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Miner's Cabin
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One of the original miners' cabins at the Baker Mine site housed Pacific Coast Borax employees. Built in 1929, it usually housed one or two unmarried men. It had a wooden frame, a wooden floor, and a double roof for insulation against the summer sun, and a wood- or coal-burning stove provided heat in winter. The cabin had electricity but no running water. Rent was included in a board-and-room package that cost $5.00 per week. At that time, the town of Boron did not exist, and the Baker Mine area was a single men's camp. This housing remained in use until the 1960's, when the company, by then U.S. Borax, ended its policy of providing company-owned housing because Boron had become a well-established town and such housing was no longer needed.
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