False revelations-Dream mines, etc.-- also July 4, 1914.
Seemingly from this editorial note [from the Deseret News] the "Warning" was directed particularly at dream mines and their operators.
... The First Presidency warn the Saints against investing in worthless mining schemes, or valueless stock, even if the promoters allege that they are guided by dreams and revelations. It is a timely warning. Almost everyone have heard stories of how Such-and-Such found a rich mine by following directions given in a dream, and many fondly hope for similar luck, but in most instances it will be found, on investigation, that such stories have little or no foundation in fact. They belong to the class of rumors which like the wind, "bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth." No one should be guided by such rumors, but by reason enlightened by the Holy Spirit.
It is a safe rule not to accept the counsel of anyone who is in any way antagonistic to those who have been duly appointed to lead and guide Israel. And it will be found that the promoters of "dream mines" and "vision enterprises" generally are of that class. ...
[Source: Clark, James R., Messages of the First Presidency (6 volumes)]
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