Marion Smith to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company. The town named Lila C, California was at the Lila C mine, named by its owner William Tell Coleman, for his daughter, Lila C. Coleman. Death William Tell Coleman died at his home in San Francisco on November 22, 1893. Legacy The mineral Colemanite was named in his honor. The actor Gregg Palmer was cast as Coleman in 1958 episode, "Empire of Youth", on the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days, narrated by Stanley Andrews. In the story line, Coleman shuns gambling and prospecting for gold but devotes his talents elsewhere and makes several fortunes in farming and the mining of borax. He was even mentioned in the 1880s as a potential candidate for U.S President but did not wish to leave California. See also Twenty-Mule-Team Borax Francis Marion Smith References External links People from Cynthiana, Kentucky 1824 births 1893 deaths Mining in California California pioneers American vigilantes Businesspeople from Kentucky Saint Louis University alumni 19th-century American businesspeople