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Show RHYOLITE, NEVADA 1943 Just east of Death Valley The Rhyolite bank Building From the WPA Guide, 1940... RHYOLITE, from 1905 to 1908, a city of 8000. So promising were the first assays of ore, so loud was the publicity on Nevada bonanzas following the Goldfield stampede, that many who bought land and stock here believed that Rhyolite would be another Virginia City. Though the mines produces $3,000,000, it was discovered that the rich veins and ledges were superficial, and many of the substantial buildings, of brick and concrete, erected in the belief of a long future, were soon torn down or left to disintegration. / : ee Oe Ee To see ae eC an archive of stories about Herb and hs wonderfu yisit the Zephyr web site: www.canyoncountryzephyr com |
