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A 20-Mule Team Wagon, in Death Valley, California

The Pacific Coast Borax Company (PCB) was a United States mining company founded in 1890 by the American borax magnate Francis Smith, the "Borax King".[1]

  1. ^ George Herbert Hildebrand (1982). Borax Pioneer Francis Marion Smith. Darwin Publications. ISBN 978-0-8310-7148-6.

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Pacific Coast Borax Company

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The Pacific Coast Borax Company (PCB) was a United States mining company founded in 1890 by the American borax magnate Francis Smith, the "Borax King"...

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20 Mule Team Borax

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move borax out of the desert. Smith subsequently acquired Coleman's holdings in 1890 and consolidated them with his own to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company...

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Borax

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the 8th century AD. Borax first came into common use in the late 19th century when Francis Marion Smith's Pacific Coast Borax Company began to market and...

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Christian Brevoort Zabriskie

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February 8, 1936) was an American businessman and vice president of Pacific Coast Borax Company. Zabriskie Point on the northeasternmost flank of the Black Mountains...

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Francis Marion Smith

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form the Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1890. Smith's Pacific Coast Borax Company then established and aggressively promoted the 20-Mule-Team Borax brand...

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Rio Tinto Borax Mine

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of borax. Francis Marion "Borax" Smith bought the claim for his Pacific Coast Borax Company. Mining at the site by shafts began in the 1920s. Pacific Coast...

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Death Valley Days

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history.": 43  The series was sponsored by the Pacific Coast Borax Company, makers of 20 Mule Team Borax and Boraxo, and hosted by Stanley Andrews ("The...

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List of mining companies

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Resources NovaGold Resources Orex Exploration Outokumpu Pacific Coast Borax Company Palabora Mining Company Pan American Silver Corporation Pasminco Peko-Wallsend...

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Searles Valley Minerals

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1895 The San Bernardino Borax Mining Company was sold by Searles to the Pacific Coast Borax Company, owned by Francis "Borax King" Smith. He shut down...

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Oasis at Death Valley

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by the Pacific Coast Borax Company and opened on February 1, 1927, with twelve rooms. Richard C. Baker – then president of Pacific Coast Borax – sought...

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Bakerite

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California, US. It was named for Richard C. Baker, a director of the Pacific Coast Borax Company. "Bakerite mineral data". WebMineral.com. Archived from the original...

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Harmony Borax Works

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by Frank M. "Borax" Smith in 1890, to become the Pacific Coast Borax Company with the 20 Mule Team Borax brand. Activity at Harmony Borax Works ceased...

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PCB

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operating system data structure Precompiled Binary Pacific Coast Borax Company, an American mining company Pakistan Cricket Board, national regulatory board...

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Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad

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Nevada. The railroad was built mainly to haul borax from Francis Marion Smith's Pacific Coast Borax Company mines located just east of Death Valley, but...

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Amargosa Opera House and Hotel

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was part of a company town designed by architect Alexander Hamilton McCulloch and constructed in 1923–25 by the Pacific Coast Borax Company. The U-shaped...

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Death Valley Railroad

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Junction to ship the borax away for processing and packaging. The line was built by a separate company from Pacific Coast Borax Company, because they were...

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Zabriskie Point

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general manager of the Pacific Coast Borax Company in the early 20th century. The company's twenty-mule teams were used to transport borax from its mining operations...

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Death Valley National Park

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name 20-Mule Team Borax was established by Francis Marion Smith's Pacific Coast Borax Company after Smith acquired Coleman's borax holdings in 1890. A...

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Boron

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rarely used until the late 1800s when Francis Marion Smith's Pacific Coast Borax Company first popularized and produced them in volume at low cost. Boron...

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Waterloo Mining Railroad

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1888 to 1903. The American Borax Company leased, and later bought, a small length of the railroad to use for their borax mining operations near Lead...

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Yellow Sky

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living at Furnace Creek Inn and Camp, which was leased from the Pacific Coast Borax Company. The western commenced a construction crew of over 150 men and...

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