20 Mule Team Borax
Death Valley, California | |
| Introduced | 1891 |
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| Related brands | Boraxo hand soap (discontinued) |
| Markets | United States, Canada |
| Previous owners | Pacific Coast Borax Company (1891–1956), U.S. Borax, Inc. (1956–1988) |
| Website | www.20muleteamlaundry.com |
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20 Mule Team Borax is a brand of cleaner manufactured in the United States by
rail spur
between 1883 and 1889.
Ingredients
Borateem is 98.7 percent borax with
sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, an insecticide[2] (but more importantly, a common laundry detergent).[3]
Boraxo is a powdered hand soap.[4]
History
20-mule teams were first used by Francis Marion Smith to move borax out of the desert.[1][5] Smith subsequently acquired Coleman's holdings in 1890 and consolidated them with his own to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company. After the 20-mule teams were replaced by a new rail spur, the name 20 Mule Team Borax was established and aggressively promoted by Pacific Coast Borax to increase sales.
Dial Corporation by U.S. Borax.[6]
Dial is now an American consumer products unit of Henkel.[4]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-8310-7148-6
- ^ "Differences Between Borax and Borateem". Sciencing.
- ^ U.S. Borax. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- JSTOR 26062263.. The article states that the distance between Columbus, Nevada and Wadsworth, Nevadais "about 360 miles" whereas today the distance on modern roads is about 160 miles.
- ^ Rio Tinto Borax: About Borax : History Archived March 17, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Dial's product information page
- Rio Tinto's 20 Mule Team Borax official site
- 20-mule Team Borax History - DesertUSA
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