VAST DEPOSITS OF BORAX.; Quantities of the Mineral Have Been Found in Death Valley and Mohave Desert, Cal. Share full article. Special to The New York Times. Sept. 29, 1902; ...

Not for the faint of heart, Death Valley National Park, in California and Nevada, is hot and dry. Temperatures in the park once hit 134°F (57°C) in July 1913. Zabriskie Point, seen here, offers ...

Harmony Borax Works became famous for its 20-mule teams, which pulled double wagons full of borax for 165 miles to the town of Mojave, according to the San Francisco Chronicle’s Jill K. Robinson.