biography
| name: |
MacKay, John William
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pronunciation:
[muhkiy]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1831–1902)
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| biography:
| Miner and capitalist, born in Dublin, Ireland. He went to the USA as a boy, became an expert in timbering Nevada mines, and made a fortune by reworking the Comstock Lode with new equipment. After striking it rich again with the ‘Big Bonanza’ mine, he became a banker and railroad director and broke the Jay Gould–Western Union communications monoply in 1886. |
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