What is borax? The answer is inside California's largest mine. | Bartell's Backroads

What is borax? The answer is inside California's largest mine. | Bartell's Backroads

From soap to cell phones, the world needs borax and it was once mined in California using mules and wagons. Today, miners use trucks that haul 270-thousand tons of ore at a time and burn 1,000 gallons of fuel, per shift.

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