The Anaconda standard., 1890-04-25
MADE RICH BY SPIRITS.
The Famous Gogebic Iron Mines Locates
by u Trance Medium.

The Famous Gogebic Iron Mines Located
by Trance Medium.
From the Chicago Tribune.
In the tremendous excitement which
attended the development of the mines I'm
the Gogebic range one interesting and
most singular story was overlooked. IL
has never been published that the mineral
wealth in the Gogebic hills was located
by the mystic power OF clairvoyance.
Millions Of dollars have been made out OF
Gogebic mines, which are still producing
tons on tons of ore every day, yet seven
years ago the hills within which this
wealth was hidden were worth only the
value Of the scr,ibby pines upon them.
Among the persons who proflted by the
discovery Of .ore were the brothers j. q.
and f.. A. Hayes and their mother. who Is
now Mrs. Chynoweth. They were worth
n few thousand dollars when they bought
Gogebic land, and now they are million
aires. They own the Germania and ASH
land mines, believed 10 be the richest iron
mines I'm the world. T.. A. Hayes, the
elder brother, was nj the Sherman house
yesterday. He told the story Of the dis
covery Of iron In the Gogebic hills In these
words:
my brother and had graduated from
the Madison University in the class Of 80,
and had practiccd law long enough To
build up fair business, when mother, or
the power over us, advised us 10 make
money. We moved To Ashland, which
was then small town with n small boom.
At that time the existence Of iron in the
Gogcbic range was not thought OF, and, In
fact, few white men had been through the
country. Ashland is 40 miles away from
the place where the iron was finally found.
"One day mother was In trance and
we were consulting her about our affairs.
suddenly her face lighted up and she
pointed out of the window in the direc-
ton of the Gogebic hills.
"'Go there she commanded. There
you will find wealth. Go Ia the hills.
miles and miles of there, and You will
find wealth, mountains OF wealth. within
them. Dig down and you will strike it,
"A short time after that we spoke Ia
Captain Moore, who had been "A prospcc-
tor. He went In the direction mother had
pointed until he reached the hills. When
he returned to Ashland he had with him a
lot OF excellent ore that he had found
near where the Colby mine now is. The
news spread rapidly and many people
started for the hills. A.. l.. Norrey staked
out claim where the Ashland mine now
Is, but later gave II up. Hart and Shores
sunk SHAFT some distance I'm the rock,
but stopped just ten feet above the spot
where vein of ore lag feet wide was
afterward found.
I" We consulted mother, and in her
trance the power which controlled her
directed us To purchase the land which
as worthless. The spirit told us To get as
much land there as We could. com
pany was formed and my brother and
bought an eighth interest. Prospectors
were sent out to explore the hills which
the company purchased, and while they
larger share. We tried to buy another
eighth. blit no one would sell.
"Mother went into a trance and through
her the spirit spoke, wait. In q day or
two YOU will have the opportunity you
want Sure enough, the next day Sam
back from the hills disgmstcd. He said
they were digging i'm "A swamp and that
there was no ore anywhere near the prop
erty. My brother asked him why he didn't
sell out, and he replied that he would
sell IL he could get what he had paid
il and paid $40 To bind the bargain.
"rhe next day the news came that ore
had been discovered. The spirit told ,Is
to dig deeper in the shaft that had been
neglected. We did so and uncovered the
vein Of ore that has not yet been cx-
ha,isted.
"Aftcr that we trusted implicitly in what
mother told us. In a trance she went out
on the hill and located the Gcrmania
mine. We sunk the shafts where she told
us Ia without any exploration whatever
and struck the best vein in the mine. We
have never known any of her prophesics
to fail"
The Hayes and their mother use large
portion of their wealth i'm promoting the
doctrines Of spiritualistic Christianity.
They are unwilling tn he classcd as spir-
itualists, but believe in frances and spirit
messages. Two schools in Hurley and
san Jose, Colo, where the doctrines of
Christianity joined with spiritualism are
taught. are directed through the medium.
ship of Mrs. Chynoweth.