Out side of Chloride, about mile and a half past Chloride, up a pretty rough dirt road, are the Chloride murals. The are also known as the Roy Purcell murals as he is the artist who painted them. They were painted in 1966. Roy Purcell took time off to work in the mines in the Cerbat Mountains from his graduate studies in fine arts at Utah State University. While in the area he completed the murals. They have worn well, but I understand Purcell and his family recently visited the area to touch up the murals.
I took my car up about a third of the way and then thought the road was too rough to pass so walked the rest of the way. However others did take their cars all the way. The hike has some gain in elevation so was a bit difficult.
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| View of mine on stone |
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| Not a mural but quartzite vein in I think granite |
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| Art in the rocks |
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