Rick- I have attached 3 of my W.S. Wrights but have also added the Misenheimer & Hall Alma Soda with them.
The Misenheimer has the Pacific Glassworks embossed on the base and I have added some information on it. I personally feel that it is a very important bottle in that it was made during the same time frame as the Wrights and there is only 4 known examples, 2 of which are not damaged. This example is dead mint and never cleaned. All four were found in Eureka, Nevada. I am hoping Warren could give some information regarding the possible date(s) of this bottle. The Misenheimer & Hall sodas all appear to be in better glass condition than the Wright's, leading me to believe they came after the Wright's.
Description - Alma is a town located along Los Gatos Creek near the junction with Soda Creek and located in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Today the townsite is under the Lexington Reservoir just east of Highway 17 (880). The Alma Hotel was built in the late 1850's and Misenheimer homesteaded the springs site. The hotel catered to travelers on the stage line between San Jose and Santa Cruz, and at the height of quicksilver mining at New Almaden the Alma Hotel was probably doing brisk business. A rail line was finished in 1876 which most likely diminished the importance of the Alma stop and Hotel. The estimated date of this bottle falls between 1862 and 1865 based on all embossing. Some think it could be a little later.
Mike Southworth