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Views of the Borax Industry ca 1898-ca 1915 BANC PIC 1905 17174--PIC The Bancroft Library University of California Berkeley California 1997 Finding aid and digital representations of archival materials funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Processed and encoded by California Heritage Digital Image Access Project staff in The Bancroft Library and The
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In 1899 Borax Consolidated Limited was created in order to search for other sources of raw material besides those in California and to expand the foreign refining operations The new company had absorbed Pacific Borax and Redwood's Chemical Works The company continued expanding operations in the southwestern United States with the construction of railroads which began replacing the 20
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The mill's 40 workers gathered pieces up to 12 inches in diameter loaded them on carts hauled them to the mill and dumped them into a mixture of water and carbonate of soda Drawn off into large vats the borax crystallized on rods suspended in the solution Workers knocked these crystals from the rods and piled them to dry before hauling the borax to the nearest railroad for shipment
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Sterling Borax had become a serious threat to Smith's larger Pacific Coast Borax Company the U S division of Borax Consolidated Limited which was also owned by Smith In late 1909 and maybe into early 1910 the narrow gauge railroad from Lang station to the mine was constructed By 1910 output reached 12 500 tons a year of colemanite which represented 30% of the American borax market An
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06 05 2013An Old West Tale RYAN HEATS UP RYAN CALIFORNIA an old west tale of the Death Valley territory by Jack Freer Ryan is what the Old West was all about It was a mining town built on the side of a steep mountain on the eastern edge of Death Valley in a remote and rugged area It had its own train the Death Valley Railroad narrow gauge that ran from Death Valley Junction to Ryan And it had
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Malcolm William David Carr is no longer active in 8 of these appointments OVERVIEW COMPANIES TIMELINE Appointments Active 0 Resigned 8 Dissolved 0 Other 0 Total 8 Details Role Director Country Of Residence United Kingdom Nationality British Date of Birth August 1963 Occupation Mutual People Mr Roger Peter Dowding Borax Research Limited Luzenac Micro Milling Limited Borax
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THE TINCAL TRAIL A HISTORY OF BORAX by N J Travis and E J Cocks is a 311-page book printed on off-white paper The paper is sturdy and of thicker stock than that used on most books About 20 pages contain black and white photographs which are on glossy paper The photos include a 20-mule team trudging on a dirt road near the Calico Mountains and advertisements for borax dating from the
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Francis Marion Smith known as the "Borax King " and "Frank " was a Death Valley mining magnate and businessman who headed the Pacific Coast Borax Company Born in Richmond Wisconsin on February 2 1846 to Henry G and Charlotte Paul Smith Francis attended public schools as a child before graduating from Milton College in Wisconsin At the age of 21 he left his father's ranch and
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Borates in wire drawing borax 3 of 4 (11/2018) Technical Bulletin 2 6 How borax decahydrate or Neobor is used The borax bath Aqueous borax decahydrate (or Neobor borax pentahydrate) solutions in strengths of 5-30 wt% (or 3 8- 22 6 wt%) are prepared in a clean mild steel tank operating at 190-200F (88-93C) The most
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Francis Marion Smith known as the "Borax King " and "Frank " was a Death Valley mining magnate and businessman who headed the Pacific Coast Borax Company Born in Richmond Wisconsin on February 2 1846 to Henry G and Charlotte Paul Smith Francis attended public schools as a child before graduating from Milton College in Wisconsin At the age of 21 he left his father's ranch and
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Mill 27 7 Buena Vista 33 4 Last Updated July 7 2015 Pajaro Valley Consolidated By John Hall W hen Claus Spreckels was making his fortune importing Hawaiian sugar and refining it in California he had to pay a significant import tariff on the sugar As a good Capitalist he was always looking for ways to reduce the cost of his product He had his eye on domestic sugar beets but they were
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Borax and the 20-Mule Team Death Valley National Park by Joe Zentner Men in search of quick fortunes began drifting into Death Valley after the Civil War hoping to find a lucky strike of gold or silver In 1881 one such prospector Winters was living with his wife Rosie at Ash Meadows a desolate place near the Funeral Mountain on the east side of Death Valley According to one
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Borax Consolidated Ltd v Los Angeles No 34 Argued October 23 1935 Decided November 11 1935 296 U S 10 Syllabus 1 Tidelands in California which had not been granted by Mexico or subjected to trusts requiring a different disposition passed to the State upon her admission to the Union P 296 U S 15 Page 296 U S 11 2 The Federal Government had no right to convey tideland
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In 1899 Borax Consolidated Limited was created in order to search for other sources of raw material besides those in California and to expand the foreign refining operations The new company had absorbed Pacific Borax and Redwood's Chemical Works The company continued expanding operations in the southwestern United States with the construction of railroads which began replacing the 20
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Borax Consolidated Ltd v Los Angeles No 34 Argued October 23 1935 Decided November 11 1935 296 U S 10 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Syllabus 1 Tidelands in California which had not been granted by Mexico or subjected to trusts requiring a different disposition passed to the State upon her admission to the Union P 296 U S 15
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1914 whitakers red book b from graces guide jump to navigation search contents 1 baby carriages and bassinettes 2 bacon 3 badges 4 bags 5 bag dressing bag trunk portmanteau and purse manufacturers 6 bag and portmanteau frames and furniture 7 bakers 8 bakers and confectioners sundries 9 * bakery engineers 10 baking powder 11 balances (spring) 12 bale sheets 13 * ball
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LUZENAC MICRO MILLING LIMITED 18 April 1991 - 22 May 1995 BORAX CONSOLIDATED LIMITED 15 March 1991 - 29 October 1993 Director details DR GRAHAM BERNARD LAWSON BROOKFIELD COTTAGE 107 HIGH STREET SHERNBROOK BEDFORD Nationality BRITISH Post town BEDFORD Postcode MK44 1PE Potentially the same person GRAHAM BERNARD LAWSON PICTON
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In 1899 Borax Consolidated Limited was created in order to search for other sources of raw material besides those in California and to expand the foreign refining operations The new company had absorbed Pacific Borax and Redwood's Chemical Works The company continued expanding operations in the southwestern United States with the construction of railroads which began replacing the 20
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Backcountry Explorers Old Timer Tales Old Dinah-Steam Ghost of Death Valley 3/18/2018 Comments In 1891 Francis Marion Smith consolidated his mining interests into the Pacific Coast Borax Company and focused on his borax deposits just east of Calico as his primary development Here the town of Borate was established and grew to the largest borax mine in the world producing 22 000
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Borax Consolidated bought the Sterling in 1911 for $1 8 million but it ran as a separate entity keeping Thorkildson as president of the division with Mather as vice president Smith went bankrupt three years later and his holdings eventually became part of U S Borax — the company which until recently still featured twenty-mule teams on its products and coincidentally moved its corporate
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The story of the Pacific Coast Borax Company [their Twenty-Mule-Team trademark the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad (T T) and of a British Company doing business in America since 1899 the Borax Consolidated Ltd ] [centering on their borax operations in Nevada and California] by Ruth C Woodman (
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The story of the Pacific Coast Borax Company [their Twenty-Mule-Team trademark the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad (T T) and of a British Company doing business in America since 1899 the Borax Consolidated Ltd ] [centering on their borax operations in Nevada and California] by Ruth C Woodman (
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Francis Marion Smith known as the "Borax King " and "Frank " was a Death Valley mining magnate and businessman who headed the Pacific Coast Borax Company Born in Richmond Wisconsin on February 2 1846 to Henry G and Charlotte Paul Smith Francis attended public schools as a child before graduating from Milton College in Wisconsin At the age of 21 he left his father's ranch and
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Location secs 27 28 29 31 and 32 T 5 N R 14 W S B M in Tick Canyon about 1 airline miles east of the Mint Canyon highway about 3 airline miles north of Lang Ownership Pacific Coast Borax Company Division of Borax Consolidated Ltd 630 Shatto Place Los Angeles California owns many patented claims covering an area about 1 miles in length and about 2 000 feet in width
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Borax Consolidated bought the Sterling in 1911 for $1 8 million but it ran as a separate entity keeping Thorkildson as president of the division with Mather as vice president Smith went bankrupt three years later and his holdings eventually became part of U S Borax — the company which until recently still featured twenty-mule teams on its products and coincidentally moved its corporate
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