Editing Mustang Ranch (section)

==Operation==
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The [[courtesan]]s lived on the ranch during their entire shift, which lasted from several days to several weeks.<ref name="albert" /> In the early 1970s, the women were [[lingerie]] clad. Conforte claimed in 1971 that the age range of the working girls was 18 to 35. Conforte could provide women of any age, race or size on request of the high rollers. The shifts lasted 12 hours per day. Clothing and salon services were provided by vendors who traveled from as far away as San Francisco and by non-courtesan employees who lived in [[Sparks, Nevada]]. [[Physician|Doctors]] came to the ranch to do pelvic exams and check for [[sexually transmitted diseases]].<ref name="www.elgrafico.com.ar" /> Although many of the women working were from Reno or Sparks, many commuted from [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] and [[San Francisco]]. Others came from all parts of the country. Women not working on the ranch were not allowed in. Owner Joe Conforte allowed "out parties" for high rollers to take the women to hotels in Reno.

[[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] reporter Colin McKinlay visited the Mustang Ranch to do one of the first reports ever allowed by Mustang management. He wrote, "The women were the most beautiful of any fantasy of man."<ref name="www.elgrafico.com.ar">{{cite web |title=1976. El ltimo da de Bonavena |url=http://www.elgrafico.com.ar/2018/07/27/C-32201-1976-el-ultimo-dia-de-bonavena.php |website=www.elgrafico.com.ar |access-date=27 December 2018 |language=es|date=27 July 2018}}</ref>

As in other [[prostitution in Nevada|Nevada brothels]], customers were buzzed in through the parlor door. Once in, they chose a woman from a lineup in a lobby, and negotiated prices and services. She checked the penis for any open sores or signs of venereal disease and tested the pre-ejaculatory fluid. A short negotiation was made as to the type of "party" the customer wanted. The house received half of anything the women made. After the negotiations were over, the courtesan collected the money and deposited it with a cashier.

Joe Conforte in 1986 wrote his autobiography and history of the Mustang Ranch, with Nevada writer, David W. Toll.<ref>David W. Toll: '' Breaks, Brains and Balls, The Story of Joe Conforte and Nevada's Fabulous Mustang Ranch,'' Gold Hill Publishing Company, 2011. Toll is a prize-winning Nevada journalist, author and publisher.</ref>