1939 Map of Chloride

About this map

Chloride serves as the focal point for this high-desert landscape, reflecting its origins as a silver mining hub within the Cerbat Mountains. Surveyed in 1939 by Lawrence Hankins and others, the map records a rugged industrial economy where the USLM 4400 Tennessee Mine and Arizona Magma Mine dominate the local geography. Beyond the main town, smaller settlements and homesteads like Mineral Park and Barksdale Ranch are scattered along the mountain fringes, while the curious inclusion of Santa Claus appears along the highway in the Sacramento Valley. The landscape is characterized by a dense network of canyons and peaks, including Cherum Pk and Turquoise Mtn, interspersed with vital water sources such as Cedar Spr and Gaddis Spr that sustained the region's mines and ranches.