1968 Map of Chloride

About this map

The silver and lead mining town of Chloride serves as the focal point of this 1968 survey, situated at the base of the Cerbat Mountains. The map reveals an incredible density of hard-rock mining activity concentrated along the mountain front, where dozens of named operations such as the Tennessee Mine, Elkhart Mine, and Silver Age Mine follow the mineralization of the range. The proximity of the town to these workings illustrates the classic late-19th-century mining camp layout that persisted into the mid-20th century, even as the scale of operations shifted.