The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-07-03
Iron Interests of San Francisco.

One Of the best evidences OF the growth and
prosperity of n community, is The growth Of
Its manufactures In modern times, and cs.
pccially on the Pacific Coast, the manufac.
turc Of iron In It's various forms Is one OF the
most important. branches OF industry. In
San Francisco the iron interests taken to.
gethcr form In amount and value the largest
single manufacturing Industry In The city or
State.
Among the vurious establishment now du.
Ing business in that city, there Is none which
has had n more steady aud continuous growth
and development than the Pacific InoN
WORKS, on First and Fremont straits. These
works were started In a small way as carly Us
1851, by Barney Hincklcy, vino came to this
coast at that time from Bangor, Ne. Mr.
liinGkiSy carried oil the business successfully
until lSL5, when lie sold out TO Mr.. T.. Is. God.
GARD anu others, who continued under the
urn name OF Goddard ~ Co. With various
changes OF Individual Interests, Mr.. Goddard
continued In the firm until his death In 1854.
HIS surviving partners were the present sole
proprictors OF the works, Ira i. Rankin and
Al: Brayton, who continue still under the
original firm namc, with Geo. W. Foyr, un
engineer and mechanic Of high reputation, as
general superintendent.
lntiic mean time, however, the character of
the establishment and its work has entirely
changed. In the carly years the work Of II
machine shop and foundry In San Francisco
was mainly confined to jOUhing-suclI Us sup.
plying missing or broken parts Of agricultii.
raj machinery, repairing engines or other iron
work brought here from the Eastern States
and Europe, making Il few pilaslcrs or col.
umns for MI occasional brick building when
the town was nearly all wood, and utter a few
years building n little light and inexpensive
machinery Tor the gold mines Of California.
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and especially since the later discovery OF
what before Was only Il guess, that the prc.
cious metals are found ut great depths In the
bowels OF the Garth, the character OF mining
work has completely changed. Quartz mills
are now large, massive aud complete In nll
their paris, aud got up in the highest style OF
mechanical skill. Pumping iInd ho[stinr
works no longer constructed with reference
10 depths Of 100 or 200 feet, but TO depths of
5000 TO 5000 fect-somc Of them already i'm
operation being below 2,0OO fect-havc to be
constructed In The most massive and substan-
tial manner, and at the present time, nowhere
probably IN the world Is mining machinery
being made superior TO that turned out from
tho shops Of San Francisco.
The Pacific Works have kent IN Will, thc
times. They have been constantly adding TO
their tools und other mechanical facilities, us
the larger and heavier style Of machinery re.
quircd has demanded, so That they are now
iuIiy equipped 10 do any class Of work called
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AT the present time among other work I'm
progress, they have I'm hand and nearly conf
pletcd, n pair OF engines, with the boilers and
corresponding hosting works for tho ConSoli.
date! Virginia and California Mining Cos, for
their new joint shaft on the Great Bonanza at
Virginia City, known rs the C.& &. Shaft.
These hosting works when completed will bc
by lar the largest and most complete which,
nave yet been erected OH the Comstock Lode
tains. ~
We advise any OF our friends who are in
want OF any kind Of machinery 10 20 mr. send
to the Pacific Iron Works, where from the
hlEh reputation Of the establishment, VIC arc
confident they will get iirst-class work at the
lowest possible prices.
We may add that the Boiler Department OF
the facitc Iron Work. is under the maunpe.
ment Of Mr.: John y. Risdon, long known
Inc Coast rs OF the firm OF Coffee
4 Risdon, and afterwards OF the Risdon Iron
W oLks, aided by Ar. Tower, latterly foreman
In the above named works.