20 Mule Team Borax

20 Mule Team Borax
Product type
Laundry aid, household cleaner, mold cleaner, insecticide
OwnerHenkel
CountryHarmony Borax Works, Death Valley, California
Introduced1891; 133 years ago (1891)
Related brands
Boraxo hand soap (discontinued)
MarketsUnited States, Canada
Previous ownersPacific Coast Borax Company (1891–1956), U.S. Borax, Inc. (1956–1988)
Websitewww.20muleteamlaundry.com
20 Mule Team brand Borax white laundry soap

20 Mule Team Borax is a brand of cleaner manufactured in the United States by The Dial Corporation, a subsidiary of Henkel.[1] The product primarily consists of borax, also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, and is named after the 20-mule teams that were used by William Tell Coleman's company to move borax out of Death Valley, California, to the nearest rail spur between 1883 and 1889.

  1. ^ Hildebrand, G. H. (1982) "Borax Pioneer: Francis Marion Smith." San Diego: Howell-North Books. ISBN 0-8310-7148-6