Close by the proposed site are swimming holes, including Alvord Hot Springs and blue, glittering Borax Lake.

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Near Borax Lake cauldrons sit rusting, abandoned by a borax mining outfit that worked here a century ago.

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Just as borax producers used flimsy furniture to sell their soap, Levitz used flimsy stock to increase its furniture business.

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The lake's owner, the Nature Conservancy, asks that they not: The ecosystem is home to the endangered 2-inch Borax Lake chub, which exists only here.

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The Company has interests in mining for aluminum, borax, coal, copper, gold, iron ore, lead, silver, tin, uranium, zinc, titanium, dioxide feedstock, diamonds, talc and zircon.

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Borax is a natural mineral, commonly used in laundry detergent.

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But there are less toxic and nontoxic ways of controlling bugs, from borax (a poison) to essential oils, select plants, and ways to make common insects feel less welcome in your cupboard.

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