Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-07-24
THE MACKAY TOMB.

THE MACKAY TOMB.
directed in Greenwood Cemetery, Brook
Ign, a Few Years Ago)
Princess Galatro Colonna arrived
drom Paris a half hour after her
stepfather's death.
Remains Await Son.
London, July 22.-The remains of
John w. Mackay, of San Francisco,
who died here Sunday evening, will be
taken to New York for interment in
Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn. The
exact da tie for the removal of the body
and the arrangements for the funeral
will not be decided upon until the ar
rival in London of his son, Clarence
Mackay, who sailed from New Y ork on
Saturday last. Mrs. John w. Mackay
is quite Frustrated with grief. The
afternoon newspapers, as we'll as the
morning papers, print long obituary
notices of Mr.. Mackay.
Last of the Bonanza King.
San Francisco, July 22.-The news
of the death of John w. Mackay in
London caused quite a shock here,
Notwithstanding the public were in
measure prepared for it by the
previous announcement of his ILL
ness. Mr.. Macl<ay was the last sur
viving member of the four bonanza
kings, Flood, O'Brien and Fair, the
other three having long since died
For the past IS years Mr.. Mackay
had not been actively identified with
the life of this city, but had passed
most of his time in the east, making
annual visits to the coast to look
after his property interests in this
state and Nevada. On the occasion
of his last visit to this city, early
this summer, Mr.. Mackay completed
arrangements for landing place
for the new Pacific cable, project
that he was much interested in.
During visit in 1892, Mr. Mackay
was shot and slightly wounded by
W. D. Rippey, who had a fancied
grievance against him dating from
the stock broking days of the Com
stock.
Worked with Pick and Shovel.
Me- Mackay came to California in
1851 via Panama. He at once en-
tered a mine, working with pick and
shovel in the placers of the Ameri-
can river and at Downieville. In
1889 he went to Virginia City, New,
and began mining on the Comstock
with varying success. His first real
start towards success was made
when he became superintendent of
the Kentucky mine in Gold Hill. In
1868 Mackay formed partnership
with Flood, O'Brien and Fair. In
1871 this famous mining quartette
purchased the site of the Bonanza
territory north of the Ophir mine,
on the celebrated Comstock ledge.
They began work on lode aban-
doned by Sharon and other large op-
orators. The enterprise was fruit
full source of ridicule in mining cir
cles, nothing but financial disaster
being freely predicted.
Persistence Rewarded.
Without losing heart or patience,
the four men continued, expanding
half a million dollars in prospecting
operations. The ledge was struck,
and over S110,0OO,OOO were added to
the worlds stock of precious metals.
No accurate estimate of Mr..
Mackay's holdings in this state and
Nevada can be made, but it will run
up into the millions. He was the
owner of valuable real estate in this
city, and had interests in mines
throughout the state and Nevada.
At one time bis wealth was esti-
mated at $40O0O,000. He was the chief
owner of the Comm ercial Cable COM
pany, an investment involving many
millions, and is supposed to have had
millions invested in the Postal Tele-
graph company.