Twenty Mule Team Canyon

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Mined borax was hauled along this sinuous canyon from the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley and the Amargosa works near Shoshone to the railhead at Mojave. Each team comprised 18 mules and 2 horses. The 30 ton load was across 165 miles of desert in 10 days.

Other views in spectacular Death Valley: fossil-bearing Middle Oligocene Titus Canyon Formation, Titus Canyon Road : Artist's Palette :