The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-27
A bonanza KNEES PALACE.

Dots mine vsnily.
A BONANZA KINGS PALACE.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 2O.-James G..
Flood. one Of the famous bonanza quar-.
tet. aud said to be the prospective
fsther-in- law of the son Of the man
who ioneeth With crest lonsisg A1ees
. third term, has nearly completed his
palatial summer rcs,dence at Menlo
Park. which 10 situated in the valley
stretching along BY the bay. between
San Francisco aud San Jose.
Most Of u> rejoice il We can pay for
twenty y>ivs feet front This Flood has
covered enough ts give thousands Of us
our few feet aud garden patch be.
ndes.
He used to keep little grocery dow .
near the city front, be and Billy
O'Brien, the Bon ANA jewel. which was
taken to i,s Kaal setting more than .
year ago. The shop Was . favorits
place With miners, and as the chain
lightning he furnished slipped down
their thrOats their tongues were loos-
ened. and carefully guarded secrets
crspt ont from their hiding places. and
seeing their opportunity slipped of tho
miners tongues. taking refuge 10 the
generous cars which the Isle Of Erin
had furnished to jim Flood. for be was
only jim. the barkeepsr. then. And 20
he gathered the valuable bits Of infor-
nation which they dropped. along with
the other "bits" which rapidly filed
his till.
BY and by Jimmy Flood and Billy
OBrisn caught the fever" and mani
tested more interest in the mines Of Ne.
sSda thas they dill in the litslo Rrog
shop 10 town. And they buusht odd
claims from men who had become dis
cour.ged and lost their grip. adding to
them other claims owned BY other
mea who were glad to shift TO other
quarters. The people talked and said
they were choice psir OF fools; that
the savings Of the little bsrroom would
vanish long before they could strike
ore; that the claims would not pan out: !:
and so on to tho end Of tho chapter.
But these two lrishmen shovelled and
tlasted until ono day che world knew
that, in spite Of the croakers. that they
had struck it rich and we're the owners
Of y large slice Of what the world
knows as the ''i~mous Comstock lode"
The stock Of their mines vent up like .
shooting star, changing from. . few
dollars To near hundreds in two or three
days, Californians were nearly driven
crazy over the sudden stroke Of fortune.
and gs~bling in the shares Of tAese
mines maze fortunes for . few, and
made beggars and suicides of many.
At some point Of their adventures
James Fair and John W Macksy were
added TO the 6rm. which waxsd rich
with marvellous rspidity.
How many millions are they worth
I dinns know. nor do think they can
just tell themselvss. Probsbly . good
many whsn there are marriage settle
.msnts t. make; but only : few whes
the TAX gatherer passes By. They ows .
bank with . paid up capital Of between
ten and twelve millions; thsy own Q
controlling interest in several mines;
they own individually large suns in
Government securities Rlood's interest
from four per cests. s0ountjng 20
$3.50 900 per. aunun); they own IN
Nevada water wosks. mili, tiobsr
lands-evcrything under hssven they
can make q monopoly and make noney
out Of. They are bailding . 1asrew
gage railroad down tAe coast. snd ,
good one. too; they ore erecting palar
tial rea;dsnces in and out Of town. Tte
fact is. they own-vell. . good deal;
among other things The reputstion Of
making bsgssrs Of more men. vo0sn
Ind childssn. through balling and
bearing the stock market. through
carefully msaagsd nisrepresentatioo
aud distortion Of facts than all other
causes in Calitcsnis.
During the excitsusns Over The 81.
ezra Nevada mining stoeka which in .
lew days rose from - 70 nearly $500 .
chars. snd then dropped 70 so. beg
CARING many who had stAksd their Il
and were carrying on . margin, Per.
hsps. James Floed looked back 20 the
rollickipg barroom days and thought
them his happiest. for an Indignant
pablic felt lite fingers itching 70 grssp
the throat OF the man Who. bseoaso u
cosld not rule. bod Determined 70 ruin.
Nr Flood hos broad. liberal ideas-
when sme or ny folks" ers concssned;
he dossn't like his plsblsn Dsiehbess
70 come too near him: hs dusnt vast
curious passsss-by staring hin ont q