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Isidore Daunet (1850–1884) was a French emigrant to the United States, who arrived at the age of ten, coming to San
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Little remains of the structures but ruins. The works originally included a boiler, a tank for dissolved borax, and open tanks for crystallization of the borax. A stone building stood nearby to house the workers. The boiler fire box remains, along with an earth mound at the site of the building.
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Daunet survived only by killing one of the party's animals and drinking its blood. After establishing the borax company in 1882, he fell into business trouble. His wife gave notice of her intention to divorce him, and Daunet was swindled out of $ 11,000. He committed suicide in May 1884.
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using 12-mule teams hauling two wagons. The extraction business operated until 1884 when problems mounted and Daunet killed himself. The property eventually passed to the
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was established near
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deposits that Daunet discovered there in 1880. The partnership established the first
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335:"National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Eagle Borax Works"
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176:54 acres (22 ha)
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136:Coordinates
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288:References
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650:Rhyolite
559:Ballarat
473:Badwater
404:minerals
275:See also
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125:Location
461:History
825:Skidoo
743:SR 374
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544:Valley
528:Places
508:Skidoo
225:borate
728:US 95
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608:Dunes
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422:Borax
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