Death Valley
Historic Resource Study
A History of Mining
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SECTION III:
Endnotes

1. Inyo Register, 11 November 1909.

2. Several sources have been drawn upon for this capsulized history of the borax industry in the Death Valley region. Among them are: Marius R. Campbell, "Reconnaissance of the borax deposits of Death Valley and Mohave desert," USGS Bulletin No. 200 (Washington: GPO, 1902), pp. 7-8; Hoyt S. Gale, "The Lila C. borax mine at Ryan, Cal.," in Mineral Resources of the United States Calendar Year 1911 (Washington: GPO, 1912), p. 861; Evans et al., Special Report 125, pp. 21-22; Weight, Twenty Mule Team Days pp. 37-38; Spears, Illustrated Sketches p. 62; Calif. St. Mng. Bur., Third Annual Report of the State Mineralogist (1883), pp. 26-30, 36; Myrick, Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California p. 609; "100 Years of U.S. Borax, 1872-1972," in Pioneer (1972), passim.

3. "Organization and Laws of Monte Blanco Borax and Salt Mining District, Inyo Co., California, Furnace Creek Cannon [sic], Inyo Co., State of California, November 3rd, 1882," in Land, Water and Mining Claims, Inyo Co., Book D. See Appendix C for a full copy of the by-laws.

4. By-Laws of Death Valley Borax and Salt Mining District, 25 May 1883, in Land, Water and Mining Claims, Inyo Co., Book D, pp. 345-49. See Appendix D for a full copy of this document.

5. Gower, 50 Years in Death Valley, pp. 35-36, 107-8; Glasscock, Here's Death Valley, pp. 270-71.

6. Rhyolite Herald 22 January 1910.

7. Inyo Independent 29 October 1921, also 17 December 1921 and 6 May 1922.

8. Evans et al., Special Report 125, p. 23; Glasscock, Here's Death Valley, pp. 271-74.

9. William Frederick Foshag, "Famous Mineral Localities: Furnace Creek, Death Valley," in American Mineralogist 9 (January 1924): 8-10.

10. Clarence Wendel, Special Report on Borate Resource: A Supply and Marketing Study (San Francisco: NIPS Mining and Minerals Division [Washington Office], 1978), pp. 26, 29.

11. Gower, 50 Years in Death Valley, pp. 108-9.




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