[3] According to records, Mary Hayes-Chynoweth was able to see through bodies, allowing her to pinpoint their medical issues, take their ailments into her own body, and heal them using herbs, water treatments, optimism, faith, and dietary restrictions including abstaining from alcohol, coffee, tea, and tobacco.
[1] Mary Hayes-Chynoweth believed the Divine Spirit had blessed her and worked miracles through her.
Their ventures yielded rich iron ore in the Gogebic Range.
[2] The Hayes family owned 700 acres, much of which was planted with fruit trees and general farming.
[2] The land is now Edenvale Garden Park and is owned and operated by the city of San Jose.