Browsing by Author "Pacific Coast Borax Company"

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      • Original mining camp of Ryan, California 

        Author(s):Colorado Digitization Project; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum; Pacific Coast Borax Company
        Date:1907?-1915?
        Photograph showing the Pacific Coast Borax Company's original mining camp of Ryan, which was located at the foot of the Black Mountains in Death Valley. The Pacific Coast Borax Company was started by Frances "Borax" Smith ...

      • Death Valley Railroad at Ryan 

        Author(s):Colorado Digitization Project; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum; Pacific Coast Borax Company
        Date:1925?
        Photograph showing the Death Valley Railroad tracks leading into the Pacific Coast Borax Company's mining camp of Ryan (New Ryan). The Pacific Coast Borax Company, which was founded by Frances "Borax" Smith, worked the ...

      • Pacific Coast Borax Company's Baby Gauge Railroad 

        Author(s):Colorado Digitization Project; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum; Pacific Coast Borax Company
        Date:1926?
        Photograph showing tourists riding the Pacific Coast Borax Company's Baby Gauge Railroad during a tour of borax mines and other sites in Death Valley. The Pacific Coast Borax Company was started by Frances "Borax" Smith ...

      • Tourists in Ryan, California 

        Author(s):Colorado Digitization Project; National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum; Pacific Coast Borax Company
        Date:1929?
        Photograph of the mining camp of Ryan (New Ryan) in Death Valley showing tourists who had just arrived by motor coach. The Pacific Coast Borax Company was started by Frances "Borax" Smith in 1890. In 1907 the company moved ...