Mackay Mansion With Trees

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Mackay Mansion With Trees

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Bonnie Follett

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Photograph - Photograph

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Mackay Mansion with trees is a photograph of a sunny side of this Virginia City, Nevada mansion as viewed through neighboring trees on a bright October day.

The Mackay Mansion was built in 1859 by a young mine superintendent George Hearst, to be both his residence and the location of a mining office. George Hearst made his fortune here in the mines, with just a 400 dollar investment in the rich Comstock mines. After making several million dollars, Hearst took the money, left Virginia City and made other investments in California, South Dakota, and Utah, securing a huge fortune.

The second owner was Irish-born, John Mackay, who came to Virginia City, and started at the bottom as a miner, but he had skills that elevated him up the latter. He used his training, learned in his youth, to construct mine shafts, and was paid in mine stock. In the 1870s, he was a rich and powerful man, and owned the former Hearst Mansion, now known as the Mackay Mansion. His partner, Mr. James Fair, also had a bedroom at the mansion.



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October 26th, 2016

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