Mackay Mansion of Virginia CIty
by Bonnie Follett
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Title
Mackay Mansion of Virginia CIty
Artist
Bonnie Follett
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Mackay Mansion of Virginia City is an HDR photograph showing this mansion on D Street in Virginia City, Nevada from across the street, taken on a bright October day.
The mansion is best known as the home of John William Mackay and his family (his interesting bio is on wikipedia at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Mackay). Mackay was engaged in the lucrative business of silver mining of the Comstock lode. Some history follows:
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.
The owners that have followed in the steps of these early owners have done their best to keep Mackay Mansion up and running. It has never been abandoned, like many other mansions. Current owners are in the process of repairing and fixing up this mansion, following in the steps of past owners, which must please the resident spirits.
see more at: http://www.hauntedhouses.com/states/nv/mackay_mansion.htm
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October 26th, 2016
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