No gold, but a find!

[shep]

Went on a job last week, for a friend. His uncle's (deceased) property. Got the heater repaired (my job), friend gave me a tour of the place and showed me 'the boneyard'. A lot of neat stuff, but eyes hit a treasure. A Joshua Hendy #2 Hydraulic Giant complete (except for washer and nut for swivel)!

Thought it'd be a good conversation piece to put in the yard and may, but think it may be better in a mining museum. Don't know yet, have Kroil-oil on the threads, to see if I can get the gun mounted to the swivel. Mariposa already has one (larger) and don't know of any places here in Madera County that used them.

No gold this weekend, but this treasure-

[gotgold]

Very cool indeed, talk about some neat history behind it!

Gary

[shep]

Gary, I wish I knew the history behind it. Hope you're doing well and use you're program several times a week, damn no gold, but, it helps. ;-)

[~LARGO~]

Cool Shep, it IS treasure for sure, you did real good!

I'll dig around in grandpas photo album and see if I can come up with

a picture of a giant in action up in the Boise Basin, Idaho.

~LARGO~

[vini]

AWESOME Shep what a damn neat find. Maybe some way to find out where it got shipped too from the maker?

Just a guess Bagby area?

[shep]

Vini, don't know?? The uncle (deceased) moved up here in '47 His wife (91) didn't remember it was in the boneyard, so don't think she'd be of any help. I've been on all the websites, guess Hendy was bought out in '54 by Westinghouse, who was bought out by ?

I have a couple of contacts, to pursue, maybe through the serial number, might at least find out its age. Looking down the barrel, doesn't look like it was in use much?

[norcal6er]

Shep,

Thought you would like this site http://www.geocities.com/alkol6/

I worked at Westinghouse/Northrop Grumman, the old Joshua Hendy Iron Works

They have a "Iron Man Museum" in the old days you could call or write for any info

not sure about now days.

neat find

Joe

[gotgold]

Gary, I wish I knew the history behind it. Hope you're doing well and use you're program several times a week, damn no gold, but, it helps. ;-)

We're doing OK Shep and thank you. I guess my words went more toward the history behind the Joshua Hendy Iron Works and the mining machinery they developed. I wonder if a manufacturing or serial number was stamped somewhere on the 'parts', that would also be a neat research project if one could trace where the equipment was originally shipped to and by what frieghter!

The other thing that makes this unique is the intact "name tag" of the Manufacturer! There's to many a$$ holes out there that remove these from old mining equipment just to make a profit , and that sucks!

Well, you found a great 'treasure' that played a "giant" hand in the gold mining history of the West. It (the monitor) had its drawbacks of course, but made many people very "comfortable".....think about the water companies, the flumes and the lumber mills. And I can't forget the 'square nail' makers i.e. the Blacksmiths and.....!???

Also, I'm glad the program helps! As I've said to you in the past, if you need additional help let me or Jeremy know. Keep up the search and you will find that "X"!

Gary

[montana]

Shep. Fix it up and get it working. Looks like it would make a good firefighting tool. ----Bob

[Uncle Ron]

HAH!!!!!!!!!!! That's funny, Bob... When I was into dredging we used brass firefighting nozzles off our pumps with canvas hose to wash down the banks and benches so we could dredge them up....I've gone back to those spots we did that only 20 years later and you can't tell it ever happened...Mother just reclaimed it ... Cheers, Unc

Shep. Fix it up and get it working. Looks like it would make a good firefighting tool. ----Bob

[shep]

Joe, appreciate the site and will check into it!

Thanks, Shep