Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-08
ssAIlD WOSEY IN ARUsDANCE.
The Roma "a Kings Of she COmslOck
G.0Ax-S3O0. ONO, 900 Under g round.
From the New Yors Sun,

From the New Yors Sun.
VIRGINIA. New, Feb. l5-Since the
year 1859, when old ComstocE Stun
blcd upon a deposit Of ledge rock
among these hills the Weld Of silver
has amounted TO total of $4,000.
600. Last year alone the ComstOck
lode Welded about $3O.OOO,OOO. The
most productive mines in this lode and
their respective yields for the year
past are as follows:
+, Virginia Consolidated, Sll, tb7 .9O2.-
| 70; Crown Point. 1854, 322 5S; Bel
cher. 50. 49S, $3.50; and Ophir, 81
0IS, 23G. l6.
/ The State Of Nevada added, during
/ 1875. not less than S1O00O,OOO to the
worlds aggregate of bullion. For
! the year 1876 the production of the
State will be at least S55.OOO,OOO. and
of the whole Pacific Coast. 100000
GOO. So much for figures.
The especial topic among mining cX-
perts now -a-days is the unparalleled
developments of the California mine.
owned by the bonanza kings, Mackay,
Fair, Flood and OBricn. The mine
adjoins the Consolidated Virginia,
which has already produced 100000
600, sand Prof Rogers, who accom-
panied the Government commission
sent here to investigate our mining
resources, officially endorses the state
ment that the California mine contains
not less than S3O0OOO,OOO. These are
large figures, and ] am glad to give
them on such good authority as that
of Prof Rogers, of the University OF
Pennsylvania. No one here has any
doubt that the estimate Is warranted
by facts.
The four men controlling this stu
penduous wealth are John w. Mac
kay, who owns two-fifths, and james
) c. Flood, James G.. Fair, and William
O'Bricn, each of whom owns one
fifth. The members Of the firm arc
interested, and in the same proper
tons, i'm other mines. Wherever the
firm is interested il controls MAORI
ty of shares. The bonanza kings arc
monarchs or nothing.
Mackay is an Irishman, about forty
five years old. lie is well made. has
: clear blue eye, and wears light
mustache. At almost any hour of tho
dayyou may sec him among the mines
his trousers tucked in his boots, and O
, rough. felt hat pulled down over his
: forehead, padding through the snow
! from the Savage to the Hale & Nor.
+ cross, thence to the Gould & Curry
/ and so onward to the Consolidated
Q Virginia and California. He ha;
none of the airs Of the monarch. II
c yon happen to know him, he will say
: few pleasant words and bid you
: good morning. His demcanor is in
t variably quiet and modest, and the
a most jealous eye can detect no blustel
: in it. He seems to be somewhat dis
: trustfnl Of his conversational powers
@ and thinks more than he talks.
k Fair is a very different sort Of fel
t low. He is full of bonhommic (tht
a people hereabonts call it barney, Z
o good talker, good looking, and par.
ticularly social. lie is rarely seer
y afoot, but lays back in state in hi
II buggy and mentally puts 4lp jobs OF
: the stock market. Very sly is "Slip
IS perry jim as his admirers call him
o Flood is the iinancier Of the concern
h and O'Brien the ornamental member
7, lie plays "cinch," California form o
Il seven mp, and draws his dividends o
100000 month.
4 Now, having these photographs il
Q, mind, which one of The quartet wo',
II you prefer to see in the United State
o Senate from Nevada? You may b.
d sure that one Of the four will be sen
e when Jones' time expires. The popu
% lation Of tho Pacific Coast appreciate
d merit when backed by blank share
le in the bonanza. Mackay is talked O
some. hut | doubt his ambition. ii
d is not an educated man, and know
n, that he is not. Then his business her
g. requires, and will continue to requir
Il all his time for the next ten year:
7, Fair is the most intelligent Of iii
ne quartet and would perhaps make tn
ne best Senator. Yet, Notwithstanding
his social inclinations, he can hardl
al be called popular.
ID 1t has recently transpired that tn
SO firm intends to send 1000, 900 in bul
" lion for exhibition ut the Centennia
s. This amount wonld require fiftec
cars for its transportion, and woul
A. make the biggest pile of money eve
lg shown to the American public.
te This month the Consolidate
IL Virginia mine viii produce NOR
10 than 100000. When the new {