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John William Mackay (November 28, 1831 – July 20, 1902) was an Irish-American industrialist who rose from rags to riches. Born into abject poverty and raised in the slums of New York City, Mackay became one of the four Bonanza Kings, a partnership which capitalized on the wealth generated by the silver mines at the Comstock Lode in Nevada, making him one of the richest Americans in his time.
The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then western Utah Territory), which was the first major discovery of silver ore in the United States and named after American miner Henry Comstock.
Sep 27, 2024 · The Globe and Mail • Sep. 25, 2024, 1:22 AM ET (Globe and Mail) Comstock Lode, Nevada. Comstock Lode, rich deposit of silver in Nevada, U.S., named for Henry Comstock, part-owner of the property on which it was discovered in June 1859. Virginia City, Washoe, and other mining “boomtowns” quickly arose in the vicinity, and in 10 years the ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 6, 2018 · At the peak of the Comstock’s “Bonanza Times” in 1876, John Mackay’s cash income—from the dividends of the two bonanza mines alone—exceeded $450,000 per month.
- Gregory Crouch
16. John W. Mackay, an Irish immigrant, became the most powerful figure on the famous Comstock Lode. In August of 1859, when the news rang out, “There’s Silver in Washoe!”. Mackay left the placer mines of California and joined the rush to the Comstock silver. On the way, he was heard to say, “All I want is $30,000; with that I can make ...
Nov 29, 2018 · In the 1800s, John Mackay was a huge force in Nevada, having amassed great wealth in mining. ... There's no question that the Comstock Lode created Nevada. You know it was the western Utah ...
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The Comstock Lode in Nevada, uncovered in 1859 by two Irish laborers, ultimately produced more than $500 million worth of silver, a large share of which went to the Irish-American “Big Four” – James Fair, James C. Flood, John Mackay, and William O’Brien – who had left New York for the bigger opportunities of the Far West. Dr. Roger D. McGrath tells their story.
