Founded around 1904, the famous ghost town, Rhyolite, was once the home of more then 10,000 hopeful miners. 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. However just three years after its start a financial panic became the beginning of the end for this thriving city. In 1916, the doors closed and Rhyolite was deserted.
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). Rhyolite is located only 3 miles west of Beatty. Come and see the "Ghosts" of Rhyolite.