The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-10-16
.RHYOuTE, NEVADA,
CALLED A SEPULCHRE
MONEY ONCE MORE PLENTIFUL
THAN WATER-PEN PICTURE
BY RECENT VISITOR.
New York Mining Agel

Shades or Montgomery Shoshone OF
Bullfrog located in the camp of Rhy-
olite, New, once insouciantly sponsor
ed by great man at the measly ca
price of s22 per share, for It's Stock on
a capitalization of 100000 shares, and
now derelict! Shades of Bullfrog
Gold Bar at 81 per share, Gibraltar at
81 per share. National Bank at 90c a
share and score of other Bulfrogs
which once graced, or disgraced, the
mining share markets.
Probably no epitaph that ever was
written over the remains of a once
exalted mining district can compare
in realism with the description of Rhy~
olite, the Bullfrog metropolis, penned
by traveller after he had paid a visit
to the Camp of Lost Hopes in south
western Nevada fortnight ago.
A Deserted Village.
Here is his graphic description:
In Rhyolite at one time there were
at least $500 happy, prosperous, hope
ful people. This was not more than
five years ago. Fine brick blocks
sleirted the main business streets and
the town boasted of two good hotels
and many palatial residences. The
sales Of the big stores ran into the A.
figure column every day and five very
both night and day There were sa-
looms and dance halls innumorahle,
and the same boosted of a gilded pal
ace Of sin that outshone anything in
the state,
Money More Plentiful Thar Water.
"There wasn't a man who visited
Rhyolite in those days but who pre-
dicted a wonderful future for the
camp. | presume that more men were
working for SO day than any other
figure Money was a great deal more
plentiful than water, which was SELL
ing at rs cents per bucket. 1t cost a
man $14 per week for a 6xS room, and
you couldn't buy anything that looked
like meal for less than 81. There
town carrying from 16 to 20 pages, 4
in each issue loaded with advertising
that paid 81 per inch per issue. The
price was $40 per year.
Local reporters We're paid so per day
for their work, which was, of course,
confined mostly to writing up mines
Similar conditions existed in Beatty.
about four miles distant.
When the Boom Busted"
To-day Rhyolte is practically a de-
serted village. There are hundreds of
houses, some of them magnificent,
standing idle, with smashed windows,
battered down doors and SCARED walls
An elegant brick bank building, equip
ped with costly furniture stands in the
heart of the former business section,
open TO the public with big steel vault
doors ajar and the floor strewn with
books. checks and worthless certifi
Gates. Expensive fixtures remain in
business houses and In some of the
houses good looking furniture remains
which was left when the people found
the boom had exploded.
Good Sleeping Accommodations
"And this reminds me- When ]
struck Rhyolite the other day ! was
asked by an old miner who had not
forsaken the town, where I was go
ing to sleep that night. Not having
made arrangements for the night, he
pointed out fine appearing two-storv
building just across the street. Go
over there he said, you will find IA
elegantly furnished sleeping rooms.
Take your choice. The people who op-
Grated that place in the old days had
barely enough money to get ont of
camp and they were forced to leave
their belongings ! visited the place
that evening and found it exactly as
represented There was plenty Of all
kinds Of bedding, including pillows
fine spreads and everything. There
were four well equipped bathrooms
but unfortunately the hydrants refus-
nd to turn loose water"