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20 relations: Borax, Calico, San Bernardino County, California, Colemanite, Daggett, California, Death Valley Railroad, Francis Marion Smith, Harmony Borax Works, Ludlow, California, Mojave Desert, Mojave, California, Narrow-gauge railway, Nevada Short Line Railway, Pacific Coast Borax Company, Rail transport, Round Mountain, California, Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, Twenty-mule team, United States Potash Railroad, Waterloo Mining Railroad, William Tell Coleman.
Borax
Borax, also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a salt of boric acid.
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Calico, San Bernardino County, California
Calico is a ghost town and former mining town in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
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Colemanite
Colemanite (Ca2B6O11·5H2O) or (CaB3O4(OH)3·H2O) is a borate mineral found in evaporite deposits of alkaline lacustrine environments.
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Daggett, California
Daggett is an unincorporated community located in San Bernardino County, California in the United States.
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Death Valley Railroad
The Death Valley Railroad (DVRR) was a narrow gauge railroad that operated in California's Death Valley to carry borax with the route running from Ryan, California to the mines at Ryan C., located just east of Death Valley National Park, to Death Valley Junction, a distance of approximately 20 miles.
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Francis Marion Smith
Francis Marion Smith (February 2, 1846 – August 27, 1931) (once known nationally and internationally as "Borax Smith" and "The Borax King") was an American miner, business magnate and civic builder in the Mojave Desert, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Oakland, California.
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Harmony Borax Works
The Harmony Borax Works is located in Death Valley at Furnace Creek Springs, then called Greenland.
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Ludlow, California
Ludlow is an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert on Interstate 40, located in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
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Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert is an arid rain-shadow desert and the driest desert in North America.
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Mojave, California
Mojave (formerly, Mohave) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States.
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Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.
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Nevada Short Line Railway
The Nevada Short Line Railway (Silver Belt Railroad) was a, narrow gauge railroad that ran east from Oreana (also known as Nenzel) to the silver mining area of Rochester, Nevada.
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Pacific Coast Borax Company
The Pacific Coast Borax Company (PCB) was a United States mining company founded in 1890 by the American borax magnate Francis "Borax" Smith, the "Borax King".
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Rail transport
Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.
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Round Mountain, California
Round Mountain is a census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States.
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Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad
The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad was a former class II railroad that ran within the locale of eastern California and southwestern Nevada.
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Twenty-mule team
Twenty-mule teams were teams of eighteen mules and two horses attached to large wagons that ferried borax out of Death Valley from 1883 to 1889.
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United States Potash Railroad
The United States Potash Railroad was a narrow gauge railroad built in 1931 to carry potash from the mines to the mill at Loving, New Mexico where the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad had a spur that went out to the refinery to carry out the processed potash.
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Waterloo Mining Railroad
The Waterloo Mining Railroad, also known as the Calico Railroad or Daggett-Calico Railroad, was a narrow gauge railroad built to carry silver ore from the mines in the Calico Mountains north of Calico to the mills located at Elephant Mountain near Daggett, California from 1888 to 1903.
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William Tell Coleman
William Tell Coleman (1824–1893) was an American pioneer.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borate_and_Daggett_Railroad
