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Bold borax swindle ends in a staked claim twist
In Daggett the tale follows Blumenberg a keen chemist with a borax hoax. A Los Angeles sample of colmanite triggers a rush to Lang then a clash of claims with Thorkildsen and Stauffer. A fence gate blocks access to the entire property as a young woman and four guards hold the line.
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Daggett
Wash Cah
Ionopah
Cahill
Blumenberg
Los Angeles
The
Post
Blumy
Fortune
Stauffer
Tie
Los Angeles Times
Thorkilden
Times
Thorkildsen
Borax Smith
Torky
Pacific
Stauffer Company
Dawes & Milar
Bhoomenberg
Colmanite
Lang
Standard
San Francisco
Pittsburg
Chicago