Word: borax
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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Cord and his friends began buying up scrip from heirs. In 1947, they laid claim to ten borax-rich acres in California's Mojave Desert. The Interior Department refused to recognize Cord's claim on the ground that his scrip could not be used for mineral land. Cord's appeal is still pending in court...