Rhyolite, NV

Rhyolite, NV

Founded around 1904, Rhyolite, located 2.5 miles from Beatty, Nevada, once boasted a population of 12,000. There were hotels, stores, a school, an ice plant, two electric plants, foundries, machine shops, a miner's union hospital, and a three-story building which housed a bank.

John S. Cook and Co. Bank

A financial panic in 1907 was the beginning of the end for Rhyolite. The lights and power were finally turned off in 1916. Today, many remnants of the town's past can be seen, including the bank, jail, train depot and Bottle House (constructed out of 50,000 beer and liquor bottles). The train depot and Bottle House are privately owned.

HD & LD Porter General Store

Rhyolite School

Train Depot