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Calico was California's largest mining camp where some
$67,000,000 in ore was taken out of the hills. This camp
followed on the heel of the great find near Virginia City,
Nevada. Mining stopped with the low price of silver, in fact
Calico mines were never worked out. Little known is that Borax
was located near Calico and with the short haul to the railroad
at Dagget soon closed the Harmony and Amargosa works in
Death Valley. Ed Stiles was given the job to operate the 20
Mule team to haul the Borate through the winding canyons.
It was after Borax Smith, with British capital, spent $3,000,000
to build the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad that the Borax
workings left the Calico area and went back to Death Valley.
...M.P.
Photo-color by Merle Porter
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