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The Golden Alfalfa Mine Mystery Unfolds in Idaho
A placer claim owner near American Falls Idaho recounts a bizarre discovery after alfalfa in his field yellowed and yielded gold. The narrator's kitchen accident with a copper plate and omelet leads to assays showing gold on eggs butter and lard with pigs cows and poultry feeding on gold laden forage. He outlines a theory that alfalfa roots reach a buried gravel bed containing gold.
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Sunday Standard
Snake River
American Falls
Idaho
Davenport
Mark Hanna
Washoe
Anaconda