Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-09-02 | Page 10 | How John W. Mackay Rose from the Ranks of Labor to Become a Multi

It HOW JOHN W. MACKAY ROSE FR0MT!iE RANKS OF LABOR TO BECOME" A MULMSLLW I'SIlfl fl f An ,Hsn '""nlgTint llrVwil Hm A shlparl utllll liborer, rKJIlf M ' "nlninkeejer frysij jg A hired mnn ln tho California gold ! lit ( ' ptosjiector, t r El If A r'',1 "'bier, a richer miner, the rich- L m '" I"ln,', I li''! I' uli banker, telegrnih cable nnl mil- il T MM 1 road mngikilc 1 V ' i?P ' i'a A """" "iHllnnalre. sH lit 1 lii " ull Bucli III litltf was the career of John H fl I Xl'Qm Millhim Mnrkn, who dleel In I nndnti I i 1 '1 MfSa n F'n" l'" "" lca,,,IK behlnl him 5 I , H n" cetnlc sn vnst nnd varied that Its M WI gross value htm us it bun nnl) ap. j. ef HI 2fi iroxlumlel istimut I ind a n put i- bH (fl i l' Jfil ,lnn ,or striilghtli tw ml liuslmss In- f. ! ' .nl tcgrlty that he 1 1 I alien e nil the l -. 1 Ml vvinilh he hail ,u mn I John sHfi.' t , Ml Mueku was one if tlu rlilitnt men H thi t'lti ln tm woill He did not Inhnit one H ''') full pennj of his gre.it wealth and owe I sH i illln none of hln fortiine tn ilnnncial eombl-sH eombl-sH Sfi !ar nations I hut we e linos m tall trusts H J I 1 '.IW and quesllnn the ethks of In fact hla sH JlA 2 lRn vinnderful eneig) ttnil business shtewel-HI shtewel-HI tJLil', I'tl v mndo lilm ulmost fabulottal H 'lliiir .Hit wealthy so long ago that the mote re-H re-H 'Til I'll cent exploits of the Morgana Carntglca H i!' i !y'l ","1 Itorkefellera hail ao crowded hint A ' Jj,) out of the public attention that not n Hj i I yh few of the ordlmirll well Infot mel H'4 i- ifll h,lv confesseei that the thought he bHiIA' Ull '""' J,nd the ntt r members of that I'' ' UjJ historic Klg rour his eurl partners f fin o Brlen, Flood an 1 i.lr in the Onat H "ki 1 I )1Q Iieyond ruferttin ei Iv howivir John ' 1' .,uJr '' ? 11 Macku II 1 ne t live In un age when sHlt? ' hi riJl ,i Wf the most Insignificant doings and shv-U'n shv-U'n (111 HSU Inga of financial kings were herahlid sHill l-fi' ' HJt broadcast rail' mnn il in cartoons or j Ni fjlf m the day nnd burlesqued In elluhet j jtl K9 , IJ i sketches nor wuh h vi r ealle 1 tn tea j 'Jl ii ' i If tify before Congressional conimltttoa Hi' h l ' if Is' seeking lo curb his business methods sH I fl o u tnT Mackay's recipe for success w us Hm S ' s'mple hard work devm.d attention to HI 1 ' U l i illness correct personal habits and HI f i, M j horse sense HI li ( '! U 5 '!' Hl5 vly ute II lA I ' 6 (H Hlnce his death however due ntten-HI ntten-HI fir I' ! i S "" na lj,"n g,ven to the events HI V L ilKl I " crowded Into the aevenl cirs of his HI !: ' S i I lltc n"d many reminiscences nf li HI J1 i i 2 early struggles some true toinn imag-HI imag-HI II a "mr have found their wu Intn print HI liftr eili lho I'ubl1'- bus been given an outline H .1 fit j1 or his remnrkuble career It has been Hi " IW J M' t0,'l ,,ml he "tt" lKrn '" I1"'. Hn In H fc I ii(' land November 88 1831 that h n moved rt il ' M with his rami! to .Nw loik In 1M0, H f" I nnd that after his fntliei s death he B llli JJ viotked hard In a ship 5 unl In that elt I I y Pt-voral blogiaphers have hnwivcr H i i 1 k 9 fulled to record that lie was In the sn H aifl ' V In Ik1' l01M business In I-nulsvllle K when H Mil t.tt I I tho raws of the dlseovei or gnl I in H io ' t VK 3 Cs'lfnrnla started the famous cxnlus m H i'lt " iS Jl "" Pl'UIU coast In 1M utiel It Is unl Hylr jill iK '" lru5 sourcen thul we discover h u Hfr'lf 4 iaWW when he and two of his comrnnlous H Sl' IHrf Ifl onilen nnl I'lno I urilvlng In Han H it'll'' ) ii rrmulscn they nnd the tntnPH t H Y, (IJ ith fl! llel In the I itt , , n,u I In I ll M y'tl IHiil run I g ti omln n o ail H ' . Il Y """' l"C r'a hl Mi lav enl n H ' aJ't' iJ 1' r ,ly Xr t,lc "' ln nl k' 1 nv "" ' H iYlnVi ,K , n. CADital tu ln:i met limit I .inn rs could Bill spare fiom their Inislmaa Tor n time In Tiet foi some enis the snlovn wis mere tiuHpinun thin the kioiei nr Iho mlms llulr u tlnu l.uneli on Wnshliikinu sticit liiiametlu muting plnccofthi miners No mnhognns bar, no duiisllng 1 1 of union nf glisaware Kimed the lme but I1M ntotinl the vi ills wi le inilKh ilustv tasks ilruluel In winlni r tin e tH whlli tntiglt miners wet th. Ir Ihltat ovir nn iqitall) inugli bnird nf a inunler nnd ulked shop It was n tip let full ln their I lace Hint b I lo tin) first Inleiest In the Nevada Ne-vada holdings that changed the whole hlstot of gold mining Ah n Common Lnborei In the mi aniline however Maekn was out In the mines working as n la-Inrtr la-Inrtr ellffn Ing fiom tlu oidlnnr wtuk Ing man In that he mule It n point lo le irn ever binneh nt mine engineering In the html sthnnl of eierlime Tho ilgoroiis lamp lift found lilm uncom-plulnlng uncom-plulnlng and ever where he went the ouug mnn who did not dtlnk und workul hard from sunrise to sunset wns a halet of his associates No wotk was toil hnrd If b It he mull learn something about mine operation and It was not long be fine he was known as one of the best Judges of pa) dli t on the const In this wn he mnde nnl let a small fortune before he wus 3ti but alsiut thai lime lu licnme convince I that In tlu i i mstoe k reglein In Nevada was a wealth the plekel ovor vrtna nf California Cali-fornia till not afford There was but une way to find out and Mnrkn rtool an I t Itrlni took that wti Flood had nltead git an Interest In the Kentuek mine In the iVimslock legion an I In IMII the Ann nddlng as a rentilt J M Will kit a foimer Virginian almost as expert ex-pert a miner as Maekn Isigtin to tie-veleip tie-veleip their holdings Thcie was not i mull in the quart) tte who hnd not hnd to hoe a haul tow and Comstoik wan no exe option Old miners made fun of the enterprise and Inelecil other mines In tin dlstilct had not Justllled Mink-a) Mink-a) s Judgment but the firm gradually bought other property Walker with drew from the firm In IMS and James (.1 Vulr took Ills place Comstock a Dieatipolutmeiit The whole of the Comstoik when the began was ahroude 1 In a eUtk i loud of discouragement A shaft which had been sunk to the depth nf WO feet In Ihe Central ground had de- I v loped nothing 'Ihe Ophlr leu I hud given nut a shnrt distance from the I surfac Tho oie body of the othei leads had mine te an end at the 1000. . root level Experienced selentlfit ini I neis held that no Mi thcr di posits of mu h value were to be looked for at a. mentor depth The film did not fnr a moment doubt the rotrcetiuH of th ir own Jtidguu nt ni lose tonlldeneu In ihe ultluiute ivsult of their efforts Ihev begun their eleep exploration in I JV.-1 The old shaft of the C.nliiil mine 1 v tn utlllx I ml the) push, I a elrlft n ih I 'i in ih limr I v i r . ii l . i .,, ' I I , , t l " a' "J r A dl J t r u it I I during the long perln nf explnratlnn whlth fnr n time ttuMcd Its prngtess I In Oi tnl.er lvT'i die swit nwu) the bull Hugs tin I all th valuibb marhln-il) marhln-il) of the ions ill late I Irglnll torn pan) 'I he energy of the firm quit kly repulieel this elauiHge and tho work went un Minnwlille the public vv niched Its impress without nunli faith In a suc-lessfiil suc-lessfiil issue Kt Hi 111. wnselnllv henpeil iism Messis I loo I Mnrknv Pair niul Ollrleti riieoldn miners Indulged lu evil ptedlctlnn regarding the onteri rise . nn the vir) stock cuiient or their talk ritiildi nly the leport was whispered nbout that rich ore hid been struck, I nn 1 It was iistonlnhlng It u qui kly doubt and glnnni were changed lo tho . exhilaration nr Joy I It Is a singular coincidence that the aatne metallic veins exrlolied with suih brilliant mollis hml been privlnusly woiked b) n rival of Mntkay A to who sunk mute than half a million do). lats In the drift half a million In mern ptospectltig- before the) snw a dime eif II return Selling his t inlm lor a small amount he went to SanPraiiclsco niul soon dleel of dlsslpatlem The sloe k of Consollelale 1 Virginia went up lo a fabulous llgure nnd all the world wns eager to obtain It 'Ihe quantities of oie taken Instilled the enthusiasm en-thusiasm of Investor' Ihe product of that an) the Cat inln has simpl) stiiggercel the worl I In six veils Ihey ) It lie. I In gold nnd sllvir $r.' .-I !Ji and from I75 to 1M1 the dlilleiulei whbli the) paid weie J7 onontHi In the height of their prospnlt) the Consolidated Con-solidated Mrginla and the t'lillfoinla mmiun) le.ilvel from the mines aa their ginss pmdtitt M 000 ( a month I'nih or the pnrtnirs drew Irnm tliein ut me time about I7S0 000 a month as his Individual shine or the profits In bIx ear the Comstoik lode leltel more than MOO 000 000 in ore. Tho DonniiiH It was then that the shaft In Com-otuik Com-otuik region became known as the Ho-tiuuza Ho-tiuuza minis fiom th Hianlsh worl slgtilflng fnlr winds and full weather weath-er Macku) and Ills inwclute how ,ever guve Ihe word the slgnincam e It 1 is In the popular mind today the men who composed this remarkable remark-able firm were a lemnrknhle ns their use in 'he mining wot id All were born lu Inland all hud begun life penniless mid knew what hard work and short riitluiw were The) had itiugheel It In the toughest times jn 1 roughed It to getlnr with n IO)nlly thut equaled theli peiseverame From the da) that Hue key Flonl and o Hrlen rnudo thilr mmpact In the ding) little room baik of the Auction Luiu h In Prlco till thiy I liertime the wurld famed llonunxa I hlngs the) stu k tigither ind If ivu th re was in ittnnit on the art nf I nnc tn get the bettei of his fellows It was never reemded When Pair en Iterel ihe firm It wns upon Ihe same lusla of eonfll n e ami friendliness an I ihe nam. relitlons exl' d to thi i Nevada Bunk I mnched ' rt kn if t r pi nous m m ' . I t idling i ii it i i it to a unl r latum, who snl I It to th surviving partners Then tin so n if i, r latin li I the Neva la t link In H ii 1 ranrlH. i This like the I miMt.k I I, had in light fnr Its life during the Ihst few )turs for when It opined Its I rs Ilool was unpu ulni with man) financiers nf that rll) be muse of hla then recent conflict with W t Knl! in n i nUiormii minli it lator vvllely known In tho earl) di)s After a tilt on tho floor of the mining exthntwc linlston angered at the de rent b) lion I and () llrlen said dls-inrnglugl) dls-inrnglugl) I et Hu m look out or I II send them bnrk tn pi Idle whisk) over the bar The it mm k wis refuted nnl Pleiol who was u gonil Inter looked out In lurt he lonke 1 nut Well that at a erlll il moment when In with Iron several mllllnna from Hnbitnn s Innk ltalstin was eomplilel) wneked nnl inileil his life bi sulci le fter this PI ml wns lecldedl) linpopulur mil uniler his dine Hon the bank wns nnl) a mt ilium su ess when It bee time em-binllt em-binllt I In lite wheat deal In Hts; M Uh Immense loss If nnl absr ruin staring star-ing them In tho face I'lool tonk sick Mackay wis In Iluropc but woi 1 was si nt tn htm nnl he hurrle 1 n Hn siene n rnsi as stenm coul I carry hlin I poking over the statement that wns given him on hi nrrlval, Muckay said coolly Wrll nhl man It looks an If )ou would have lo go tn woik again Fair however was enllel Into consultation con-sultation and iinler the masterly ell-rection ell-rection or Mi km and Fair tho bank got out with n lose or 111 000000 ami wns put e u a sare rooting once more Flood li wev.i was then well al uneid in )inrs nnd died abroad In 1MB I. iv lt t son nnd daughter to share lilc est itc I'-tlr's Romsntlc Career. Jetnes tl Fair's lateer however I more romantu than either of the other two Like Matkny lu was a mine-ope mine-ope rotor mil ho wit admitted to the firm beenuse nf his technical knowledge of the sine Willi Iho million of In-dlvliltnl In-dlvliltnl tuiitii from the Comstoik (tunings he bought railroad stock and made otht-i Investment that drew hlin a little upirt from hla onl) surviving partner Ills eleallngs however pros-ertd pros-ertd and In ISsI he became n I nltid Hiatus Seuatoi One eliughler ma riled Herman Oelrlth of New York unl another an-other bei nne Mr. W II Vnndethilt li both be imlnif prominent In New orks most exclusive suilei) In HHI1 Mis Pali hi I gnl a dlvoree from her lun-hund nnd when be die I he left n pei ullar will In one ilause of which he piovlded that a smalt amount of mone) shoulel be given to an) one woman who enni'i forward and claimed to have been his wife Several wnmi n mile the lilm Hsieclnlly Mrs Nellie u t raven or St 1-nuls who toduied also deeds to Jl (Wi f or I'll I r a real estate who though she did not roll) estnldish her iont,intlnn succeeded In keeping the mitiit oi fine the public, attention f' r sinie )e ns Hu Ir ev n so remurkil le a qimittt J hn W Mnkuy thniikh the i ounce' i win e istl) th llt,i,fU m n nnd nts I irtmis r gnued the firt Wh n th I onnn a II 1 1 b cuitio Indecl th rhhest mining tetrltmy in tho wnrld h hid (.nln 1 by futee nr hii trior llbllll) ml sup lint eiuigy t ,f Ih llv i ortl ns Into whlih ihe onl m tllvll 1 while i n h of ua inilniiM he I 1 on. each Thin division was r rgnix. 1 na just and iitqei rn him in o th 1 1 mi) one else Is due the sutiessttil lasu I of tin enletprlae but lu di 1 mor He woiked with his men lu the niln a II nnl hisequall) remarkable wife llv. 1 In true roughing It fashlnn bef ire t irwin or Virginia Cities wire mote limn ml nlng camps mil even when he strut k It rh h he even outdid hln cuimneles lu the etemeicrnll" simplicity with whlih he gleeled th dawn of his dii)a or opu. I Iciie e Ho did a t ge I swellt I button-, button-, ilnuiil to wink while ext ndlng hln business Inteiirta He hn I wnrke I ami wnlleel ror the mnn v an 1 his i hlef jny via In the ptoper administration or It Ah we have been informs I b the t ii n illnintclie dining Ih list week his liili real cover at w,, flel 1 that miuketl off nn the m tp would Inelul everv city In the I nltni states Hint his te legraph llnea reni h Iginlle murks In Hi gnld nnd silver mines of Ihe West trans Mlantlt tables tn London and Purl the projected cable to the Phil Ipplnes mines In the Klondike anil m I many smaller Interests Hint the eye I would br confuse.) by the jlgug lines and nvei lapping of tints N'nt so wen. ht tn tun enterprls-s In Ihe mind of thi Innncler who until his (innl Illness 1 . "..".' l"r,oniil mnirol nnd ditoitlnn of his biialmss undlaniayed by It ex tent and verb ty I Happy Domestic life I.vc n In his clnmi.t ( nf, Mackny vvna more fnrtunate thuu hlu fellows I li llrlen was in nun I, 1 Mis Fie o 1 wns un cxillint viomnn who pos easel mnn) dnm stle virtues Hhe wnn Biid.l.n Us. t wealth was n surprise 'if-h?"; Krai'r"ly Mrs Pair v.u n l.i ght ituight,, nl ,hl U Hort h 1 nmi. h ' .','," otu "n""n 'Hd not make hei life u hit py nne and as I"!, ""-'".'P"! hi. paiiner. .." Mrs Maekuy musl be regauled aa tin most remurkuble w0,a That mm" out of ihe ,j,i,, or this band of huidy .miners 'Ihe rea.Ui of th. nnnulrer !Hn al.,,aU. W" ,ul'' the slo y SfhTf 'grrn'evtLe'vriS of th. , curthl an, m,, gT"u. also totaled md It u a story worthy the brave manly young mini i nn eii I eeiually court.,e.,ui, y.Vung woman whn shared 1,1. , Umg befor, t e eky 'A,rr V,r;hri:!"uri;r,S daughter to care tor sin , 'her'uial's na bravely as he , ,wt his and u lui-iihiStuxt,: ceil she should r..i.e,x ,L ','"; m ill- or th, i ,ri, '", " " 'erllng . "IR llll Ills tlfc at. ,n',i'd , ' '" t Sh iiil I well f , tnt of the fortune thai f Howe I tin long I tl or nnl weary I inontli. t waiting hln li , 1 helped In ih bull ling and In her hu piness the I Uju"" '' " ' ' ll11 y "weet tn Jnhn V No sooner wus Mackiy eerlnln of tho vnst wealth or thH Ntvala mnutiinlnn I than he snuglit in cenni ensate hla most d.inlel ntinstlir fn m my nr the lux iirlts elenle.l hi r aim. her i hll ihnn I in Nw ..ik und this lie .111 lu true irlnrcly rashlein in nu un nuiltilnnnl I I resent or ntnfrt) wan. ill la nnl I ullal r. sldeiie. In I'm Is in I i hi lion Ion When his tail.ll) In mi n,,, ,a In. as Int, reMs shirt, I astwai I , hi Joint I with inn, h (.ml m lieunett In I Hn hiving or nil lllinmii Ml, mn, rnblia I Mrs M.ek.ty t.nk ti In t i, al irn. e In Paris Hin li n v. n nre una er mitrac wtitchid with Intn, nt f, t it wnsft.ely pre Ih ted ihat rcpubile itienii.ii it was Ihe wife of a Western mini r whn hnd Inisilt inughed li In the minim mmpa wnuli recelvn little nmsldr riillon frnm the exclusive Piilaluns In rn, i it wns asserted that she until! le unnlile tn buv snclnl recngnltlon Mrs Mickny III not Ini nn) reenuilttnn In Purls Hhe won II nol with Hie Jlni'tt nf gold not with tin charm e,r her line house I nor Ihe ilnzsle nf her brilliant enlertnln-m enlertnln-m nts luit b) force nf a ehnrinlng pet Hoiit ht) itnd b) virtue of being an unassuming un-assuming kind hem ,,i 111 eral mini, d w.iniui mil) minlle nr in ilntalnliig nny loMlilon she chose In tnki t Iho I inch enpllnl Ihe Cnmli nnd Cnmtesso Jb Piiilsaiui th, Dm de l IiiiiImh w.ro Ini rreqiieni ittenlH In fad she wus I utiile iilnhi) ,no of llulr si in I It wnn linn inn her daughter Hv i nmrtlel Prime t'olonnn Onlnlrn n inemher nf I "ll nf III. nllent Hill mnst nilslnctnllc I rnmlllin nr Itnly j Hio Insolent. Aititt I Mis Mtuknya Hsllenre in !irls , bnvviv.i was m trie 1 l,j i, accident I hut provoked Inn rniitlonnl ininment nt the tlnu iHeniise or the i rom'n nt i r sons luvi.lv. I Ih. gtmt ertlat Mela-sonlir Mela-sonlir was In tho lulghl of hln Minn In ritct he via the mill Hon nf Ihe day and Milssnnler arrange 1 fen nu enormous aum tit point Mrs Muln) I oi trait riu futnous Utile i tlnlct i with nil his genius had had his hind , tinned hv soiltil flnlt r) and gr, vv In-' In-' sil.nt with hlsktciHlng fnm, "Jit only ill 1 hi . .iinl.1i r Unit a f. w sittings only w.rc iiii,.,f,iy for ihj, prinit I ut no Miotic i hn I he pit what he .onsld-jre.i .onsld-jre.i lur likeness hi un hlu mnviH than ' li; Hiilisiliiii 1 u nu.i.i ln,i ,,,i t10 I '..',"!' """"Kb In lime rm the uiinual xlilblt at th, Hnlnn li vvas nn ixhlbl tlon Ik fori Mrs Mmkiy knew It wna elnn. nnl I., rim she now It aho wns In-r.irme In-r.irme I tint the mrtrnlt wns n bud I Ilk. man Hi it ,, . ntimti 1 evirv nlilklng . r.iituie ml i, .,, S ordinal ok to In nt bast tin y,,,rs ol 1, r I linn she ' illy w is Not onl) this but Ihe 1 ' ' ' I "' . w,i ru le tin I oul ,f I ' I " " ,1m ' Is , ,, nt Mm ,V k I II i II ClllUll lilt Willi , , ' ' ' ' ' ' "d e-indld upln I' n il In i n i i ,,ilt vim exile sod " '" ' , "11 r Hit Uic nlrli ni.) or nuiiiiy t)i,u , ,M ow cmi. duct Hew Into u towcrlniw iiiihurnlit! n hill r social u Ainerlcati woman who darw Hon tho pro lurt or hln J porttnlt how, ver shom fori Is evllcnro ror Mrs. JUckir tho coutrovirs) Went to London Palace Some years liter Mr Jll lo live In her I,on Ion hern t llouso Urrucc, wh re Mr J Inst iuitid i) The art Ireai rlth ruinlshlnR!" or the Tatii ments were r move I ana 1M cent nr the new honicqaM' the nl I J he Inle lor tu' net lb ,1 na u veritable r" llert Dune Humor aP'r itpon Mrs Mn knv's t w (Insalplitr' ton 'tics o" '"j lent Hi it iiotHllh"tandlrin lm wns tu rrcilie Hie r " net it the nrll 3t ro)l nnd when he rutnor as Kin 11) dlsos 1 but urr men or Hie talkative sort ciP' MatM) mil """'A'.'iS ,osi. instcil of mW ' und den mn Ine 1 1") '" Mnckny fimily t mllcd an! "In the rumor true jou ; I tiont know what i; King Idwarl) "'" "V-J I the nf the month U numo to im) whnt he'1' know lint upon that villi me nt bin own rci f!rth,,.r,e,vVnUu.r;' ll men mil woni no''"1 tellncmcnt "",11"1.t e,e f, r,uent nnd mo nts til the luiu h'"r ,, ,, not li.nu.W'JJ , the in n rl ire f lh ' ' . Ihe Duke of . n1(J,V I. rlh it Ih 1" ""m King I dwirl we nee" .lomt lo n'sure us "' ' Manding ... Ion J ' ,, Mu htus since gra ffulljr An Enuest Christian Mrs Mi kny hi. "',,; i n sod 1) woman to ",, the more sir " car i un ur.1 nt c t '"ldn,hc,rP; Catholic i hurcliaja;i cliarllnble works lon,'tWt wctiltliy '"",', iheiur le until llll' '"J.r 'w-a!';-- '; ijU ,,i worfb'' ""'-'MakVt nt likely to ttt,:r quhCl.