The Nevada journal., 1859-10-21
FRIDAY MORNING, Oct. 81, 1859,
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NEVADA MANUFACTURES Flour.
We propose to devote part of our
time and a portion of our columns to
collecting the statistics of Nevada
manufactures in a tangible shape
We present to our readers this week
the facts we have succeeded in OBJ
tanning relative to the manufacture of
Flour and Lager Beer. Next week
on eudeavor will be made to give sta
tistics concerning some other branch,
or branches, of industry pursued in
this city and vicinity.
Our city has but one Touring mill,
but its excellence will compensate
for that. The Nevada Flouiing Mill
has made since July about one hun
dred barrels of -four in twenty-four
hours. 1t has ground of the new crop
of wheat full 1000 tuns since it began
to arrive in this market. The owners
find a ready sale for all they can
manufacture. The -four is of an ex.
cellent quality taking the first premi-
um at the late State Fair.
Besides -four. the mill keeps one
run of stone constantly employed in
grinding barley. We learn from the
proprietors that an addition of manu-
featuring apparatus is required, and
will be supplied, to meet the demands
of the community.
Lager Beer.-We can only give
the approximate figures representa-
tive of the quantity of this Teutonic
extraction manufactured in this city.
The probability is that the figures we
shall give will fall rather short than
exceed the real quantity.
The principal brewery of the place
10 that of Mr.. Weiss, on the Grass
Valley Turnpike, which manufac-
lures from April to September $50
gallons of Lager Beer daily. For the
remaining six months of the year the
quantity is about one-third less, or
about 100 gallons. In round num-
bers it is estimated that the brewery
turns out per annum. 37.50o gallons
of Lager. This immense quantity of
drinking fluid requires consumption
of 667 pounds of barley for each week
day during the year, or, in round
numbers 100000 pounds. or 100 tuns
of barley per annum. The amount of
hops consumed in the same establish
ment is given at from $500 to 1000
pounds per annum, or at from 10 to
12 pounds per day. Mr.. Weiss keeps
two teams constantly employed in
distributing his manufacture over the
city and county.
The brewery of Mr.. Blasauff loca-
ted on the south side of Spring street
produces an average Of 400 gallons of
beer per week during the entire year,
or say 81, 900 gallons perannum, con-
suming tun of barley per week.
Mr.. Shellhorn's brewery near the
California Stage Company's Stables,
on Main street, is computed to manu-
facture the same, or about the same
quantity of beer, and consuming like
amount of material, as that of Mr..
Blasauff.
We may thus state the quantity of
Lager Beer made in our city at about
$4,000 gallons per annum, requiring
204 tuns of barley and 81 tuns of hops
Estimating the barley at two and
three-fourth cents per pound and we
have the sum of $l1, ,22O expended for
barley per annum. The hops at 624
cents per pound will amount to S4.-
375 per annum. The raw material
thus used in this city alone for the
manufacture of Lager Beer costs in
round numbers $15.60O. The price
Of the beer will probably average 60
cents per gallon in the market, bring
ing to tia hands Of the manufacturers
the gross sum of S4S,oo0 per annum.
When we take into consideration
the fact that Grass Valley has three
breweries Aad San Juan and Orleans
Flat are also provided with local man.
ufacturies of the same article, we can
not but be astonished at the quantity
oHLager Beer consumed in our coun-
ty. Really it is staple article of con-
sumption.
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