The view of a mining tower between Mountain Ladd and Montgomery Mountain in Rhyolite, Nevada. Handwritten description provided on back of image: "between Mt. Ladd and Montgomery Mt. out in the middle of the alluvium. Tower documents attempt to reach bedrock. They went down 350 feet and didn't get to bedrock. See USGS Bulletin 407. - Ed Whipple, 12/19/78."
Photographic postcard of buildings in Rhyolite, Nevada. Text on front of postcard: "The Ghost Town of Rhyolite, Nevada"; Handwritten note on back of postcard: "Doris, Mabel & Frank took our picnic dinner to this town and ate it Dec 25, 1951 - almost a complete ghost town. We purchased this card in the bottle house of an old residenter who said he arrived in 1886 and would not live any place else".
Typed description provided on back of image: "This was our home in Rhyolite during 1909 and 1910. Left to right my sister Leila, my mother Mrs. Robert L. Sloan, my sister Margaret (4 yrs old) Nellie, age 8. Home was about 3 blocks from the school but I do not remember the street name. House showing to the right had blown from its foundation across the street and lodged against our house. It became our playhouse." From left to right: 1) Leila Faird; 2) Mrs. Robert L. Sloan; 3) Margaret Faird (age 4); and 4) Nellie (age 8).
A deserted railroad depot in the middle of the desert. A label at the bottom of the photo: "Once a busy railroad depot connecting Nevada and California, the skeletal remains of this station is one of the best preserved structures in Rhyolite."