Description This is Chloride, New Mexico, an old Ghost Town we visited on our trip. Chloride's main street, Pioneer Store was open 1881-1923. It is now on the state list of Historic Buildings. The name "Chloride" was selected, after the high-grade silver found here | Technical Details During the 1880s, Chloride had 100 homes, 1,000-2,000 people, eight saloons, three general stores, restaurants, butcher shops, a candy store, a lawyer's office, a doctor, boarding houses, an assay office, a stage line, a Chinese laundry and a hotel. |