It is so named because of the irregular branching of the veins into many anastomosing stringers, so that the ore is not separable from the country rock. One of largest silver lodes was the Comstock Lode in Nevada, although it is overshadowed by the more recently discovered Cannington Lode in Queensland, Australia.
Neupogen is a protein-based drug administered by injection which increases the production of white blood cells. According to Drugs.com, Neupogen is administered to patients with neutropenia resulting from cancer, bone marrow transplant or chemotherapy.
In the case of nutrition, there are no known foods that increase white blood cells, but there are severe nutritional deficiencies -- vitamin B12, folate, copper or protein -- that can lead to leukopenia, and treating these low nutrient levels will increase white cell counts.