The Rapid Rise and Fall of the Historic Ghost Town of Rhyolite, Nevada
Located just outside of Death Valley National Park in Nevada are the remains of the once boomtown of Rhyolite. When gold was discovered in the area, in just two years the town became the fourth largest in Nevada with millions of dollars being invested in Rhyolite. A little more than a decade later, the population was just 14.
When Rhyolite was booming, it probably seemed like the sky was the limit for the town. It had a number of newspapers, three story banks, a large schoolhouse, service from three different railroads, electricity, and even an ice cream parlor. As quickly as the town was built up though, it began to fall. The mines weren't as prosperous as advertised, and a month after the brand new $130,000 train depot opened, more people were leaving town than coming in. The town that was founded in 1905, was pretty much dead by 1910.
In this video we explore the town, visiting sites such as the school, Tom Kelly's bottle house, the Cook Bank building, the train depot, and the red light district, where we visit the false grave of Mona Bell.
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Historic Rhyolite Nevada Townsite Abandoned Ghost Town Check out this abandoned ghost town and movie set called Rhyolite Nevada. Old historic mining town built-in 1904. The Goldwell open-air museum and Tom Kelly bottle house Rhyolite is located 4 miles west of Beatty Nevada The Gateway to Death valley
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Exploring the Historic Desert Ghost Town of RHYOLITE | Nevada
Rhylolite is one of many ghost towns in the Southwest that experienced a quick boom. Today only a few buildings remain but there are still many stories left to tell.
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On our recent travels we visited numerous ghost towns in different states of decay, repair and reconstruction. None have been left as untouched as Rhyolite has since its heyday. Few of the buildings remain but what does really illustrate what an expansive and developed town Rhyolite was at the time.
Rhyolite was founded in 1904 when two prospectors noticed quartz and discovered gold in the area. Shortly afterwards camps were set up and buildings erected. The town grew so fast that within three years electricity was running throughout. Unfortunately in the same year the Panic of 1907 occurred and took its toll on growth. Soon after the population dwindled to a couple thousand. By 1916 the power was turned off to the town.
Among the buildings that are left that we toured is the 3-story structure that served as the Cook Bank building. Another relic is the old concrete schoolhouse. It was a two story, 8-room building for the children of Rhyolite. Located nearby is the HD & LD Porter Mercantile that provided the town with groceries and other supplies.
One of the better preserved buildings in town is the train station. In its later years it was turned into a casino. This likely explains its state today but it is genuinely impressive.
Also impressive is the town jail which still has iron bars on the windows! Unfortunately you cannot enter many of these buildings.
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The Goldwell Open Air Museum, an outdoor sculpture museum near the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, founded by Belgian artist Albert Szukalski.
Rhyolite is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is in the Bullfrog Hills, about 120 miles (190 km) northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern boundary of Death Valley National Park. The town began in early 1905 as one of several mining camps that sprang up after a prospecting discovery in the surrounding hills. During an ensuing gold rush, thousands of gold-seekers, developers, miners and service providers flocked to the Bullfrog Mining District. Many settled in Rhyolite, which lay in a sheltered desert basin near the region's biggest producer, the Montgomery Shoshone Mine.
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Rhyolite Ghost Town | History | Tour | May 2022
Join us as we explore Rhyolite Ghost Town! In the middle of the Nevada desert, there sits an old gold mining ghost town. A town that lasted only a handfull of years. This town has so much history, so much beauty and we are excited to give you a tour and alot of information on it. Enjoy!!
Rhyolite Ghost Town, NV
In this week's video, we explore the gold mining boomtown of Rhyolite, NV.
Located in Nye County in the state of Nevada Rhyolite is one of the best examples of a preserved ghost town in Southern Nevada.
It stands at 3,800' elevation in Bullfrog Hills at the easternmost edge of Death Valley; just outside the Death Valley National Park. It is easily accessible as a day trip from Las Vegas.
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In 1904 Frank 'Shorty' Harris and Ed Cross found green-colored high-grade gold ore. The resulting gold rush created the Bullfrod District. Its premier community was Rhylite. Platted in 1905, it quickly grew into the largest city in Southern Nevada. Eventually served by three water systems and three railroads; the Tonopah and Tidewater, the Bullfrod Goldfield, and the Las Vegas and Tonopah - whose 1908 depot still stands - Rhyolite boomed. By 1907 it claimed a population of 6,000. With the economic collapse of 1907, and the closure of Charles Schwabb Montgomery Shoshone Mine in 1910, the town died. By 1920 only 14 residents remained. During its heyday, the lack of local timber supplies lead to concrete and adobe being used for most buildings, though three buildings were built from empty bottles with one still standing today. The town's growth was fast, and its demise nearly as fast. Today, Rhyolite stands as a testament to the mining heritage of Southern Nevada.
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The Ghost Town of Rhyolite, Nevada
Rhyolite is a ghost town in the southern Nevada desert close to Death Valley and Beatty. At only 120 miles away from Las Vegas, it also makes for a good weekend road trip! Gold was discovered here in 1905 and within 6 months the town of Rhyolite grew to a population of several thousand. A decade later the high quality ore was exhausted and the vast majority of people had already left. The abandoned town later became a tourist attraction as well as the set of many movies. Here you can see abandoned mine shafts, Tom Kelly's Bottle House, and ruins of the old school building, the Porter Brothers Store, the Overbury Building & Bishop Jewelry Store, and the John S. Cook & Co. Bank. The old Train Station & Railway Depot is the most well preserved of the buildings. There is also the Goldwell Open Air Museum on site to check out.
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00:34 Headed to Rhyolite - About the Ghost Town
01:48 Entrance to Rhyolite - Then & Now Aerial Drone View & Mine Shafts
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The Top Five Ghost Towns in Nevada!
From the south to the north, the Silver State is an area with rich history, particularly rich mining history. From Rhyolite on the western border, to Berlin in the Toquima mountains, many of these towns boomed - and then disappeared within a ten year span. While what remains in all of these towns varies, the towns herein - Rhyholite, Palmetto, Pioche, Belmont and Berlin - are the best ghost towns to explore in the state for seasoned explorers and novice travelers alike.
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Rhyolite Ghost Town, Nevada - Mojave Desert Ghost Towns
One of the things that I have come to love about the western US are the many ghost towns like Rhyolite. Rhyolite is one of a number of Mojave Desert ghost towns. I recently visited the Rhyolite ghost town during a trip to Death Valley National Park.
Rhyolite is interesting because it sprung up very quickly in the early 1900s and was quite prosperous for a few years. Despite its early success, by 1920 the town was all but abandoned. Today there are remnants of buildings and sidewalks that visitors may enjoy and explore.
The Rhyolite ghost town is easily accessibly via a paved road off Highway 374 near Beatty, Nevada.
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In theory, a town should be able to thrive anywhere in the world, so long as there's enough water to sustain it, right? That's what Harry L. Pierce wanted to prove in 1909, by creating a 40,000 acre, 10,000 population city in the middle of the Nevada desert, but getting the water out there turned out to be a whole different problem.
Operating with the Pacific Reclamation Company of New York City, advertising an already thriving city with orchards and farms, and partnered with the Mormon Church, Pierce was even quick to secure a railroad contract with the Southern Pacific Railroad to have a train line to the city built within the first year of its life.
The nearby Bishop Creek was dammed using rubble from the 1906 San Fransisco Earthquake, and water diverted to the town. The town began to flourish, but ranchers downstream, now deprived of the water they relied on, sued the Pacific Reclamation Company. The company was forced to limit Metropolis' water consumption, and the town began to dry up. Famine, disease, and infestation of wild animals tool its toll on the town until fire finally gave it a death blow.
Now, even most of the streets have disappeared beneath the dust and sagebrush, but the Lincoln Hotel and the old Metropolis Schoolhouse ruins have become iconic among the ghost towns of the west. The arch for the school still stands as a grave stone for this ambitious town.
Metropolis is located in Elko County, Nevada, a few miles north of Wells.
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Historic Beatty Nevada HWY 95 Check out Historic Beatty Nevada Gateway to Death Valley National Park. Highway 95 runs thru Beatty, Old goldmine ghost town with wild burros running around town that dates back to the early 1800's
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Took a trip to Rhyolite Nevada to explore the abandoned ghost town. When it was a booming mining town, the material was worth $85,000 per ton (with todays dollar)
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Rhyolite, Nevada - A Historic & Photo-Worthy Ghost Town
Sometimes even the locals need to escape Las Vegas for a day! Join us as we travel about 120 miles north of Vegas, up Interstate 95 to the boomtown-gone-bust destination of Rhyolite. There are atmospheric and beautiful remains from this century-old mining town, just waiting to be explored and photographed. Rhyolite is barely 2 hours from the excitement of the Strip, and even closer to Death Valley - it's a day trip for history buffs and amateur photographers, and a desert adventure we couldn't resist!
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The train depot in Rhyolite, Nevada, stands as a captivating relic of the town's boom-and-bust history. Constructed during the early 20th century as part of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad, this once-bustling station served as a vital transportation hub for the region's flourishing mining industry. Today, the depot stands eerily abandoned amidst the desert landscape, its weathered walls and rusted tracks telling tales of a bygone era. The architectural remnants evoke a sense of nostalgia, offering a glimpse into the challenges and triumphs faced by the pioneers who sought fortune in the harsh Nevada desert. Exploring the Rhyolite train depot is like stepping back in time, a journey through the echoes of an industrial past that still resonate in the quiet expanses of this ghost town.
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Rhyolite Ghost Town | Nevada
OBSCURIST TOURIST 120 - Rhyolite ghost town in Nevada sits about 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern boundary of Death Valley National Park. The town began in early 1905 as one of several mining camps that sprang up after a prospecting discovery in the surrounding hills. During an ensuing gold rush, thousands of gold-seekers, developers, miners and service providers flocked to the Bullfrog Mining District. Many settled in Rhyolite, which lay in a sheltered desert basin near the region's biggest producer - the Montgomery Shoshone Mine.
Industrialist Charles M. Schwab bought the mine in 1906. In less than a year, Schwab's infrastructure investment bestowed Rhyolite with electric lights, water mains, telephones, newspapers, a hospital, a school, an opera house, and a stock exchange. Estimates put the town's peak population in 1907-08 at between 3,500 and 5,000.
Rhyolite declined almost as rapidly as it rose, however, and by the end of 1910, the mine was operating at a loss, and it closed in 1911. Out-of-work miners moved elsewhere, and Rhyolite's population fell rapidly. By 1920, everyone was gone.
After 1920, Rhyolite and its ruins became a tourist attraction and a setting for motion pictures.
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