Chloride City - California Ghost Town

CHLORIDE CITY

NAME: Chloride City
COUNTY: Inyo
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 3
CLIMATE: Mild winter with, hot summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: It can and it does snow there, as the elevation is nearly 6,000 feet. I've had it snow on me on two occasions, and I have been there in ankle deep snow. - David A. Wright.

COMMENTS: Just off highway 190.
REMAINS: A few foundations and partial buildings.

Chloride City is located on the northern end of the Funeral Mountains in a remote part of Death Valley. There are a few crumbling buildings left. "Cousin Jack" Courtesy David A. Wright Great Basin Research Old automobiles Courtesy David A. Wright Great Basin Research Chloride City. April 9, 1999. Courtesy David A. Wright Great Basin Research Hill City Courtesy David A. Wright Great Basin Research Inside remains in a Chloride City ruin. April 9, 1999. Courtesy David A. Wright Great Basin Research Chloride City. April 9, 1999. Courtesy David A. Wright Great Basin Research Chloride City Courtesy Gar Jorgenson Chloride City Courtesy Gar Jorgenson Chloride City in the Snow Courtesy Bill Cook Dugout Dwelling Courtesy Bill Cook	Mercury processing plant Courtesy David A. Wright Great Basin Research Chloride City boarding house Courtesy David A. Wright Great Basin Research Boarding house ruins. April 9, 1999. Courtesy David A. Wright Great Basin Research WESTERN PLACES publisher Alan Patera and his dog, Charley, check out a dugout that once housed a single or group of miners. It continues to be a well insulated and cozy home, complete with stove remains, shelves and well braced against winter's cold or summer heat. April 9, 1999. Courtesy David A. Wright Great Basin Research Grave of James McKay. There is nothing known about him. Otherwise there are no other known graves in Chloride City. April 9, 1999. Courtesy David A. Wright Great Basin Research A cousin jack type dwelling. The rear access, once buried into the hillside, leads its way into a mine tunnel. April 9, 1999. Courtesy David A. Wright Great Basin Research Chloride Cliff, elevation 5,279, making it at least 5,379 feet above the floor of Death Valley below. The townsite of Chloride City is located a half mile behind the camera and a few hundred feet lower. April 9, 1999. Courtesy David A. Wright Great Basin Research Chloride City Building Remains Courtesy Bill Cook Chloride City Dwelling Courtesy Bill Cook Snow in Chloride City Courtesy Bill Cook Truck Fenders Courtesy Bill Cook Chloride City Sign Courtesy Jyri&Mia Mine Shaft Courtesy Jyri&Mia Water Tank Courtesy Jyri&Mia

Chloride City is located on the northern end of the Funeral Mountains in a remote part of Death Valley. There are a few crumbling buildings left.

"Cousin Jack"
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

Old automobiles
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

Chloride City. April 9, 1999.
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

Hill City
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

Inside remains in a Chloride City ruin. April 9, 1999.
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

Chloride City. April 9, 1999.
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

Chloride City
Courtesy Gar Jorgenson

Chloride City in the Snow
Courtesy Bill Cook

Dugout Dwelling
Courtesy Bill Cook

Mercury processing plant
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

Chloride City boarding house
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

Boarding house ruins. April 9, 1999.
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

WESTERN PLACES publisher Alan Patera and his dog, Charley, check out a dugout that once housed a single or group of miners. It continues to be a well insulated and cozy home, complete with stove remains, shelves and well braced against winter's cold or summer heat. April 9, 1999.
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

Grave of James McKay. There is nothing known about him. Otherwise there are no other known graves in Chloride City. April 9, 1999.
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

A cousin jack type dwelling. The rear access, once buried into the hillside, leads its way into a mine tunnel. April 9, 1999.
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

Chloride Cliff, elevation 5,279, making it at least 5,379 feet above the floor of Death Valley below. The townsite of Chloride City is located a half mile behind the camera and a few hundred feet lower. April 9, 1999.
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

Chloride City Building Remains
Courtesy Bill Cook

Chloride City Dwelling
Courtesy Bill Cook

Snow in Chloride City
Courtesy Bill Cook

Truck Fenders
Courtesy Bill Cook

Chloride City Sign
Courtesy Jyri&Mia

Mine Shaft
Courtesy Jyri&Mia

Water Tank
Courtesy Jyri&Mia

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