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| Title: | Twenty mule team in Death Valley (Calif.) |
| Date/circa: | 1880 | |
| Photographer: | Willard | |
| Subjects: | Mule trains - California - Death Valley; Death Valley (Calif.) | |
| Notes: | Crossing the salt beds of Death Valley, hauling 20 tons of borax to Mojave, a distance of 167 miles.It was necessary to haul a tank of water for the mules. It took 20 days to make the round trip. | |
| Negative#: | 2094 |
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