Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-13

erty to imperial wealth. These men all
owe their success to special training
and the ability to seize great opportuni-
ties. The lives of Il few have been so
well exploited that they are known
wherever the fame of California has
reached-chieAy the railroad and boz
nanza mining millionaires OF these
men only two survive-Collis p Hunt
ington, of the original big four that
projected and built the first trans
continental railroad over the snowy
Sierra nevada mountains, and John
w. Mackay, of the other four who de
veloped the wonderful Comstock lode
in Nevada, the richest and most ne
markable mining district the modern
world has ever seen. These two have
lived years beyond their fellows, per-
haps because they both reached out far
Their than their companions. and in a
wider field saved themselves from mo
notony of work and climate.
OF the other men of whom the pub
lie only hears occasionally, by far the
most picturesque fgnres are Alyinza
Hayward the mining millionaire, and
Henry Miller, the cattle king. Besides
these there is space in this article only
for a sketch of Richard Grid. who is
noteworthy as the man who developed
the rich Tombstone mines of Arizona
and the equally rich Chino ranch in
California.
One of the most striking figures IN
California, we'll known in nearly every
large mining camp, is Alvinza Hay
ward, estimated to be worth over $780,
100000. Hayward has shrewd New
England face that is "a mixture of keen
ness, determination and bulldog te-
nacity. His dress shows his careless
ness of modes and fashions, for his silk
hat is of the type that Daniel Webster
affected and his long overcoat is equal
ly obsolete. But Hayward is strictly up
to date in regard to mining, as many
ambitious and schemipg youngsters
who have tried to outwit him have
found out to their cost. In fact. he is
probably the best equipped expert on
quartz mining on this coast, and his
judgment III regard to any mining
property is rapely at fault. 1t is TO his
in getting all the facts be-
fore reaching decision and TO his iron
will in carrying out his plans that he
owes his great fortune.
Hayward is a Vermonter who studied |
law at Canton, " Y; he was admitted |
to the bar, but practiced very little.
With the few dollars he could save he |
went to Michigan. and from the lum-
Der business drifted into lead mining, |
in which he gained that mastery of vein |
mining that became the basis of his |
fortune. About 1880 ne Joined the godd
rush TO California. Nearly everyone
then was engaged in placer mining,
which paid from ten to twenty dollars
! day, with the chance of finding mug
gets worth hundreds of dollars. Hay
wards character was seen In his refusal
10 work placer claims, as he reasoned
that no man could amass n great for
tune on such petty gains. In quartz
and gravel mining, he decided, lay the
opportunity for acquiring millions. He
bought the old Eureka mine in Amador
county, which others had declared I'M
and after three years. work
lie struck the rich mother lode that
'uns up and down the Sierra Nevada for
! hundred miles. From this mine Hay
ward and his partner took out ST.
100000.
From this deep mining il was natu-
raj for them to turn To the Comstock
ode, where, in association with senar