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Show 282 use of tbe White Mountain terminology indicates the expedition was probably known to them. Another miner found the cave in 1866 while on his way t o the Pahranagat mines. In a l e t t e r dated July 18, 1866 and published in the Union Vedette (Fort Douglas, Utah) of August 13, he indicates the cave was widely known at the time. In fact, the term "Cave Valley" was already in use, and, according to tbe a r t i c l e, was named because of "the celebrated cave in i t . " His description of the cave and the Indian legend surrounding i t leave no doubt of the cave's identity being the same as the one found by George W. Bean's men eight years before. The miner's statements show a crude connection between the cave and the White Mountain Expedition. 'The story i s , " he wrote, "that here is where Brigham was going to secrete bis treasure and best looking ' s p i r i t u a l s ^ ' to keep them from stampeding to Johnston's army." Although the legend of the White Mountain Expedition had obviously become corrupted, i t s allusions t o a refuge or hiding place are unmistakeable. It appears that the true story of the 1858 expedition was never really known by the outside world. Perhaps Lt. George M. Wheeler, of the U.S. Army Topographical Engineers, came the closest of any t o identifying the areas explored by the White Mountain companies. In his Preliminary Report of his explorations made in I869, Wheeler correctly reported the Mormon discovery of Meadow Valley, Pahranagat Valley, and Sierra /White RivefJ Valley, but in other areas in his brief statement he was far from correct. 10 With information and documents lacking or unavailable, the history of the White Mountain Expedition a l l but died. To t h i s day the White Mountain Expedition remains obscure t o a l l but a few. Even the identity of the White Mountain cave was forgotten, now being called Cave Valley Cave after the name of the valley, when the valley was actually named for tbe cave by miners in the l860s who had a vague knowledge of the expedition. So deep has the White Mountain Expedition been buried that a cognizance of i t s findings is not to be found even among those |