LETTER

By Staff
Published on May 1, 1963
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Here is a picture of the engine that the motel owner bought from somewhere around Nelson, Nevada. This is one of several that was bought for the borax run out of Death Valley to replace the 20 mule teams but didn't make the grade. The child is my daughter
Here is a picture of the engine that the motel owner bought from somewhere around Nelson, Nevada. This is one of several that was bought for the borax run out of Death Valley to replace the 20 mule teams but didn't make the grade. The child is my daughter
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See Mr. West's letter.
See Mr. West's letter.
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See Mr. Glassco's letter.
See Mr. Glassco's letter.
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See Mr. Glassco's letter.
See Mr. Glassco's letter.

Harry J. Pearce writes. . . . . . . .

A while back someone wrote you about the steam engine at Furnace
Creek in Death Valley. The story goes that there were several of
them bought to haul Borax from Death Valley. Well it seems proper
engineers were scarce and one blew up so the rest of the population
was scared of them. One was sold to an outfit at Nelson, Nev. for

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