ChlorideArizona
The town of Chloride is all that is left of a once thriving gold mining operation. The town is very small and quaint with the houses decorated in colorful ways. After stopping at the small store we learned that the area had a lot of rain that season and the washes were running high. Undaunted we made our way up to go see the painted murals which are a chief attraction in Chloride. The first wash we came to was knarly with a major do it if you dare look to it. We sat pondering the situation when a truck came by and went through the wash right in front of us. We then crossed it ourselves without any problem. We stopped after a short ways and looked for rocks for about 20 minutes. We found some interesting green rocks and some rocks with pyrite there was an abundance of quartz. We decided to go on and see the murals and check out the area further on. After a couple more less impressive crossings we found the murals and got out to take some photos and look around. The site had some petroglyphs and a painted set of murals across some big boulders. We looked around for awhile and then drove back down the mountain stopping to have lunch and do some more rock collecting. We found remnants of old mining operations scattered around and some neat rocks however we didn't find anything of signifigance (that we know of). |
