.jpg) The Dream Mine's ore processing mill in 2017 | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Dream Mine | |
| Location | Near Salem, Utah County |
| Utah | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°02′54″N 111°37′40″W / 40.04833°N 111.62778°W |
| Production | |
| Type | Underground |
| History | |
| Opened | 1894 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Relief Mine Company |
| Website | ReliefMine.com |
| Year of acquisition | 1962 |
The Dream Mine, or Relief Mine, is an unproductive underground mine in Salem, Utah, built by John Hyrum Koyle in the 1890s and incorporated in 1909. Koyle prophesied the mine would provide financial support for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) just before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Koyle's prophecies were controversial among leaders of the LDS Church, who excommunicated him in 1948.
Koyle died in 1949 and work on the Dream Mine ended in the 1960s. Koyle's followers, known as "Dream Miners," have continued to maintain the mine and to trade stock in it as of 2016[update]. Although the mine has not yet produced any valuable metals, Dream Miners believe it will produce gold before the Second Coming, and that Koyle's other prophecies will be fulfilled.