18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
20-Mule Team Borax
Two visitors examine wagons and a water tank used by the Harmony Borax Works near aptly-named Furnace Creek, CA. Mining the "White Gold of the Desert" in Death Valley was no easy task in pre-air conditioning days when temperatures were often well over 100 degrees.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 02.2020 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2020 |
| Photo Location: | Furnace Creek, California, United States of America |
| Camera: | COOLPIX P510 |
| Copyright: | © Michele Davis |