Cook Bank Building - Rhyolite Nevada

            Before heading home from our mini-vacation to Death Valley, I stopped in to the Rhyolite ghost town near Beatty, Nevada.  It is one of many ghost towns in the state and very easily accessed right off Highway 374 which runs from Beatty to Death Valley.

Like so many western ghost towns, Rhyolite boomed for a very short time after the discovery of gold in the area.  Founded in 1905, the town’s population is said to have been as high as 5,000.  However, the local ore deposits dwindled quickly and by 1908 the town was already in a steep decline with its population dropping to fewer than 1,000 by 1908 or so and to pretty much zero by 1920.

This image captures the ruins of the Cook Bank Building, one of the more popular and more intact structures to photograph.

Taken on: January 18, 2023

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Camera: Canon EOS 6D Mark II, f/11.0, 1/40 sec, 24mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.025 sec (1/40)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	+1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 24.1 (Windows)
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