Chloride City is a

ghost town Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to: * Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned Film and television * Ghost Town (1936 film), ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser * Ghost Town (1956 film), ''Ghost Town'' ...

Inyo County, California Inyo County () is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada. In the 2020 census, the population was 19,016. The county seat is Independence. Inyo County is ...

, United States. It is located north-northeast of Beatty Junction, at an elevation of . The former settlement is in

Death Valley National Park Death Valley National Park is an American national park that straddles the California–Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada. The park boundaries include Death Valley, the northern section of Panamint Valley, the southern section of Eureka ...

. The town was established in 1905 when the

Bullfrog, Nevada Bullfrog is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is located at the north end of the Amargosa Desert about west of Beatty. Less than north of Bullfrog are the Bullfrog Hills and the ghost town of Rhyolite. The two ghost ...

, gold discovery brought people into the area. The ghost town contains numerous

adit An adit (from Latin ''aditus'', entrance) is an entrance to an underground mine which is horizontal or nearly horizontal, by which the mine can be entered, drained of water, ventilated, and minerals extracted at the lowest convenient level. Adits ...

s, dumps, and the grave of James McKay, of whom nothing is known. The town also holds the remains of three

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s.Death Valley Ghost Towns
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* {{authority control Ghost towns in Inyo County, California Mining communities in California Populated places in the Mojave Desert Death Valley Amargosa Desert Populated places established in 1905 1905 establishments in California

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