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Twenty Mule Team Hauling Borax

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Description: Between 1883 and 1889, the twenty mule teams, such as this one, hauled more than 20 million pounds of borax out of Death Valley. The borax load was hauled ...
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Rock Bank

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Description: Mules and wagons can be seen with men on a rock bank while mining. Caption reads: "Rock Bank."
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Mariscal Mine

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Description: Workers stand near an automobile and pack of mules in Mariscal Mine. The mine produced 1,400 flasks of mercury, 1/4 of the US production, between 1900 and ...
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Pack Train for the Mines

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Description: View of a family posed before a pack train, heading toward the mines.

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