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Silver Springs Water - 7/2/2004 1:42:20 PM    darkfoxx   Posts: 6 Joined: 7/2/2004 Status: offline I found this bottle while digging a trench in my backyard. It reads: "Silver Springs Water " and in smaller print it says " company Detroit". I'v never heard of this company, and I live in Michigan, outside of Detroit. Anyone know of it? I'd like to know the history of this bottle and if it is worth anything... Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/2/2004 2:06:17 PM    BRIAN S.   Posts: 1467 Joined: 5/27/2003 From: The Mountains of Tennessee Status: online Hi darkfoxx and welcome to the forum ! I'm not familiar with your water bottle. But , I presume the Spring water that it contained came from Silver Springs , Florida. Which at one time was advertised as 99.8% pure ! Our forum member Harry Pristis might be familiar with this one as he is a Florida resident. Any ideas on this one Harry ? Brian _____________________________ Tennessee Hillbilly Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most ! Always looking to buy or trade for Drake's Plantation Bitters and Drake's go-withs . And Tennessee Bottles and Jugs ! (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 2

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/2/2004 2:11:23 PM    darkfoxx   Posts: 6 Joined: 7/2/2004 Status: offline Thanks, are you talking about this: Silver Springs water (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 3

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/2/2004 2:25:27 PM    BRIAN S.   Posts: 1467 Joined: 5/27/2003 From: The Mountains of Tennessee Status: online darfoxx, Yes that is the Spring and the location in ( Silver Springs )Florida. But , the company is to new to be the same as your bottle. Founded in 1986 and I am presuming your bottle is earlier than that . When Harry comes online......I'm sure he can provide you with a little info on your bottle. He may have seen or heard of it down there in Sunny Florida . Brian _____________________________ Tennessee Hillbilly Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most ! Always looking to buy or trade for Drake's Plantation Bitters and Drake's go-withs . And Tennessee Bottles and Jugs ! (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 4

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/2/2004 8:02:10 PM    Harry Pristis   Posts: 495 Joined: 7/24/2003 From: Northcentral Florida Status: offline I don't think this bottle has any relation to Silver Springs, Florida. There is a Silver Springs in NY and in NV that are towns. It is possible that there is a "Silver Springs" in Michigan that is just that, a spring. It is also possible that the Silver Springs on the bottle is mythical. I think I would focus my research on Michigan, if it were my bottle. Good luck! --------Harry Pristis _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Visit The Demijohn Page at: http://members.aol.com/pristis/index.html (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 5

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/2/2004 9:54:57 PM    darkfoxx   Posts: 6 Joined: 7/2/2004 Status: offline There is no Silver Springs in Michigan. The bottling company was in Detroit, but I cannot find any records of the company on the internet. I'v even asked some people that used to live in Detroit and they had never heard of it. I'm stumped... (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 6

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/2/2004 11:47:46 PM    BRIAN S.   Posts: 1467 Joined: 5/27/2003 From: The Mountains of Tennessee Status: online darkfoxx.... Harry may be right and I may be way off base here. I found a Crystal Springs Lake in Northville, Michigan. I will see if I can find a link. Brian < Message edited by BRIAN S. -- 7/2/2004 11:59:18 PM > _____________________________ Tennessee Hillbilly Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most ! Always looking to buy or trade for Drake's Plantation Bitters and Drake's go-withs . And Tennessee Bottles and Jugs ! (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 7

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/3/2004 5:08:24 AM    David E Posts: 995 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline Is there a trade mark on bottom. Also on those types sometimes they are dated on bottom. Like 72 you would just have to be guesing 1972. Dave (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 8

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/3/2004 10:54:46 AM    darkfoxx   Posts: 6 Joined: 7/2/2004 Status: offline On the bottom there is a "O" with a circle going around it, so it looks like a line is going thru it horizontally. (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 9

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/6/2004 2:23:56 PM    treasure rat   Posts: 46 Joined: 11/12/2003 Status: offline I have found lots of these diving on a few bottle spots that i have...what you have is a prohabition era bottle...many beer makers in the detroit area switched to soda's and water to stay alive in business..alot died out during the first year..a few more names of detroit area bottles that you may run into..will be Waynes.and ..Oliver's both will be clear glass embossed with paper label .waynes has i beleive 6 sides to it in the mid section wher the olivers has a frosted look..Olivers will be out of pontiac MI...olivers was not a brewery..but is still in business today as a janitorial supply co...super clean with no damage i sold these from 3-5 bucks to collectors or at yard sales (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 10

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/6/2004 2:32:23 PM    treasure rat   Posts: 46 Joined: 11/12/2003 Status: offline along with soda bottles i have found many defunct dairy containers. from detroit up to flint .the pint sized ones were used for coffee. then tossed away into the water...a cool one to look for is the Pontiac dairy...has the face of the great indian Chief Pontiac on it!..happy hunting (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 11

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/6/2004 4:37:41 PM    darkfoxx   Posts: 6 Joined: 7/2/2004 Status: offline Thanks alot TreasureRat! At least I know more about it now. (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 12

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/6/2004 8:10:41 PM    Sam_MaineBottles Posts: 343 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Mid-coast Maine Status: offline Hey darkfoxx- I checked out my 1925 copy of The Bottlers and Beverage Manufacturers Universal Encyclopedia and found a Silver Springs Water Co. located at 6280 Third Ave. in Detroit - bet that's the outfit you're looking for. - Sam (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 13

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/7/2004 11:09:50 AM    darkfoxx   Posts: 6 Joined: 7/2/2004 Status: offline Thanks alot Sam. (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 14

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/8/2004 3:45:56 AM    David E Posts: 995 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline Hi, have a trademark, an O surrounded by a circle, but no line thru it. "Buckeye" Don't have a location. Dave (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 15

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/11/2004 9:00:06 PM    old digger   Posts: 65 Joined: 5/15/2004 Status: offline Sam you lucky dog, no wonder you have such great info, We never come up with good bottle books, like good bottles I guess, we seem to hord what we have, Thank you for sharing the info with us, it's great!! (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 16

RE: Silver Springs Water - 7/16/2004 9:22:38 AM    Amylj1971   Posts: 11 Joined: 7/5/2004 Status: offline Hi all, Hey Darkfoxx, thought this was kind of neat, I too have a Silver springs water bottle from Detroit. It is a 1/2 gal. bottle though. I couldn't find anything about it on the net either but I inherited it from my late Grandfather and was told that when he was young he used to work in Detroit and then come back north on the weekends. I'm guessing that it must be old just because he would have been in his late 20's early 30's around that time and he died back in 97' at age 85. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Amy (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 17

RE: Silver Springs Water - 11/8/2005 10:40:50 AM    vanhoose   Posts: 1 Joined: 11/8/2005 Status: offline Hi--this thread is very old, but I never saw any conclusions posted here, so I thought I'd chime in. The water most likely came from Northville, Michigan--Silver Springs Lake, to be exact. It is I'm told the only natural lake in Wayne County, and the mineral water from that lake was known well enough that folks from all around the Detroit area would make pilgrimages to Northville to collect water from the springs there. There used to be a natural (Artesian?) well right by the old Ford plant that people would go to fill up water jugs and bottles. I'm told it's now city water, but plenty of people still come. Hope this helps somewhat. (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 18

RE: Silver Springs Water - 12/18/2005 11:32:25 PM    hhcrissey   Posts: 1 Joined: 9/4/2005 Status: offline I was born and raised in Northville, MI. The original spring was located on the railroad right-of-way (the RR runs on the east side of the city) and had been used by the public since 1913. The Silver Springs Water Company was established in 1928 on three acres of land on the east side of the RR tracks. In 1931 it was estimated that some 1,000,000 gallons of spring water had been produced by the company in the previous three years. The company also produced a full line of soft drinks, including Pale Dry Gingerale and Carbonated Water. W.L. Beamer of Detroit originally owned the company, and it was managed by J. Johnson. The Silver Springs Lake referred to is a result of the deep gravel mining which took place for years in areas surrounding Northville. Obviously, if you dig deep enough, you hit water. Until the early 1960's the City had several wells which supplied residents with water. At the latter time Detroit water replaced the local wells. The original well is located south of what ws the Ford Plant. It is still there, and the public can fill jugs with the excellent water. (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 19

RE: Silver Springs Water - 12/19/2005 9:03:51 AM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline I did a quick search and found these nearby in a Michigan business directory. Maybe they moved. SILVER SPRINGS WATER CO MICHIGAN USA-MI 49001 KALAMAZOO, 96 84TH SOUTHWEST Beverage Dispensing Equipment, Supplies, Supply & Repair, Bottled & Bulk Water Retail, Water SILVER SPRINGS WATER CO MICHIGAN USA-MI 49315 BYRON CENTER, 96 84TH STREET SOUTHWEST Beverage Dispensing Equipment, Supplies, Supply & Repair, Beverages, Beverage Retail, Bottled & Bulk Water Retail, Utilities, Utility, Waste Management, Water & Sewage Companie... _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to darkfoxx) Post #: 20

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