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Show JOHN W. MACKAY DEAD. Mas lv M.te MiM!m. tn avaHa Mlaa ' John W. IMaekay. of San KranrUco, Who haa brrn autTfriiikf from heart prostration since Ttientay latt. died at hla residence at nrll-.n lloune terrace, London, at half parol mnVWx'k Hun day evening, ''h litnni-fiinte caute of bla dtath being hettrt fullure. John William ilsajkay waa born Id Dublin, November 2, in;u. Illaparenta brouglit him to New York In 140 and their home during hla boyhood waa on Park Kow In that city. He waa among tha first to embark for California when tha discovery of gold offered auch at" tractions to adventurous, lnduatrioua and hardy men. His acquaintance In tha lecl Ho coast waa very extensive and probably no citizen of that sect loo was more popular, If aa ranch ao, as Mr. Mackay. Mr. Mackay went to California In 1851, via Panama. He at once entered ft mine, working with pick and shovel In the plaeera of the American river and at Downlevllle. In I .' he weot to Virginia City, Nev., and began mining min-ing on tha Comstock with varying eao-eese. eao-eese. Hla first real start toward success suc-cess waa made when be became superintendent super-intendent of the Kentucky mill In Gold uui. In 1813 Mr. Mackay formed ft part narabtp with Flood, O'Hrlen and Fair. In 1671 thla famous mining quartette purchased the alU of the Hunanxa territory, ter-ritory, north of the Ophlr mine, on the celebrated Comstock ledge, Tbey begsn work on a lode abandoned aban-doned by Sharon and other large operator oper-ator The enterprise waa a fruitful aouroe of ridicule in mining circles, nothing but (tnsnclal dinaster being freely predicted. Without losing heart or patience the four men continued, expending ex-pending ha'f a mllliou dollars In prospecting pros-pecting operations. The ledge waa truck and over 1 o,imm,imm) wus added to the world's slock of precious metals. No accurate estimate of Mr. Mackay Mack-ay a holdings lu California can be made, tut It will run up luto toe millions. Ha waa the owner of valuable real ratals lo Han Kranclsco aud had Inter-Beta Inter-Beta In mines throughout California tnd Nevada. A friend of .Mr. Mackay'a elalme that he waa worth 830,(MX),0H at the time of his death. |