History of Nevada; . e BullionMining Company. The wages paid to foundrymen in Virginia Cityare higher than paid anywhere else in the world tothe same class of workmen. Machinists receive §6;moulders and pattern makers, ; ; helpers, -54; and laborers, SH,50 per the other foundries which have also flourishedin Nevada may be mentioned the Union Foundry,established in 1869 by James Mead, and the GoldHill Foundrj, started in 18ti4 by (Jreeley, which isnow owned bj- George Emmott. The Pioneer Foundry, of (Jold Hill, was started byOliver Iljde in 1862. lie operated it
History of Nevada; . e BullionMining Company. The wages paid to foundrymen in Virginia Cityare higher than paid anywhere else in the world tothe same class of workmen. Machinists receive §6;moulders and pattern makers, ; ; helpers, -54; and laborers, SH,50 per the other foundries which have also flourishedin Nevada may be mentioned the Union Foundry,established in 1869 by James Mead, and the GoldHill Foundrj, started in 18ti4 by (Jreeley, which isnow owned bj- George Emmott. The Pioneer Foundry, of (Jold Hill, was started byOliver Iljde in 1862. lie operated it on a smallscale until lH(i7 when he sold his tools and patternsto the other foundries. In 1878 the Virginia Foun-dry was started by lrazer \- (ummiiigs, but the lat-ter soon sold out his interest and in September, 188(1,Andrew Frazer moved to Heno and opened a foun-dry in that town. In (! John Ivenis starteil usmall brass foundry in Virginia City and after run-ning it one year abandoned it for want of biisiness. John McCone Was born in Countj Armagh, Ireland, in the year1830. At the age of fourteen j-ears he came toAmerica, and located at Newmarket, New Hamp-shire, where he served an apprenticeship at themoulders trade. Thence to Cincinnati, Ohio, andworked as a journeymen in a machine shop until1850, when he came overland to California, and for aiQ^ months was engaged in buying and selling cattleat Sacramento and vicinity. Thence to the city ofSan Francisco, and engaged in the house-moving andgeneral teaming business, until he accumulated capitalenough to buy an engine and other machinery neces-sary to start a small foundry, which he located at SanJose, California. This proving unprofitable he ex-changed it for a wind-mill factory, and this provinglikewise he turned his attention to stock-raising, alsoin hauling lumber from the foot-hills to San Fran-cisco. In 1852 he forged a plow-share, probably thefirst one made in the Santa Clara V^alloy. In 1857he went to El Dorado
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