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James Graham Fair (December 3, 1831 – December 28, 1894) was an Irish immigrant to the United States who became a highly successful mining engineer and businessman. His investments in silver mines in Nevada made him a millionaire, and he was one of the famous "silver kings" who became wealthy on the Comstock Lode.
James Graham Fair (* 3. Dezember 1831 in der Nähe von Belfast, County Tyrone; † 28. Dezember 1894 in San Francisco, Kalifornien) war ein nordirisch- amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1881 und 1887 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Nevada im US-Senat . Werdegang.
Fair, James Graham (1831–94), mining tycoon, was born 3 December 1831 near Clogher, Co. Tyrone (perhaps in the townland of Annagh), son of James Fair and Susanna Fair (née Graham). He had a sister and four brothers, and possibly other siblings.
Biography. FAIR, JAMES GRAHAM, a Senator from Nevada; born near Belfast, County Tyrone, Ireland, December 3, 1831; immigrated to the United States in 1843 with his parents, who settled in Illinois; trained in business; moved to California in 1849 and engaged in gold mining until 1860, when he moved to Virginia City, Nev.; in partnership with ...
James Graham Fair (December 3, 1831 – December 28, 1894) was an Irish immigrant to the United States who became a highly successful mining engineer and businessman. His investments in silver mines in Nevada made him a millionaire, and he was one of the famous "silver kings" who became wealthy on the Comstock Lode.
25. Sept. 2012 · James G. Fair was self-serving and egotistical. However, he was a mine superintendent without peer and a shrewd financier. He had enormous energy, a trenchant mind, and a natural aptitude for all things mechanical. He regularly took advantage of the latest innovations in mining machinery.
views 2,185,348 updated. James Graham Fair, 1831–94, American financier, b. near Belfast, Ireland. He emigrated to America as a child, grew up on an Illinois farm, and went west in 1851 in search of gold. In partnership with J. W. Mackay, J. C. Flood, and William S. O'Brien, he made a large fortune from the silver of the Comstock Lode.
