Chloride City | |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | California |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in California |
Pushpin Image: | California Locator Map with US.PNG |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Inyo County |
Coordinates: | 36.7067°N -116.8822°W |
Elevation M: | 1454 |
Elevation Ft: | 4770 |
Chloride City is a ghost town in Inyo County, California, United States. It is located 8.5miles north-northeast of Beatty Junction, at an elevation of 4770feet. The former settlement is in Death Valley National Park.
The town was established in 1905 when the Bullfrog, Nevada, gold discovery brought people into the area. The ghost town contains numerous adits, dumps, and the grave of James McKay, of whom nothing is known.[1] The town also holds the remains of three stamp mills.[2]