Estimated value of Pacific Coast Borax Co. water in Death Valley in 1913 / J.B. Lippincott. 1941.

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Estimated value of Pacific Coast Borax Co. water in Death Valley in 1913 / J.B. Lippincott. 1941.

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Estimates quantities of water and its value as of 1913; includes historical survey of borax production in Death Valley; water supply; canals in area; water right values in Southern California.

1 v. ; 28 cm. + 1 envelope.

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Pacific Coast Borax Company

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In 1872, Francis Marion Smith discovered borate near his cabin in Teel's Marsh, Nevada, founding the Pacific Coast Borax Company. In 1891, the focus of the company shifted to Death Valley from Teel's Marsh, as disclosed in correspondence to Teel's Marsh superintendent J.H. Strachan. From the description of Pacific Coast Borax Company letters : TLS, 1891-1892. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 56712941 ...

Lippincott, Joseph Barlow, 1864-1942

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Historical Background The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, meaning any development and revenues from such development would have to benefit the state as a whole rather than merely neighboring c...