The Irish standard., 1886-04-24
a single day. LII November, 1877, over
a thousand tons were quarried and

i III Was C3lCulaLeN LnIl Lll6 DOlldnZt
would yield S34 coo 900 a year for te,
years. a director OF the United State
| mint calculated that the ore body il
sight in 1878 would yield $500 900. 600
Other estimates qr1intuplsd that sum
Shares of the Consolidated Firgini;
mine that sold III July, $50, at ST.. ROSE
in December, 1874, $6]0 share and il
January 1875. We're sold at 500.
| Mr. Fair was married III 1862 to {
worthy wife and they were blessed
with four children-tyo sons and two
daughters. Two Or three years age
for some reason, divorce was obtained
by Mrs. Fair, and they separated. TX
Mrs. Fair was decreed the family resi-
dence in San Francisco. and four and 3
quarter millions in cash and United
States bonds. The older son. now Of
age. went with the father. The young.
er son, nearly Of age, and the two
daughters, now under age, went with
the mother. Their friends hope to see
the family reunited. and it is said Mr..
Fair is anxious for that consumrnation
SO devoutly to be wished. Mr.. Fair has
travelled all around the world, and the
more he travels the mere he loves his
adopted country, but does not forget
the loved island Of his birth, to which
he is loyal and dutiful son.
In February, 1914, 81 young man
named James G. Flood, then about Is
years Of age, bound himself for five
years as IN apprentice to Col. Church,
Of Fort Hamilton, father OF our present
Judge Charles w. Church, to learn the
trade OF whel!wright. Some Of
his biogrophers state that ne was born
in the city OF New York. think he
is, like his three other bonanza part
ners, native Of Ireland. If born in
New York, he was the son of an Irish
immigrant. Five months before his
time was up he was taken with the
California fever, and applied to Col.
Church to allow him to depart,to which
his employer consented.
In lS49 he went TO California, sailing
round the Horn in the ship Elizabeth
Ellen. He took that long Journey to
avoid expense. For some time he kept
n liquor store in San Francisco, in com-
pany with his friend, Mr.. O'Brien. III
1854 he became known to the financial
world as the leading partner in the
firm Of Flood Il O'Brien, in connection
with the Comstock and afterwards
with the Hale and Norcross mines.
Flood & C'l3rien were the first bonan-
"a kings, and Flood first projected the
Nevada banks, in San francisco, with
PAID Up capital of $10,Go0,000 in gold
and $4,000, 900 or $4,000,0oo i'll United
States bonds.
(. He has been assessed at $34 ,O0O, 900
personal property. tze has been build
Ing house on Mob hill 10 cost SIS ,00O, 900
and has been collecting immense treas
tres in works OF art. One of his great
est treasures is his daughter, Jennie;
one of his presents to her was che sum
of So, 500, 900 in United States 4 per
cents. She has several times been dis
posed of. At one time she was to be
given to the church asa nun, at another
time IT, Lord Beaumont and at a third
time to Ulysses, son Of Gen. Grant.
Mr.. Flood had a son also, who is with
linn. believe his wife is living.
When Flood & O'Brien kept their sa-
loon in San Francisco they had horse
which was taken care OF by a man
named Finnegan. He was a faithful
man. Flood took u fancy TO him and
gave him hint in bonanza times which
he was shrewd enough to take, and he
became another Of the millionaire
Irishmen of the Pacific coast.
John w. Mackey was born in Novem-
ber, 1886, in the city OF Dublin, Ireland.
He came in his minority 10 New y ork.
Was for time in the employ of Will
liam III. Webb, shipbuilder. In the au-
tumn of 1925 he went in one of Webb S
vessels round the Horn to California;
went to Sierra county and commenced
placer mining. His first fortunate en-
ployment was on the Kentuch mine, in
the town of Gold Hill. Nevada In
1858 he formed a partnership with JIM.
Walker, of Virginia, which the next
year took in Messrs. Flood and O'Brien.
Mr.. Fair afterwards took Walker 5
place. They succeeded in opening up
the Consolidated Virginia and Califor-
MIA, since known as the Big Bonanza.
Mr. Mackay now owns, with Mr.James
Gordon Bennett, a telegraph cable OF
his own.
The fourth of the bonanza kings was
William S. O'Brien and the only one of
them who has died. He was native
Ireland. Whether Mr. O'Brien became
acquainted with Flood at Bay Ridge or
Fort Hamilton, l cannot tell-but at
all events he was a partner with him.
Mr.. O'Brien died In 1879. His estate
was valued at $4,000 900. To each Of
his two sisters he left SO 800 900. and to
seven nephews and three nieces $500 coo
each. To the Catholic and Protestant