Death Valley National Park
California / Nevada
Furnace Creek Area

Furnace Creek Inn |
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Borax, "White Gold of the
Desert"
The search for gold and other metals in Death Valley created few fortunes.
Borax, the "White Gold of the Desert," was the valley's most profitable
mineral. Harmony Borax Works was one of Death Valley's first borax
operations. It operated from 1883-1888.
A 3/8-mile interpretive
trail takes you through Harmony Borax Works. |
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The sign to the right in the photo
above reads, "Old Dinah, 1894. Steam tractor and ore wagons introduced at
old Borate to replace the twenty mule teams and replaced in turn by the
Borate and Daggett Railroad. The tractor was later used and
abandoned on the Beatty-Deane Wonder Mine Road in Death Valley." |
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