Payette-Boise County ID Archives Obituaries.....Coughanour, David 1904
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Payette Independent
Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Friday, August 5, 1904

Death of Dave Coughanour.

The Boise Statesman of Wednesday give the following account of the death of 
David Coughanour of Quartzburg, an uncle of W. A. Coughanour of Payette and 
well known in this city:

David Coughanour, whose name had been synonymous with mining development in the 
Boise Basin for 40 years, died yesterday morning at his home in Quartzburg.  
Hope for his recovery was abandoned some time ago and for several days prior to 
his demise he had been unconscious.  The direct cause of his death was cancer, 
from which he had suffered acutely for years.  He vainly sought relief at the 
hands of noted physicians but medical science would not stay the progress of 
the affliction.  

David Coughanour was a native of Pennsylvania and came to the Basin in 1863.  
His first mining work in the district was performed on the Banner Hill 
property.  He was prominent in the organization of the Gold Hill Mining company 
in 1866.

The Gold Hill was worked by Mr. Coughanour, his nephew, W. A. Coughanour, and 
others for many years and yielded handsomely.

Of late years Mr. Coughanour had been interested in several Basin properties of 
value, notably the Iowa, Ebenezer and Belshazzar.  

The town of Quartzburg was laid out by Mr. Coughanour and a number of pioneers, 
including Mayor Hawley of Boise.

Mr. Coughanour possessed all the substantial and lasting good qualities 
characteristic of Idaho pioneers.  He was never known to betray a friend or 
refuse to go down in this pocket when aid was required of him.  Resolute and 
determined he stood by the state, his interests and his friends in storm and 
calm and his memory will be kindly cherished by thousands who admired his many 
manly qualities.  


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