The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-05-17
SPIRITUALISM! !!
The Claim Made That by That
Power The Coal Was
Located.
Alfred HedIund had a Dream and
the Dream Became a
Reality.
He Directs The StOWellS to the Pea.
body Farm and Tells Them
to Dig.

toDig.
Spirits directed Alfred Hedlund TO
the locating of the minerals in and
around Redwood Falls, according to
an article in the Minneapolis Journal
of last Monday, giving an extended
account of the vision of the prospec-
tor, and how he induced the Stowells
! to interest themselves in what he had
seen in vision while sleeping away
the dull hours of night in his CON-
Portable quarters in Minneapolis dur
ing the months of March and April.
The reporter who wrote the article
for the Journal is evidently we'll ac-
quainted with the geological forma-
tions in and around Redwood Falls,
or some fellow residing in Minneapo-
lis,wto has visited here and taken OBJ
servations, jealous of the finds made
by Hedlund and the Stowells during
their tour of prospecting in this
neighborhood, has capped" the
Journal reporter in excellent shape,
because very few mistakes are made
in the write-up of Hedlund's alleged
dream, which led to the Stowells, it is
claimed, coming to Redwood Falls
and taking an interest in the pros
pecting in and around this city. The
article in question, which produced
small sensation, when the Journal
reached here Tuesday morning, is
herewith given in full:
A strange story of the manner in
which J. E. Stowell and other Mime
apolitans first discovered their min
ing properties near Redwood Falls
has just been made public. The dis
covery was made early in April and
the chief agency in effecting it,
according to the story told to friends
by Stowell, was medium giving the
name of Edlund. During the latter
part of March and early in April, Ed
lund made several calls upon Stowell
and stated that he had woderful di-
vination as to the location of mine
rich in gold, silver and coal. Stowell,
who is a spiritualist, listened to the
stories, and finally consented to pay
the expenses of the medium, who was
to go in search of his find in company
with the formers son, William Stow
ell. The two started, and, arriving at
Redwood Falls several days before
April 18th, started out with buggy
to find the location of the wonderful
el dorado which Edlund claimed to
have seen in a vision. Instead of
calling the power which he claimed
led him to the discovery, by the u.s.
ual spiritual names, he always main
tained that he labored under an i'm
preston. Finally, when mile or two
north of the city, he said: Il have an
impression if we sink shaft here we
will find COAL"
His suggestion was followed and a
vein about five feet thick was struck,
containing Ignite of an average quail
ity. This was found to extend
through the bluff some distance and
groupings of the ledge are found on
the ledge near the Minnesota river.
Previous to arriving at the spot, Ed
lund described the locality, even Civ
| ing the names of the trees to be found
in the vicinity, and stating that the
ledge cropped through bluff near a
small creek. The Stowells immedi-
ately began purchasing land in the
vicinity, and have now secured about
800 acres. Edlund has had one or
two other impressions" during one
of which he claims to have unearthed
silver. Old miners, however, say that
his silver is nothing more than burnt
iron. He also claims to have discov-
cred gold, but of this very little infor-
nation is being given out by the
Stowells, and for that reason the COR
rectness of his impression" can
not be proven in this particular
instance. It is reported that the
Stowells believe implicitly in Edlund
and think the find was q bona fide
result of spiritual manifestations.
Some of their friends are skeptical
and argue that inasmuch as the coal
find is located in the vicinity of other
Ignite mines there is not much of the
miraculous attached to the discovery.
They also claim that Edlund is very
foolish if he has impressions of the
sort mentioned and don't reap all of
the profits himself, instead of drop
ping some of the benefits among 9th
ers when he can expect to reap but
paltry returns compared with the
vastness of his discoveries at Redwood
Falls.
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