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William Shoney O'Brien

O'BRIEN, William Shoney, capitalist, born in Abbeyleix, Ireland, in 1825" died in San Rafael, California, 2 May, 1878. He emigrated early in life to New York city, where he was admitted to citizenship in 1845, went to California in 1849, worked for some time in the mines, engaged in 1851 in the liquor business in San Francisco, and subsequently in the ship-chandlery business, and in 1854 entered into partnership, with James C. Flood, his former associate in mining. For twelve years they conducted a restaurant and drinking-saloon. Acquiring an interest in the silver-mines of Nevada, they devoted themselves from 1867 entirely to mining operations. Mr. O'Brien was one of the four principal stockholders of the mine on the Comstock ledge, called the "big bonanza," which was discovered in 1874. He left a fortune of from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000.

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