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Photographer: Syd Whittle
Taken: August 9, 2009
Caption: Sign on Display on Front Porch of the Mansion
Additional Description:
The Bonanza Kings Headquarters
Photos from left to right: Mackay, Fair, Flood and O’Brien Events that took place in this mine office/home would change the course of American History and the World. Built by George Hearst, father of William Randolph Hearst, the great Hearst fortune began here on $400 borrowed money! Later acquired by John Mackay. It became headquarters for the Bonanza firm and the largest silver strike in world history.

See lavish Victorian furnishings, pieces of the magnificent Mackay silver service made by Tiffany. Original vault and ore samples. Here visitors included Mark Twain, Ulysses S. Grant, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and many others. Enjoy your journey thru this great and fascinating part of American history.
Submitted: August 13, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p73707
File Size: 1.907 Megabytes

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