Rhyolite - Beatty, Nevada, United States
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Rhyolite Beatty
A ghost town with real character, the town of Rhyolite was founded in 1904 due to what many believed to be a rich strike of ore, but alas, was not meant to be.
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- ... At Beatty, Nevada, we turned onto 374 toward Death Valley, stopping just west to look at a ghost town named Rhyolite Alex said the goast town creeped him out ...
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- Bottle House at Rhyolite, NV by Sparky2007 from a blog titled On the road to Death Valley
- Art installation at Rhyolite by Caitmel from a blog titled The Desert and Death Valley
- Rhyolite, NV Ghost Town by Sparky2007 from a blog titled On the road to Death Valley
- Ghost Town Rhyolite, NV by Sparky2007 from a blog titled On the road to Death Valley
- Ghost town. Rhyolite. by Scott_mhairi from a blog titled Death Valley
- Rhyolite ghost town by Caitmel from a blog titled The Desert and Death Valley
- Rhyolite Store by Kesterfamily from a blog titled Death Valley
Beatty and Rhyolite, Nevada
We visit Beatty, Nevada, and the nearby ghost town of Rhyolite.
Nevada Ghost Town Video Tours - Rhyolite (near Beatty, NV)
We took a visit into Rhyolite ghost town, only 5-10min from Beatty, NV. Most of the town is in ruin, but it's a great place to check out if you're in the area!
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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 edge of Death Valley. 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 Montgomery Shoshone Mine in 1906 and invested heavily in infrastructure, including piped water, electric lines and railroad transportation, that served the town as well as the mine. By 1907, Rhyolite had electric lights, water mains, telephones, newspapers, a hospital, a school, an opera house, and a stock exchange. Published estimates of the town's peak population vary widely, but scholarly sources generally place it in a range between 3,500 and 5,000 in 1907–08.
Rhyolite declined almost as rapidly as it rose. After the richest ore was exhausted, production fell. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the financial panic of 1907 made it more difficult to raise development capital. In 1908, investors in the Montgomery Shoshone Mine, concerned that it was overvalued, ordered an independent study. When the study's findings proved unfavorable, the company's stock value crashed, further restricting funding. By the end of 1910, the mine was operating at a loss, and it closed in 1911. By this time, many out-of-work miners had moved elsewhere, and Rhyolite's population dropped well below 1,000. By 1920, it was close to zero.
After 1920, Rhyolite and its ruins became a tourist attraction and a setting for motion pictures. Most of its buildings crumbled, were salvaged for building materials, or were moved to nearby Beatty or other towns, although the railway depot and a house made chiefly of empty bottles were repaired and preserved. From 1988 to 1998, three companies operated a profitable open-pit mine at the base of Ladd Mountain, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Rhyolite. The Goldwell Open Air Museum lies on private property just south of the ghost town, which is on property overseen by the Bureau of Land Management.
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A Visit to Beatty and Rhyolite, Nevada, USA
A musical video montage of images from a visit to historic Beatty Nevada and nearby gold mining 'ghost town' Rhyolite. Includes Tom Kelly's Bottle House. Music by Jerry Reed, Tiggerman Music, Flatt & Scruggs, Bell & Case, Alison Krauss. Video by Bill Mills. *NOTE: This is a special CUT version for YouTube which required removing 1:31 from the original per YouTube limits. Yhus it has a few rough transitions or hard cuts that diminish the overall video. I hope it is still enjoyable in this form.
Rhyolite, Ghost Town, Nevada
Rhyolite is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States. It is located in the Bullfrog Hills, about 3.8 miles west of the town of Beatty, near the eastern edge of Death Valley.
The town came into existence as the result of a gold rush that began in 1904, and had its peak population from 1905 to 1910, when decreased gold production led to a decline that culminated in its abandonment by 1919. We visited Rhyolite on July the 5th 2008.
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HISTORY TO GO/Nevada EP 2: BEATTY, NEVADA: THE HAPPY BURRO
In this episode of History to Go, Ted is joined by friend and Nevada journalist John Tyson to explore the Happy Burro. Rumored to have the best chili anywhere John and Ted had to give it a try. What they found was more than chili! Of course Ted had to find John first...
Rhyolite Historic Townsite
Exploring the historic townsite of Rhyolite, Nevada. Found between Beatty, NV and the boundary of Death Valley National Park. Dilapidated buildings and a cool bottle house. I forgot to take a picture of the bottle house, so I used a photo by Wikimedia user Finetooth.
Beatty, Nevada
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Driving through Beatty, Nevada
Beatty (pronounced BAY-dee) is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) along the Amargosa River in Nye County in the U.S. state of Nevada. U.S. Route 95 runs through the CDP, which lies between Tonopah, about 90 miles (140 km) to the north, and Las Vegas, about 120 miles (190 km) to the southeast. State Route 374 connects Beatty to Death Valley National Park, about 8 miles (13 km) to the west.
Before the arrival of non-indigenous people in the 19th century, the region was home to groups of Western Shoshone. Established in 1905, the community was named after Montillus (Montillion) Murray Old Man Beatty, who settled on a ranch in the Oasis Valley in 1896 and became Beatty's first postmaster. With the arrival of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad in 1905, the CDP became a railway center for the Bullfrog Mining District, including mining towns such as nearby Rhyolite.[2] Starting in the 1940s, Nellis Air Force Base and other federal installations contributed to the town's economy as did tourism related to Death Valley National Park and the rise of Las Vegas as an entertainment center.
Beatty is home to the Beatty Museum and Historical Society and to businesses catering to tourist travel. The ghost town of Rhyolite and the Goldwell Open Air Museum (a sculpture park), are both about 4 miles (6 km) to the west, and Yucca Mountain and the Nevada Test Site are about 18 miles (29 km) to the east.
WEIRD TALES 5: THE STRANGE CASE OF RHYOLITE NEVADA
On the edge of Death Valley lies the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada. Once a thriving metropolis with dreams of becoming one of the west's largest cities, today it stands in ruins. What happened here? Where did the people go? And does a mysterious grave at the edge of town provide a clue as to the town's last dying days? This is the Strange Case of Rhyolite, Nevada! To purchase the full one hour DVD:
Beatty, Nevada to Rhyolite Ghost Town & Goldwell Museum
Here's the short drive from Beatty Nevada, westbound on Route 374 to the ghost town of Rhyolite, and neighboring Goldwell Open Air Museum.
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An American Roadtrip - Rhyolite NV, Part 1
DAY 5 - Left the 'Atomic Inn' in Beatty and tried to drive to Rhyolite, A ghost town a few miles away. This was our first obsticle.
Beatty, NV (BTY)
a solo flight to Beatty 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas
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 Haunted Explorers go to Rhyolite, Nevada
The Haunted Explorer's adventure into Rhyolite Nevada, daytime investigation. Part 1 of 2.
USA Coast to coast: Death Valley, to Beatty NV via Corkscrew Peak en Rhyolite GT
USA Coast to coast: wij reden in 3 weken van Washington DC aan de oostkust door 16 staten en in 9.920 km naar Los Angeles aan de westkust van de US of A.
Rhyolite Nevada The Ghost Town
Full video I took while on Adventure Photo Tour in Nevada. This town that was left and became a ghost town, Rhyolite, Nevada.
Taken Oct. 19,2016. Shot using the Sony HX90v and edited in Pinnacle Studio.
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NV-374 Nevada, USA from Rhyolite to Death Valley | On the road
The road to Death Valley National Park, the NV-374 (Nevada State Route 374) from Rhyolite Ghost Town to the entrance of Death Valley. Filmed on May 10, 2014.
Death Valley is a valley in the United States that, together with the environment, is part of Death Valley National Park. It is for the most part located in the state of California and for a small part in the state of Nevada.
The valley is surrounded by mountains and is part of the Great Basin and the Mojave Desert. In Death Valley National Park there is a desert area with salt flats, rock formations, canyons, sand dunes and mountains.
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BEATTY DAYS 2012
We went to Beatty Days festival in Beatty, Nevada. Camped out at Bailey's Hot Springs, and from there we rode into California, Death Valley, Scotty's Castle and more. Car show, bike show, events, chili, etc..