Telegram-herald., 1890-03-10
SPIRITS POUND THE oRE.
strange story of Hos tAs Gsgssle Aioes
" ere loaalna.

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IN the tremendous excitement which
attended the development Of the mnes
IN the Gogebsc range. one interesting
and most singular story was overlooked
il has never hoen published ;hat the
mineral wealth ia the Gogebic hilis Was
located by the mystic power of clair
y0yance. Millions OF dollars have beeu
laSde Out ot Gogeblc mines, which are
still producing tons on tons II ore
every day. Yet seven years ago Tie hllls
within which tAis wealth was hidden
were worth only tie value OF tle
scrubby pine upon hem.
Among tue persons who pr0hted by
the discovery OF ore were the brothers,
J. o. and h A Hayes and their mother
/ VINO Is noW Mrs. Chynowelh. They
were worth q few thousand dollars
when they bought Gogebic land aud
now they are muhOnalres. They own
+ the Germania aud Ashland mines. be-
lleyed tO be the richest ron MINES lu
the world.
When wealth came 90 the HaYeses.
/ they resolved 10 use 4 wisely aud f0r
/ the good OF mankind. They bullt al
Hurley school for the miners. and
men who, al 30 years 0f age, could not
! read or write now have something of
an education.
Mrs. ChynoWeth and her sons are be-
/ levers ia a singular sort OF Christianity.
They believe that the Bible proccpts
are 10 be lived up today and that
| Christ's life should be taken as pat
( tern. They have no creed no bel ef.
1 They are not willing TO be cia>sed
with Spirtuahsts, yet they believe ln
/ frances. second sight. and spirit mes
/ sages. Those who attend the school AT
/ Hurley are instructed IN this spiritual
Christianity.
Two years ago the family purchased
/ a large farm near San Jose IN Cali
/ fornia, laid ont a magnificent park,
/ built Il palatal residence, and founded
I "A school for labOrers similar 10 the one
4 IN Hurley. Many famihes ia Wiscon-
I SIN who had been converted 10 the
| HAYES belief moved to san jose and
/ built homes around the park. The
/ colony attends services IN the school
/ building. and the members Of the
/ HAYES family preach the sermons and
! expOund the Bible lessons.
Mrs. Chynoweth j. the medium
| through whom the spirit power directs
/ the affairs Of the Haveses and all their
| neighbors. When anything of import
| ance IL to be done Mrs. Chynoweth goes
into a trance and speaks the Will of the
spirits.
+. A. HAYES, the elder brother, was
/ at the sherman House yesterday. He
told the story Of the discovery Of non
IN the Gogehic hills in these words:
"My bro ther and / had graduated
| from the Madison University IN the
class of 80, and had practiced law long
! enough To build MP a fair business,
/ when mother, or the power over us. ad-
vised us To make money. We moved
/ TO Ashland. which was then a small
town with a small boom. At that time
! the exist ence of ore in the Gogcbic
! range was not thought of, and, in fact
/ few white men had been through the
| country. Ashland is forty miles away
from the place where the IRON was
finally found.
Zone day mother was IN a trance.
! and We were consulting her about our
affairs. Suddenly her face frightened
up, and she pointed out of the window
IN the direction of the Gogchic hills.
GOO there" she commanded. There
you will find wealth. 60 to the hills
miles and miles off there, and YOU will
find wealth, mountains of wealth,
within them. Dig down and you viii
strike It.
a short time after that We spoke TO
Capt. Moore, who had been "A pros
pector. He went in the direction
mother had pointed out until he
reached the hills. When ne returned
10 Ashland he had with him a lot Of
excellent ore that he had found near
whore the Colby mine now Is. The
news spread rapidly, and many people
started for the hills. 4. /. Norrev
staked out a claim where the Ashland
mine now Is, but later gave { up. Hart
& Shores sunk shaft some distance in
the rock, but stopped Just ten feet
above the spot where a VEN OF ore l46
feet wide was afterwards found
"We consulted mother. and in her
trance the power which controlled her
directed us to purchase the land which
Hart 4 shores and Norrcv had gwen
up as worthless. The spirit told rs 10
| get a. much land there as we could. 4
company was formed. and my brother
and | bought an eighth interest Pros
pectOrs were sent ont 10 explore the
hills which the company purchased
and while they were gone the
power told us 10 buy a larger share.
We tired 10 buy another eighth
but no one would sell. Mother went
into a trance and through hcr the spirit
! spoke, WAIT: IN day or two YOU viii
have the opportunity Won want. Sure
enough, the next day sam ISLANDER.
/ who owned an eighth. came back from
the hills disgusted lie sad they were
/ digging in 4 swamp and that there was
no ore anywhere near thc property
/ Nv brother asked hmm whv nc dIdu't
sell out. and he replied tnat be would
! sell Il be could get what hc bad pad
! for li, share. $3.50 Nv brother bought
Il and paid SO 10 bind the bargain.
"The next day the news came that
| ore had been discovered. Tho spir 4
/ told us 20 dig deeper D. the shaft that
had been neglected We did 80 and nm
| covered the vcin of ore which has not
I yet been exhausted.
"Aftor that We trusted implicitly a
| what mother told rs. IN q trance she
| went out on the hlll and located the
/ GeTmania mine. w sunk the shaft.
/ where she told US 10 without anv explo.
I ration whatever and struck the hes'
( vein in the mine. We have never known
Z any of her prouhrC7ce 10 fail "-E Esfg7s