Western Mine
USA /
California /
Boron /
World
/ USA
/ California
/ Boron
World / United States / California
mine, borax
Also known as the Mudd Mine, as it was once owned by the Mudd family.
"The Western Mine, southwest of the Baker Mine, was found in July, 1927, by W. M. Baling who transferred ownership to the Western Borax Company. He remained on as the mine superintendent. Between 1927 and 1933, the Western produced about 160,000 tons of ore before being sold to the Borax Consolidated, Ltd. in mid-1933. These underground borax mines became obsolete when the large open-pit Boron Mine was formally opened in November 1957. The deposit is expected to last several generations."
vredenburgh.org/desert_fever/pages/kern_county_07.htm
"The Western Mine, southwest of the Baker Mine, was found in July, 1927, by W. M. Baling who transferred ownership to the Western Borax Company. He remained on as the mine superintendent. Between 1927 and 1933, the Western produced about 160,000 tons of ore before being sold to the Borax Consolidated, Ltd. in mid-1933. These underground borax mines became obsolete when the large open-pit Boron Mine was formally opened in November 1957. The deposit is expected to last several generations."
vredenburgh.org/desert_fever/pages/kern_county_07.htm
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°1'59"N 117°40'7"W
- Rio Tinto Borax Mine 7.8 km
- Daly Deposit 37 km
- Yellow Aster Mine 37 km
- Halsey Deposit 38 km
- Jawbone Canyon Mine Complex 44 km
- Cudahy's Old Dutch Cleanser Mines 51 km
- Coolgardie Camp 55 km
- CEMEX Black Mountain Quarry 66 km
- Mitsubishi Cement Corporation, Cushenbury Plant 105 km
- Blue Boy Limestone Quarry 112 km
- Boron Pit 1.3 km
- Boron, California 1.4 km
- Leachate Ponds from Borax Mine 5.8 km
- Solar Energy Generating Systems III-VII 10 km
- Air Force Propulsion Laboratory 11 km
- Ordinance Huts 14 km
- Muroc Bombing and Gunnery Range 15 km
- Edwards AFB Precision Impact Range Area (PIRA) 17 km
- Rogers Dry Lake 21 km
- Edwards Air Force Base 22 km