1.5 inches of January rainwater in the desert region of Boron, CA resulted in a rare challenge for Borax mine operations …. 70 million gallons of water was left standing on the usually arid, dry floor of the mine. This water had to be pumped out to resume normal mining operations. As the largest open pit mine in Califor- nia, and the largest borate mine in the world, the Borax mine supplies more than half of the world’s borates … a natura

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