Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-02-07
Flood and o'Brien.

be portraits OF the well-known BONANZA
nillionairss and mining stock operators.
!. G. Flood and ". s. 0'Brien. The
,sttsr picture OF the two ia that OF Mr..
Hood. the other being faulty in some
aspects. The Meas Letter also publishes
|. biographical sketch Of the two gentle
men aforesaid, which will be Of interest
% many Of our readers; therefore. We
,opy it:
JAMES c. FLOOD.
II VIC we're asked to select from among
AL the men that California events have
brought TO the surface. that one upon
whose fortune chance has hal the least
influence, we should name the subject
Of this skstch. James Q. Flood was
born at New York City about 1928. and
Ia now forty-eight years Of age. His
education. while not Of the highest
class, such as can be obtained in the
great universities. il yet sound aud
practical in all English branches. 10
this knowledge OF his own language Mr..
Flood has added by n general line OF
reading q familiarity with the history
and literature Of the world, ana.a wide
acquaintance with passing events. The
effect Of the gold discoveries OF Cal.
iiornia in 1880 wa a sort OF intel
lsctual CONSUMPTION in which tho physi'
cal and mental energy OF the world was
drafted into the expedition TO this csast.
II Il had been desired for any reason to
select from the youths just arrived nj
mans estate in tho Spring OF 1919, the
finest and most energetic minds. and to
set them aside into n special class,
no system Of examination would have
procured NO perfect choice rs
was made by natural selection in the
struggles Of ths strongest to get away
from homo and to. lind their way to
California. In this uprising OF youth.
ful ambition James G. Flood pushed out
into the great ocean Of adventure, and
found himself in San Francisco in 1919.
q passenger on the ship Elizabeth
Ellen. Like most young men OF that
period. he arrived here with no capital,
save his own will and natural forces.
How ho struggled in the commence
mont, FIRST ut one thing then at another.
as chances threw honest employment IN
his way, to secure subsistence. and. that
obtained. to lay up a little capital. It Is
not necessary to give in detail. for II Is
substantially the history OF any young
man OF that period arriving here. pos.
sessing sufficient spirit and nelf.rsliance
TO do honest work. rather than depend
in n manner upon others. His mind
looked for results even Mt that early day.
Whatever employment hs may In the
beginning have held, he soon threw
them aside In his determination to work
for himself in the making OF his fortune.
As early as 1854 he associated with VIM.
s. O'Brien. II was then that they
began those mining enterprises that
have already resulted in rendering thom
the frat mining capitalists OF this, and
possibly OF amy. age.
The first notable enterprise engaged in
BY Flood ( O'Brien consisted Of oper-
atoms in the Kentuck aud other mines
on the Comstock. in which they gene
rally contrived to secure q controlling
interest. This was M early ns 1852.
Their operations IN Hale X N%orcross, a
few years after. were on a scale 40 large
a. to attract general attention to them
As mining Spectators. But the opera
ton which finally made the name OF this
mining firm known throughout the
world has been compressed within the
short space Of u few months in the early
part Of 1876. The existence Of those
vast bodies Of ore in the Consolidated
Virginia and California mines which
gave them the name OF bonnn,d, thus
adding a permanent word to the Eng
lish language. was suspected an early a.
February. 1874. n were made certain
by the propristors II December OF that
year. The generosity Win winch they
dealt with those who had the good Tor
tune to DC their iriends, IL now seneraiiy
known in this community. They were
not content to 200 their own fortune
growing with colossal strides eaeh hour
but desired all VINO had Deer KIN 10
them in the past 10 accompany them on
the road TO prosperity. Many OF our
veaithiest people OF to-uay' IL We 'hought
proper TO name ,hen' would confess
that TO tue ~iorluhats c'feuins'anee OF
their good relations WIN Messrs. iioou
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