James E. Talmage's Miraculous Recovery of Forgotten Data

“That night I went to my dark-room, and picked out plate No. 7 from the dozen included in Series 10. As shown by the memorandum slip, about fourteen months had passed since that plate had been placed in the camera. With eager expectancy I laid it in the tray and poured upon it the developing liquid. Then, in the faint ruby light of the dark-room, lines and shadows gradually appeared —shall I say like magic? No; but like true miracle, which, however, in this day of popular photography, is counted no miracle, but only an ordinary, common-place occurrence. When the developing and fixing processes were completed, I examined the plate in a strong light; and there I saw the stone that marked the section corner; there were cattle and my own riding horse contentedly munching the rich grass, which grew in abundance among stately pines and bright-lined aspen trees; in the foreground was a rippling stream fed by springs, the position of which was discernible in the middle distance of a gentle upland slope. From the negative so produced a print was made; this was taken into court and was there accepted as a full and satisfactory reply to all the questions that had been left unanswered. — Millennial Star 76:15”