a large bill at ZCMI...

* Bishop Koyle told J. Golden Kimball to go to J.F. Smith and ask him not to deliver his conference speech against the mine.

* Unwillingly, J. Golden went to President Smith with the request, and was surprised to learn that Joseph Fielding had not told anyone about that sermon. And so he never gave it.

(This was one of J. Golden's favorite "Dream Mine" stories.)

11. End of World War II

* Shortly after Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese, Bishop Koyle, said it would be exactly three years later before the war would end.

* Three years later, in August 1945, the Japanese gave notice of their surrender...

12. The Powder Mill

* The Bishop foretold of a huge manufacturing plant that would be built near the entrance to the Springville Canyon.

* Many years later when the war began, a huge powder plant was built on this spot and remains there today.

13. Mark E. Petersen

* When young Mark E. Petersen was made a member of the Quorum of Twelve [of the mormon-masonic 'church'], the Bishop said he would be the worst enemy the mine ever had.

* Mark Petersen soon began a constant tirade, with both verbal and written statements against the mine. He also wrote up a denial of the spiritual nature of the mine and forced Bishop Koyle to sign it. He then instigated a trial to have John excommunicated from the Church.

14. Three Men Would Die

* The Bishop said that three men would die at the Dream Mine.

* After nearly 100 years of operation, exactly three men had been accidentally killed there.

15. Muddy Water

* John Koyle said muddy water would someday flow through the streets of Utah from one end of the state to the other.

* In 1983 heavy snow melt and rains caused water damage throughout Utah, in over 29 counties, from one end of the state to the other.

16. Kennecott, Geneva, Tintic--Standstill

* The Bishop said before the mine would come in that Kennecott Copper and Geneva Steel would shut down, and the Tintic Mining area would come almost to a standstill. (Note: Living in Utah Valley myself, I can affirm that Geneva Steel HAS shut down for good. There is talk of selling much of its equipment to China, and the thousands who worked there were without jobs when it closed. - Branton)

* In 1985, records show that all three occurred at the same time.

17. Wall Street Boost

* Bishop Koyle said that Wall Street would have a major drop sometime before the total failure, and at that time the Government would step in to help save it.

* In October 1988 (Black Monday) the stock market came to within two hours of total catastrophe, and the Government stepped in to prevent it.

18. The Beacon Light

* The Bishop described a beacon light that would someday be placed at the top of the Dream Mine mountain.

* Years after his death, the telephone company placed a transmitter and a huge beacon light on the top of the mountain--that can be seen today.

The greatest prophecy that Bishop John Koyle ever made concerned the coming in of the mine and the "white city" that would be associated with it. The Dream Mine was to produce a vast fortune in gold at the time that this country is being devastated by a financial depression, famine, and war. There are hundreds of prophecies... about the collapse of this nation. The important difference is that the Bishop's prophecy is the only one that has shown how the Mormon {LDS} people would be able to survive these terrible judgments. If there is no hope of relief from Bishop Koyle's Mine, then we have little hope left.

From the heads of our Government down to the back alley criminals, this nation has filled its cup with iniquity. It cannot survive much longer with such corruption and crime. As has been foretold, this nation must serve God, "the true and only God," or they should be swept off.

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A PROPHET, SEER, AND REVELATOR

No one ever knew Bishop Koyle for very long until they had to acknowledge that he was guided by some form of mystical or spiritual power. God or the devil had a hand in that man's venture, for it was never conducted in the manner of any other business project. He dug into that mountain as a poor man and died a poor man; but his spirituality is equaled by few men...

Work progressed according to the inspired direction of Bishop Koyle who would reveal formations in the mine before they were reached. He would also predict the future in other areas separate from the mine.

The miners were always excited and somewhat surprised to witness the fulfillment of John's predictions. They enjoyed telling stories of how his remarkable gift was employed. Visitors by the thousands came to the mine to see these numerous sign posts that had been predicted and also to visit with this unusual "prophet of the mine." The workmen lived and labored in a seemingly sacred project. To witness Divine intervention into their daily labors was almost as though they labored on a sacred temple of the Lord. There was no swearing, no smoking or drinking on that hill, neither were there any ill feelings, stealing or other wicked practices.

Contrary to most mining camps, the spirit and influence that prevailed from the beginning was such that it admittedly improved the workers in their way of life both physically and spiritually, and instead of diminishing enthusiasm, as is so often the case with a mining project, the number of workers increased as did also those who believed this most unusual story to be true. Here at this mountain camp these men learned to pray together and to cast off whatever bad habits they had, and led much better lives than before. (The Dream Mine Story, Pierce, p. 13)

Usually the men of the mountain were filled with the spirit of the Lord, so much that their favorite topic was the Gospel of Jesus Christ. From my own experience there, I have never witnessed anything before or since that equaled the spirituality that prevailed among the men connected with that mine. The Deseret News, Zions Bank, KSL, nor any other Church-owned business does not call their workers together to kneel down for prayer before engaging in the day's labors, which was a daily practice at the mine.

What else can one say when such an influence prevails with such a project? Are we not commanded to judge a tree by its fruits? When an atmosphere is so wholesome and desirable, it is easy to conclude that the mine is of God and that John Koyle was a prophet.

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It seemed ridiculous for the miners to drill and cut out a ditch for water when there was no trace of water in the mountain--however, this is what the Bishop ordered them to do. By giving them the size and dimension of the ditch, he predicted the water would just fill it. It was a nuisance to make, but they dug it anyway.

One morning as they neared the 2,200 foot mark, Bishop Koyle addressed the miners at the breakfast table, and directed his remarks to his nephew, who also bore the same name: "John, watch the breast hole that you put in the face this morning. When you get your hole in 14 inches, you'll strike the water we've been waiting for."

His nephew watched the hole ever so carefully, and kept a running measurement of it. At thirteen inches he was still spooning dry dirt out of it. But at fourteen inches a stream of water burst forth from it like the flow that would come out of a garden hose under pressure, and with a shout the nephew invited the other miners to come and get a good drink of it!

When that round of holes was shot off, the workmen had to put on firemen helmets and rain coats and put up a tin sheet overhead for protection from the rapid flow of water as it came in and began to fill the dry ditch they had waiting for it. And after the ditch was soaked good, the water began to flow out of the tunnel and down over the dump, even as it does today, filling a three-inch pipe to full pressure capacity. (The Dream Mine Story, Pierce, p. 34)

Claude F. Weight related an experience he witnessed of the Bishop's gift of predicting:

After Christmas when we came back to the mine, Bishop had a dream wherein he saw that he would see the face of the drift or the bottom of the hole by getting all the water out of it by Saturday 12 o'clock noon. During this interval we broke the head out of the pump. The head was six inches in diameter and 5/8 of an inch thick. This completely stopped our work. This occurred in the middle of the night.

Lars Olson asked me to go out and report to the Bishop who was sleeping in the cabin. The Bishop told me to take a five-gallon can and cut a piece of candle box 1/2 inch thick and make a head with that. This seemed ridiculous to me to even consider it. If 5/8 inch solid cast iron would not stand the pressure, a piece of tin and 1/2 inch of soft wood, would never hold it.

I went back down the mine and told Lars Olson. Lars came back up out of the mine and got the material and a little piece of strap iron to put across, and we made a new head out of that and put it on. Bishop came down the mine just as I was screwing on the last nut. Suffice it to say this improvised head did hold the pressure and we pumped with that tin head for several weeks until we obtained a new one. This is a mystery that has never been explained. The head never did give out. At this time Lars said to the Bishop that this is one dream that would not come true. "You will not see the face of the drift Saturday noon." Koyle could not see how it would be possible either, as we had three days and nights of filling up with water while we were off for Christmas and all that ran in during the time that we were pumping; but suffice it to say we did see the face by Saturday noon exactly at 12 o'clock. (Story of the Dream Mine, C. F. Weight, p. 14)

The longer the mine was worked, the more interest and fame came to it. The curious as well as believers came to hear the stories and see the "sign posts" in the mine.

The Meeting House where people gathered on Thursday nights for stockholders' meetings.

For instance, he predicted there would be a "hogsback" at a certain distance in the tunnel, and it was found. Again, he predicted there would be a strange dark-shaped formation that resembled North America. When they reached the specified spot, there was the map of America on the wall. It can be seen there to this day, about 750 feet inside the portal of the horizontal tunnel.

Bishop Koyle told the workmen that certain "right turns" to veins would follow their course, and they came along just as he predicted. At times the workmen were told that slip faults would make perfect walls running to the north or to the south, etc. They always appeared on schedule. Other interesting formations were also described by him before they were found. Near the 1300-foot mark a red iron formation was encountered and 20 feet southward was a large white vein. At nearly 2000 feet an odd-shaped vein two inches on one side and 18 inches on the other was found, which was the mark to make the side drift into the "elbow" with its "five fingers."

One day the Bishop was told by the workmen that a pipe in the mill had become so worn that it must be replaced. The Bishop turned to Dean Dallin and asked him where they might find one to replace it. Dean said they would probably have to go to Salt Lake City or maybe to some oil drilling outfit. The Bishop wanted to go immediately to get it, so Dean took him in his car and they started down the hill. When they arrived at the highway, Dean was told to stop. After waiting and meditating for several minutes, the Bishop said, "Let's go!" "Which way?', "To the right." Then as they drove for a short time in the direction of Salt Lake, the Bishop said, "I want to go west." They came to a turnoff, turned west, and soon came to the old sugar plant. Dean noticed that a lot of pipe had been taken out of the building and was laying on the ground. They stopped and asked the caretaker if they could buy one, and he agreed.

Dean saw one that looked about the right size--but in their haste that morning, they had forgotten to take any measurements. So he picked up an extra four-foot piece, in case they needed it for length. The Bishop, however, told him they wouldn't need it.

The elbow at the end of the new pipe had a peculiar angle of about 30 degrees. But by a strange coincidence, it just fit into their ore bin. The pipe was just the right size in diameter, too, as well as just the right length--not a half inch too long or short.

One of the most impressive predictions and perhaps the most overlooked, was that money and men would always come to the mine when they were needed. And so they did--from 1914 to the day the Bishop died. This was a most remarkable prediction--considering wars, depressions, inflation and the constant barrage of ridicule and persecution brought against that work.

From our investigation we find that it takes about one hundred fifty dollars a week in cash for the men and almost fifty for powder, caps, fuse, food and other supplies. Brother Koyle has been asked time and time again where all this comes from, and his only reply is, "I was told that it would come. If one person does not send, then another does. It always arrives as we need it. This is another testimony that I am right, for two messengers, coming into my room on the morning of January 10, 1914, told me, `When you open this mine up again, we will come to your aid with men and money.' They have never failed us yet!"

* * * This he has observed, depending wholly upon the weekly arrival of funds, for I am told that at no time does he have any surplus, barely sufficient to skim through. This fact alone cannot be explained by our group. If you can see where his money comes from during these difficult and distressing days, you can do better than I can. We might account for some of it, but certainly not for the sums used week upon week, month upon month, and year after year. It is peculiar, all right. ("Statement made by Carter E. Grant, Sept. 9, 1931, to James E. Talmage," p. 5)

The Bishop could foretell formations within the mine before the workmen arrived there, and he could also, foresee events in the world, the nation, and the Church[s], or even in his own backyard.

Koyle is a man given to predictions, and the number of things he has predicted that came to pass is astounding. One of his more outlandish predictions came years ago when, pointing across the sagebrush desert to a desolate spot, he said, "There'll be a big manufacturing plant right there someday."

The place is isolated, on rocky ground, above the irrigation level, far from human habitation. Too, the valley had hundreds of better sites. Came the war, and today a powder mill stands on the spot. Isolation is a prime requisite for a powder mill, and the location is ideal. ("Time and the Dream Mine," Samuel W. Taylor, Esquire Magazine, Nov. 1943.)

One Thursday night, just a few days before Christmas in 1943, eight men came down to the mine earlier than usual so they could visit with the Bishop before the meeting began. When time for the meeting arrived, the Bishop said, "We might as well get started--this is all that will be here." The others looked out the window and saw a string of car lights heading up towards the mine. They called this to the Bishop's attention, but he still maintained that there would be no more arrive for the meeting. The meeting commenced, and no one else came. Afterward, they bid goodbye to the Bishop and started down the hill. They saw the reason that no one came to the meeting--the wind had blown big snow drifts over the road. A snow plow was just clearing the road, but the cars had previously turned back, since it would have been too late to get to the meeting.

Once the Bishop pointed to the top of the mountains and said that the day would come when a light would be seen up there. A few years after the Bishop's death, the telephone company came to the officials of the mine for permission to share the use of their dugway so that a tower could be placed atop the mountain for a coast to coast dial system. When the tower was completed, a large beacon light was placed on top which could be seen from anywhere in the valley.

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The Bishop once prophesied that there would be a drought come to the intermountain region. Then one day in May of 1938, after many continuous days of raining, the miners were kidding the Bishop not to worry about a famine or drought, but rather consider building an ark if the rains continued any longer. The Bishop listened to their joking and then replied that the rains would stop the next day and the drought would begin. Sure enough, the rains stopped on May the 18th and no moisture came until October. And, for the next few years the drought continued.

The Bishop was shown some of the future home building programs that would develop throughout the country. He said houses would be patterned much the same as their chicken coops. They would have a flat roof with a large window in the front; yet they would cost so much that the people would wonder if they could ever be able to pay for them. Shortly after World War II, new housing developments began to boom around the country with many of the houses being built just like chicken coops. The style is still current and so are the heavy mortgages.

The Bishop often described the gold ore that would be found in the mine. He also described in prophecy how this ore would be reached. Carter Grant wrote:

Brother Koyle stated that as they would proceed down on this wall at the turn-down leading westerly, they would encounter a formation so soft that it would be spaded in places and that it would be necessary, unless care was used, to square-set the shaft down to the capstone, about ninety or one hundred feet below tunnel level. This capstone would be flat and about three feet in thickness and exceedingly hard. Upon going through this stone, they will run immediately into a white quartz or at least a white formation resembling quartz and that this white formation will be so rich in gold that the gold will be visible in leaf-like formations.

Then this light colored or white formation carrying gold will dip to the northeast and run for about a hundred and fifty feet dipping about eighty degrees to the northeast and then will swing under to a southeasterly direction still carrying the same rich ore as had been encountered on the way down. Brother Koyle stated that he plainly saw his mine car tracks and the cars running on them taking out this rich gold ore and saw it being hoisted to tunnel level and taken out through the straight tunnel where he saw a town grown on the outside. (Grant/Talmage Statement, 1931. p. 1) The Bishop explained that a beautiful city would grow at the base of the mountain after the mine came in. Nearly all of the people of the city would be stockholders, or at least believe in the mission of the mine. So many of the buildings would be painted white, that it would be called "White City".

When the author went to work at the mine, he met an elderly gentleman named Salsbury, who had been a barber in California before being employed at the mine. He told me that while they were living in California, he came home one day after work and lay down on the living room couch to rest. His wife asked him if he would like to go with her to the store, but he declined by saying he would rather just rest for awhile. After she left, he was looking over towards the wall when suddenly it began to vanish, but a vision of a beautiful valley came into view. He saw mountains in the background and a large lake nearby. He was high in the air looking down, and there below him was a beautiful city in which almost every building was painted white. He looked upon the scene with awe and wonderment, when suddenly the picture began to fade away and the wall came back into view. He was puzzled as to what it was, what it meant, and where the valley was. For over a year he marvelled at the beautiful scene that he had beheld in vision.

Then one day he went to Utah to visit some relatives who lived in Provo. During the visit they mentioned the Dream Mine, and how spiritual the Bishop was.

They all [103] agreed that it would be a very interesting visit to go up to the mine to see it. Salsbury went into the tunnel on their little guided tour and was utterly fascinated. Finally, on his exit from the main tunnel, he beheld mountains, the lake and the beautiful valley below--it was just as he had seen it in his vision, except there was no city below the hill. He hurried down to the house where the Bishop was and asked him what had happened to all the buildings that were supposed to be there. The Bishop told him that he had seen the city that would someday be built there.

White City would become one of many cities to spring up in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains. It would be designated along with others, as a place of refuge, a place of safety and peace from the scourges that would overtake the fallen nations of the world.

This beautiful "White City" together with a number of other beautiful cities, were to be rapidly built at this time and would serve as holy places of refuge where the more righteous of the LDS could be gathered out for safety as in the parable of the wheat and the tares--a people who would be determined to accept a Great Reformation that would be offered to them at this time, and they would dedicate themselves to living the Gospel of Jesus Christ in all its fulness with nothing left out. There would be radio and TV stations, power plants and airports arise in these ultra modern cities, and they would be stocked with food and equipped with essential industries that would enable them to survive the years of famine and distress, while the Lord purged the earth in preparation for His Millennial Reign. Here the very elect of the earth would prepare themselves to pioneer the New Age with a New Society that would replace the fallen Babylon. (The Dream Mine Story, Pierce, p. 64)

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John Koyle also had visions of a World Wat III INVASION of the USA....

Here are some of his words...

THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE PROPHECIES OF JOHN KOYLE, WHO LIVED NEAR SALEM - SPANISH FORK UTAH IN THE EARLY 1900'S, CONCERNING THE IMPENDING INVASION OF THE UNITED STATES...

(Note: John Koyle was the founder of the "Dream Mine" -- aka "The Relief Mining Company" -- near Salem, Utah. This mine was "re-escavated" following some vivid dreams and visions that John Koyle had of the future of America. He saw that an ancient Native American mine existed just south of the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon, and that deep below there were six large chambers filled with golden artifacts of this ancient civilization, and that there was also huge viens of gold which have yet to be mined. Many of his prophecies indicated what the miners would run into as they dug deeper into the ancient [collapsed] mine, and these prophecies have been amazingly accurate to date. This mine, Koyle saw, would begin producing gold following a major economic collapse, and help those in this western heartland of America -- at the base of the western Rocky mountains -- to re-build and re-establish an economy based on spiritual principles. Even though he lived in the early 1900's, some of Koyle's visions involve a Russian-Chinese invasion of America, which has been seen by so many other Christians and which, like piece of a prophetic puzzle, paint a clear picture of what is to come)

In the words of one familiar with Koyle's many prophecies:

"...Political authorities would search the length and the breadth of the land to find a strong man who could cope with this chaos (economic collapse), but no such man could be found and there was no presidential official possible.

"By the time it was time to collect taxes (April), there would be no Federal Government left to collect them, and consequently the paper dollar became worthless, having no intrinsic value...

"He spoke of Russia invading Turkey at this time to gain the Dardenelle-Bosporus Water-way. He said that at this time there would be trouble in Palestine or the MidEast, which in turn would cause war to erupt in the Balkans as Russia made a great military push toward Palestine and practically wiped Turkey off the European part of the map. This war would be brought to our coast line, but we would not be invaded at this time. However, a Russian invasion of the U.S. and Canada would come later.

"He said that after the Reds took over most of Europe, Asia and Africa, they would invade the United States and Canada, and because of our chaotic condition, we could offer very little organized resistance. He said the Reds (Russians) would get as far as the Missouri River before they were stopped by divine intervention. (George Washington said that this divine intervention comes in the form of angellic armies fighting with the Americans - BW).

"The Chinese would invade the West Coast and get as far as the Sierra Nevadas before they were stopped by divine intervention, and that these invasions would not reach us here in these valleys of the (Rocky) mountains."