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Rider Hunches Graettinger Gold Mining Tale
Leon Lester known as Shorty bids farewell at Blie Marth and heads toward Graettinger Iowa via train. Along the way in Sherburne and Estherville he hears locals praise Graettinger as a possible gold site and rings of nearby Ringsted and coal near Estherville. An aging railroad man recalls a vanished Burlington coal lease and hints at future mining hopes in northwest Iowa.
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Leon Lester
Shorty
Blie Marth
Shere Durne
Ama Biother
Grold
Lester
Shotoon
Sherburn
Minnesota
M. & St. L. Canyon Gall Limited
Estherville
Sherburne
Emmet County Seapitat
Dapel
Graettinger
Granettinge
Rock Island
Rapils
Alaslat
Minime Aewions
Ringsted
Grue
Graettii
Esther Lecter
Meyer
Extherville
Lean
Abe
Towa
Burington Railroad
Motherville Aid
Burlington
Tam An Ald
Dia HY