Two days of poised driving later, having navigated roadway that at times became little more than a washboard gravel driveway traversing mountain passes that looked down onto the snow-covered peaks of adjacent mountains, I emerged to a place called Bell II, the beginning of civilization and ...
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Industrial minerals include various mined and processed commodities such as cement and aggregates (construction sand, gravel and crushed stone) that generally move to domestic markets for use in general construction and public work projects, including highways. Borates and clays move to domestic ...
Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert contains sand and gravel basins that drain to central salt flats from which borax, potash, and salt are extracted. (more) Mojave Desert desert, United States Ask the Chatbot a Question More Actions Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia ...