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Chloride was the first of many mining communities founded in northwest Arizona in the early 1860s, and it is the only one surviving today. Chloride got its name from the type of silver ore found in the area. The town is 20 miles north of Kingman off Hwy 93, at an elevation of 4,009 feet. Phoenix is 205 miles away; Flagstaff, 165 miles. Chloride's location, near the edge of the Cerbat Mountains, is close to Lake Mead and the Lake Mohave portions of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Locals celebrate their colorful history during the Old Miners Day, held each year in June. Murals 30 feet high painted in 1967 by Roy Purcell, and petroglyphs left by early Indian cultures can be viewed at the base of the Cerbat Mountains, about 1.3 miles east of Chloride.


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