Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-31
JOHS ". MAcKAY.
Cant STRIDES o. 4 PaciGe Ccast
Millionaire.
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IL ftf-aee yaers as3 a inafe l4f. whose
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tered rhf harbl. os Aes Eerk he sas
4a-s 81 lns an1 h4i lea els p.eas ant
. balls ID the Green Isle e. So ah at "a la
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saecee wsa.a 81 ~ A'm la America.
Ihat f.rlara a. eas John ~. Maekay,
uha Is noa known As x az os tbe Bonanza
Kmgs. ani one ~ the ea aers ri tie sreat
Commercial Cable.
Y.usg Maczay trishs of fac aud
qelilk ~ lnfsil a., soon f0lni employment
la th Office oi VII. r. ~ hb, th- then
famous .hi -bald=r ~ trs eity. la the
I'll o. ~. yoaas Maesay loiasd party
p sAd f,r Caliiorn an1 about tae close
~ flar year hs reached h.s destination,
havinS male the passage IA ye sci Luilt
~ his former employ er- he imne-
Lately engaged ia what is known a.
placer min-ns a. Alies hany, sier-
County, California, wh re mod
erate success rewarded Efforts Tie did
no, 4rift iato mining, and delye among
was the case With a majority OF those who
arrived in Frisco ia the Golden Age. He
entered mining IS a profession. He en-
tered mining O. stay. aud he did stay.
he lis nos have luck above that OF other
"a l. Ou tae contrary, when an aver
age az the early events OF his mining ca
reer is struck hs had his full share Of
misfortune.
His prigations were incidental 20
mining career. AMI fortaae smiled slightly
on aim while he was working the placers
in Sierra County. l. was a sickly sort
of smile. Still & was a smile. asi the re-
sd was te secured sufficient money to
proc sei 60 Eirsiaia Cily, Nevada, and in
au urate an enterprise Of his own.
In connection with his old Fri nd Kinney
Said he started a tunnel in what was th N
known a. th.. Union Ground. north of the
Ophir inine. Here fortune frowned upon
him Ills funds were speedily exhausted,
ana once more he started for a compe-
tncy. He made his brawny arms earn
him - "a day as a tint er-1nan in the
Mexican MIN. lie also swung a pick
and shovel in the mines at similar
rat OF Remuneration. His IDEAS of veal h
were very moderate in those times
There was no limit 20 MS ambition. but
hs chel desire was TO accumulate 80,
0J1 fer she purpose OF soothing the de-
c'niug ars OF a beloved mother.
.Ths desire affords " SAID one of his old
friends TO the j5vr1d re or-er, "A COOL
iad p, % the mars ca ract r.. NJ Mackays
fd Is aad ru gel inle ritv are as prom
In. h.. 4
for wages aud earned III that he received =
The hrs snbstant al start male by SIR.
Macssy was ia connection with tn * ~
tuck MiIe, n God Hill Az maay
caarg-s o for.une he became aSst -iatel
~ .l j. y. Walker, brother of ex-6ove-n r
Walker %. Virginia, IA io,-}. Tn.s firm was
en arre3 D., the addition of Messrs. Flood
and O'Bri.n n -, AMI 50 continued until
lslS. when >enltor James G. Fair took the
place %. Mr. Walker.
The career 0f Mr. VI 1c,zay since has been
chiefly not able for tie active part he
has taken in the incessaat and successful
effort ,o obtain fur,he- acquisition Of ter
ritary on that marvellous deposit OF ore
known as the CONS cS Lode. Backed by
a.s instantly incr as n capital he and
his partners opened 10 the world the won
deriul consolidated virginia and Califor-
MIA. known a. the BONANZA" mines.
Mr. Mackay has made his home at Vir-
ginia City. His decision OF character, his
slrev dness his application, and last, but
not least, Ms personal popularity, have
largely contributed 20 his renowned sue
cess. He is one Of the few men whom for
tune has not spoiled.
"W Whether at b - mansion IN Paris or in
the dripping depths of the mines, be is the
same quiet and unosteutatious john W.
Mackay," rema rked "a gentleman az the
Hoffman House last even ng.
Hei gentleman OF herculean build,
easy of carriage. and has genial pres
ence.
The existence Of the Commercial Cable
Company is due 20 Mr.. Mackay and his
friend Mr. james Gordon Bennett. and in
deed. it IS by the subtitle Of the Mackay-
Bennett cables lnat the system Is more
generally sn nowu. The system was or
ganizei % directly oppose the burden
some Could combination. and to give the
public an ini renieni. quick aud cheap
cable service. Some idea of the enormous
expense OF constructing AMI putting such
a system into running order may -
CLEANED from the statement that the ca
bles comprise iit j. shor of 900 miles II
"a the irs' ocean cable that ever had its
terminus IN fhe heart of the CITY. One ca
bie ia worked directly from Broad and
Wall streets, end m ssa-es and replies
have been received IN Jess than q minnie
e. ani from London. Mr. George q. Wari
- secretary and general manager.