The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-06-08
The Bonanza Kings"

| A corresponding writing from Nevada
thus alludes to the enormous wealth of
the owners of the mines in that region: !:
/ Col. Fair, Superintendent, is now
erecting new elghty-stamp mill, in ad-
ditlon to the numerous mills already
possessed by himself and partners.
When this is finished you'llhear Of some
Unparalleled results from the Bonanzt
mines. Fair expects to turn out SO 000,-
900 a mouth. He can dofit. II is only a
question of milling facilities. There is
no lack Of ore.
| In view Of the stupendous wealth of
|ithese mines the question often occurs to
me: What will be the eventual limit OF
the wealth OF the four gentlemen popu-
Ilarly known as the "Bonaza KingsT
lPeople who have watched their fortunes
liwith critical eyes aver that they are now
worth. in money and property, upward
of 500, ,0U0. 900. H is q common remark
There that Mackay has an income OF $780,
0O0, gold, a month. Since the California
mine commenced paying dividends it
limust have added at least $3.50 900 to his
limonthly income. think l may say that
llhis monthly income is in round number
a million of dollars. M H
/ do not ask you to accept my bare
statement as q fact, but beg TO call your
lattentio on TO the following extract from
biographical article on that gentleman
ipublisned In the San Francisco News
Letter, March last:
/ 1t has been circulated in regard to the
lItotal income OF this youngest or the quar-
Etette of "Bonahza Princes,n that each
minute Of the day and night twenty-five
Egolden dollars drop into his pockets with
Emechanicai and monotonous regularity.
l Mr., Mackay owns three-eighth5 OF the
famous Bonanza Mines, from which his
linc0me is estimated to be over $500, 900
per month. -..-
James G.. Fairs income is not less than
$500. 900 month; Floods, $750,0OO; Obi
EN- 8, $500. 900. Now, here are four men
with a gross income of nearly $4,000, 900 q
lmonth, every one OF them hard working,
Ipracticai business men. With $l0O, ,00O, zoo
lahead already, and a yearly income OIL
$36, ,000, 900, think it is sale to put Ehem
Idown in January 1873, as the richest
Iquartette in the world. The question is
Frequently asked, what will Mackay do
with hls fortune2 People seem TO forget
that the more money a man has the more
uses he finds fer IL. o. all the people Oh
this coast, Mackay himself is The least
IanxiOus about finding a use for his
money.
1 notice in the letters OF correspond
Ience a widespread error in regard TO all
these men. IL is generally believed by
Eastern people who nave read of tine
Wonderful fortunes Of the "Bonanza
Kings" that they have been acquired
within the last year, and that none D
them were comfortably fixed before the
developments of the Consolidated VIr
ginia mine. This is all mistake. FIooG
land O'Brien were worth S2U0,000 tel
Iyears ago. and they have kept adding Il
it ever since.
ri FAIR was worth half million sever
years ago, and Mackay had been q mill
lonaire long before the ConBo lidatet
Virginia mine was dreamed OF. make
these corrections for the benefit Of sucf
innocents as think the millionaire quar-
tette have nothing to do but throw $2
gold pieces at every person who takes !
into his or her head TO write begging let
ters to them. 1t would not be believed
that there were such arrant fools in the
world az some Of the letters received
here prove their writer's to be.
II Money Is asked Tor by people hundred
, and thousands OF miles away on every
conceivable pretense. For instance, /
| Washington woman wrote Mackay re
Gently that her daughter had been elan
dered, and she requested him 10 forward
l$I,600 to hire counsel to take the matter
|, linto the courts. And this Is but one o
hundreds Of applicants that come her,
, every week for from $IO to $4,000. Pee
l pie who contemplate ''striklng" the Bo
. nanza Kings would do we'll to thin
. better OF it. IEul se