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Old Harmony Borax Works

Old Harmony Borax Works

Old Harmony Borax Works, Death Valley National Park, California.

This photo was taken at the site of the Old Harmony Borax works in Death Valley National Park, California. Death valley was known for its gold and silver mines, but the most profitable were the borate mines out of which Borax, used in cleaning products is made. In the site of this building, Borax was discovered in 1881 by aaron Winters, who later sold this to W. T. Coleman who was of San Francisco. In 1882 Coleman built the Harmony Borax Works. Chinese workmen gathered the ore, called Cottonball, which was then processed here and transported out using twenty mule teams.

Technical Details:
Exposure: 1/250sec at f/11
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II
Time: 1.51 PM
Date: February 17, 2008

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This entry was posted on May 28, 2008. It was filed under Death Valley, landscape, Monochrome.

2 Responses

  1. sreekar

    Nice deep shadows on the front wall. It is highlighting the bricks beautifully. I would have preferred to have the skies in the background to be darker. Maybe clouds would be awesome background for this shot. :) . I really should try going there during the monsoons.

    May 28, 2008 at 10:53 am

  2. Suprada

    Gosh! Some nice puffy clouds in the sky would have been so awesome! Let men know when you are going next… maybe we can meet up there and shoot together?

    May 28, 2008 at 4:31 pm