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McCone’s Foundries

McCone’s Foundries

McCone’s Foundries Overview

In 1862, a foundry was established at Johntown, two miles southeast of here, in Gold Canyon.

After a fire in 1872, John McCone bought the Fulton Foundry which was built in Virginia City in 1863.

McCone made it into one of the largest foundries in the state and manufactured all the early castings of the Virginia and Truckee Railway.

Category

Railroad

Marker Type

Stone marker

Nevada Historical Marker Number

McCone’s Foundries is Nevada Historical Marker #185.

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County

Storey County, Nevada

GPS Coordinates

39.298820, -119.655658

Nevada Historical Marker Transcription

In 1862, Ivy Mead, John McCone and Mr. Tascar established a foundry at Johntown, two miles southeast of here in Gold Canyon.  After two years they moved their operation to this point and erected a large granite building.  John McCone became the sole proprietor of the foundry in 1866.

A fire on May 15, 1872 left nothing standing but the walls of the foundry.

McCone then bought the Fulton Foundry built in Virginia City in 1863.  McCone made it possibly the largest foundry in the state.  The foundry manufactured all the early castings of the Virginia and Truckee Railway.  He employed 110 men at its peak.

The largest casting poured on the Pacific Coast was made at Fulton’s on December 11, 1880.

STATE HISTORICAL MARKER NO.  185

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

DAN INDERMUHL

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