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Encyclopedia > Chloride City, California

Chloride City, California is a ghost town in Death Valley. The town was established in 1905 when the Bullfrog strike brought people into the area. The ghost town contains numerous adits and dumps and the grave of James McKay, of whom nothing is known. The town also holds the remains of three stamp mills.[1] Death Valley and Panamint Range For other uses, see Death Valley (disambiguation). ... A street corner in the ghost town of Bodie, California. ... Gated entrance of an abandoned adit An adit is a type of entrance to an underground mining operation in which the entrance shaft is horizontal or nearly horizontal. ... Section of Quincy Mine unit operations diagram showing Allis Steam Stamp Mill A Stamp mill is a mill, a type of machine or device used to break material into smaller pieces, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores. ...

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  1. ^ Death Valley Ghost Towns: National Park Service.


 
 

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