Boron in Kern County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Miner's Cabin
Photographed By Denise Boose, June 28, 2023
1. Miner's Cabin Marker
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Miner's Cabin. . This is one of the original miner's cabins built at the Baker Mine site to house Pacific Coast Borax employees. It was built in 1929, and usually housed one or two unmarried men. It is of wooden frame construction with a wooden floor and a double roof for insulation against the summer sun. A wood or coal burning stove provided heat in the winter. The cabin had electricity, but did not having running water. Rent for the cabin was included in a board and room package that cost $5.00 per week. At that time the town of Boron did not exist, and the area at the Baker Mine was a single man's clamp. This form of housing was in use until the 1960's, when the company now U.S. Borax ended their policy of providing company owned housing. Boron had become a well established town and company housing was not longer needed. We have restored the cabin to show what is might have looked like when it was occupied.
This is one of the original miner's cabins built at the Baker Mine site to house Pacific Coast Borax employees. It was built in 1929, and usually housed one or two unmarried men. It is of wooden frame construction with a wooden floor and a double roof for insulation against the summer sun. A wood or coal burning stove provided heat in the winter. The cabin had electricity, but did not having running water. Rent for the cabin was included in a board and room package that cost $5.00 per week. At that time the town of Boron did not exist, and the area at the Baker Mine was a single man's clamp.
This form of housing was in use until the 1960's, when the company now U.S. Borax ended their policy of providing company owned housing. Boron had become a well established town and company housing was not longer needed.
We have restored the cabin to show what is might have looked like when it was occupied.
Location. 34° 59.949′ N, 117° 39.016′ W. Marker is in Boron, California, in Kern County. Marker is on Twenty Mule Team Road, on the left when traveling west
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. Located in the Twenty Mule Team Museum Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 26962 Twenty Mule Team Road, Boron CA 93516, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 16 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Twenty Mule Team (approx. 3 miles away); Borax (approx. 3.9 miles away); Rocket Site (approx. 5˝ miles away); Capt. Mel Apt, USAF (approx. 12.2 miles away); 20-Mule Team Trail (approx. 15.9 miles away).
Photographed By Denise Boose, June 28, 2023
2. Miner's Cabin and Marker
Photographed By Denise Boose, June 28, 2023
3. Miner's Cabin Marker
Photographed By Denise Boose, June 28, 2023
4. Ore Car
Photographed By Denise Boose, November 18, 2003
5. Borax Company Plant
Credits. This page was last revised on September 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2023, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. This page has been viewed 60 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 11, 2023, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
