1/4/2015
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1/4/2015
Landmark information
- Location:
Death Valley National Park, on Hwy 190 (pm 109.1), 1.4 mi N of Furnace Creek - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
1/4/2015 - Date Most Recently Visited:
1/4/2015 - GPS Coordinates:
N 36 28.799, W 116 52.184 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Old Harmony Borax Works
On the marsh near this point borax was discovered in 1881 by Aaron Winters who later sold his holdings to W. T. Coleman of San Francisco. In 1882 Coleman built the Harmony Borax Works and commissioned his superintendant J. W. S. Perry to design wagons and locate a suitable route to Mojave. The work of gathering the ore (called "cottonball") was done by Chinese workmen. From this point processed borax was transported 165 miles by twenty mule team to the railroad until 1889.