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A marker at the Terminus in Mojave and a marker in Death Valley
By Syd Whittle, March 15, 2006
Mojave 20-Mule Team Borax Terminus Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On California Route 14 north of Nadeau Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Just west of this point was the Southern Pacific terminus for the Twenty-Mule-Team Borax wagons that operated between Death Valley and Mojave from 1884 to 1889. The route ran from the Harmony Borax Mining Company works, later acquired by the . . . — — Map (db m123891) HM |
| Near California Route 190, 1 mile north of Badwater Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Used in hauling borax from Death Valley to
Mojave, 165 miles - 10 days. The borax weighed
24 tons. The entire weight totaled 36˝ tons. — — Map (db m159870) HM |
Jun. 7, 2024