Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad
The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad was a former class II railroad that served eastern California and southwestern Nevada.
Francis Marion Smith, owner and head of Pacific Coast Borax and the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad, until 1914
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad route 1931
Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad 1908 northern section
Southern portion of route in 1908
Francis Marion Smith was an American miner, business magnate and civic builder in the Mojave Desert, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Oakland, California. He was known nationally and internationally as "Borax Smith" and "The Borax King", as his company produced the popular 20-Mule-Team Borax brand of household cleaner.
Francis Marion "Borax" Smith
Smith Brothers pure borax
20-mule team, Death Valley