Show JOHN W MACKAY DEAD Mala MaV Who hoM millions la in nevada mines mine imiri away in london I john IV mackay of san francisco who has ha been suffering buffering from heart prostration since tuesday last died at his residence at carlton carllon house terrace london at half past bix sun jay evening the immediate cause of lite his death being bein heart failure john am mackay was born bora in dublin november 28 1831 his brought ba in to new I 1 ork in 1840 and their home during his boyhood was on park row how in that thai city lie he was among the first to ambat it for california when the discovery of gold offered such at tr actions to adventurous industrious and hardy men ilia his acquaintance in the pacific const coast was very extensive and probable no citizen of that section ws eyes more popular if as 48 much so 60 A AS s mr mackay mr air maclay went to california in iffie via panama ile he at once antei ed it mine working with pick and shovel in the llacera of the hie american Americ nis river and at Down leville in 1850 lie went to virginia city nev and began mining on the comstock with varying a success u aces ills file first real start toward su success c was as made when lie ho became superintendent Inte in of the kentucky mill in gold hill in 1863 mr mackay formed a partnership with flood 0 brien and fair in 1871 this famous mining quartette purchased the site of the bonanza Ilo nanza territory north of the ophir alne n in a on OB the celebrated comstock ledge they ibey began work nork on a lode abandoned by sharon and other large operators the enterprise was a fruitful bouras of ridicule in mining circles nothing but financial disaster being freely predicted without losing heart or patience the four men continued expending half a million dollars in prospecting operations opera tlona the ledge was struck and over was added to the world a stock of precious metals no accurate estimate of mr air slack alack sy ay a holdings in california can be made but it will run up into the millions ile he was the owner of valuable real estate in situ and had interests in mines throughout california and nevada A friend of mr jackaya Mac kaya kays claims that be was worth at the time of his death |