John William Mackay was an Irish-American industrialist, notable for parlaying a fortune made from the Comstock Lode into diversified business ventures that made him a billionaire. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Virginia and California Mining Companies | 1871 | ||
| Postal Telegraph Company | 1886 |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1840/00/00 | At the age of nine, John Mackay immigrates to New York from Ireland. | Life | |||||
| 1851/00/00 | John Mackay sails for San Francisco to try his fortune in the California gold fields. | Life | |||||
| 1859/00/00 | After eight years of placer mining in California that produced little results, John Mackay goes over the Sierras Mountains to Virginia City, Nevada. | Life | Virginia City | Nevada | |||
| 1862/09/00 | Envious of Mackay's brokerage office in a new frame house on C St, Twain offers to trade his job as editor with Mackay's mining business. Mackay asked what the paper paid, and after Twain replies $40 a week, Mackay said his business wasn't worth that. | Life | Mark Twain's Autobiography | Virginia City | Nevada | ||
| 1877/00/00 | John Mackay sends a half ton of silver from his mine to Tiffany in New York City to design and create a silver service. About two hundred craftsmen worked exclusively on the service for two years, for a total of over one million man hours. | Owner | MacKay School of Mines Building | Reno, NV | |||
| 1878/06/00 | Along with a silver clasped leather bound album of photographs the silver set is delivered to the Mackays in Paris in 9 walnut and mahogany chests, each with a silver plaque. The set is displayed at the American Pavilion of the Exposition Universelle. | Owner | MacKay School of Mines Building | Reno, NV | 1878 Exposition Universelle | ||
| 1889/00/00 | Father and mother of the groom, John W Mackay and Marie Louise Hungerford Mackay, give a large Hempstead Harbor property as a wedding gift to Clarence and Katherine Duer Mackay. | Father of the Groom | Mackay Estate Gate Lodge | Town of Oyster Bay, NY | |||
| 1895/00/00 | John Mackay begins construction of the Green-Wood mausoleum after the death of his elder son, John Jr, in a riding accident. |
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