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After discovery of Borax deposits here by Aaron and Rosie Winters in 1881, business associates William Tell Coleman and Francis Marion Smith subsequently obtained claims to these deposits, opening the way for "large-scale" borax mining in Death Valley. [3] Coleman constructed Harmony Borax Works and production of borax started in late 1883. [4]
Borateem Bleach, Borateem Plus bleach substitute and 20 Mule Team Borax were all once manufactured by United States Borax & Chemical Corporation (n.k.a. US Borax, Inc.). Borateem products originally contained over 98% borax. Borateem, now manufactured by Dial Corporation, is a chlorine-free, color safe bleach powder but it has no borax content.
A map of the Death Valley Railroad running from Death Valley Junction all the way up to the mines at Ryan near Colemanite. The Death Valley Railroad (DVRR) was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railroad that operated in California's Death Valley to carry borax with the route running from Ryan, California, and the mines at Lila C, both located just east of Death Valley National Park, to Death Valley ...
The property was sold to the Death Valley Hotel Company in 1956, and finally to the National Park Service. [2] Little remains of the structures but ruins. The works originally included a boiler, a tank for dissolved borax, and open tanks for crystallization of the borax. A stone building stood nearby to house the workers.
Benzoyl peroxide is an over the counter, FDA-approved active ingredient used primarily for the treatment of acne, according to board-certified dermatologist Dr. Marguerite Germain. This ingredient ...
Stein Eriksen Lodge is a ski lodge in Deer Valley, located in Park City, UT. Named after the skier Stein Eriksen, the Lodge opened at Deer Valley in December 1982 as one of the first luxury condominium hotels in the United States. [1] The Lodge was developed by the Silver Lake Associates Organization. [2]
The Borax Museum is located at The Ranch at Death Valley. The museum features borax mining tools and equipment of the Pacific Coast Borax Company , models of twenty-mule team wagon trains, pioneer artifacts and mineral specimens.
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM A man walks on a plot of land being eyed by developers for resort homes near the Turtle Bay Resort in Kahuku. The area is mostly forested between two golf ...