FORTUNATE IRISHMEN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 99, 20 March 1875, Page 9

FORTUNATE IRISHMEN.

" Day after day," says the ' San Francisco Chronicle ' of Dec. 20, " the advices from the Big Bonanza mine show increased values by more extensive development, proving riches before which the treasures of Alladin's palace and Monte Christo's fabalous island pale. The operators who all along have had faith in the developments ot the Comstock are in a position to-day to reap rich rewards, while those who sold their stock securities curse not loud but very deep. The discovery of this immense body of ore has already spread far and wide, and before many days roll around there will be representatives of the whole world's wealth knocking at .the door of Consolidated Virginia, exporting the bonanza for the benefit of science." On Dec. 19 Consolidated Virginia stocks sold at the enormous price of 400dol. per share, and California at 360d01. The fortunate owners of these stocks have become wealthy at a stroke. Some men who held large quantities have cleared millions of dollars. The Irish firm of Flood & O'Brien, of San Francisco, owns 60,000 shares of each kind of stock in these mines, which is worth 45,600,000d01. and a trifle over. As there are four members of the firm, this gives them over eleven million dollars apiece ! In the midst of their vast increase of wealth, these men. have not forgotten their poor friends, and the • San Francisco Chronicle' says : — " There are scores of men, and women too, in San Francisco who_have been suddenly lifted out of poverty's iron grip -by a timely hint from Flood and O'Brien." May they live to enjoy their wealth, will be the wish of every poor man who hears it. We are able to give the names of a few of those who have profited by this shower of gold. From a general list of about 60 names, we select those of fortunate Irishmen : — Flood and O'Brien ... ... ... §45,000,000 P. A. Finnigan ... ... ... 750,000 J. R. Keene ... ... ... 500,000 J. C. Morrison, junr. ... ... ... 500,000 P. J. Hickey ... ... ... 350,000 C. D. O'Sullivan ... ... ... 350,000 Mark L. McDonald 150,000 P. Crowley 100,000 Con. O'Connor ...' , ... ... 100,000 W. T. Higgins 100,000 T. B. Shannon ... ... ... 100,000 James Gannon ... .«• ... 80,000 Edward Cahill 50,000 Lewis Cohen ... ... ... 45,000 P. McGovern ... ... ... 40,000 G.P.Buckley ... ... ... 30,000 T. Brennan ... .., ... 25,000 J. Martin ... ... ... 16,000 N.Reynolds ... ... ... 10,000 Pat. Connor ... ... ... 10,000 P. Finnegan ... ... ... 10,000 These are large figures, and we are glad to find them tacked to Irish names. May the fortunate owners of "Big Bonanza" make a good use of their money. For our own part, we only wish to be moderately rich, but we should like to be intimately acquainted with Flood & O'Brien, in case of another windfall.