Death Valley Days (TV Series)

Green Is the Color of Gold (1968)

John Wheeler: John Burk

Quotes 

• John Burk : It ain't gold you should be lookin' for.

  Aaron Winters : What do you mean by that?

  John Burk : A man could retire right comfortable if he could find a proper deposit of borax.

  Aaron Winters : A deposit of what?

  John Burk : Borax!

  Aaron Winters : Borax? What's that?

  John Burk : It's a mineral they use to make soaps and medicines with. It's rare, but they found a pocket of it up there about five years ago. Findin' some more would be pretty worthwhile.

  Aaron Winters : What is it about it that makes it so worthwhile to be diggin' for?

  John Burk : The scarcity of it, that's what! The only place they can it now is a country called Tibet. They load it on the backs of sheep and haul it over the Himalayas.