A friend of mine went Rhyolite near Death Valley on the 100th anniversary of when the 1st photo taken on January 18th, 1909. The second photo was taken by him on 18th January 2009.
Rhyolite, Nevada is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States. It is located in the Bullfrog Hills, about 3.8 miles (6.1 km) west of the town of Beatty, near the eastern edge of Death Valley.
The town came into existence as the result of a gold rush that began in 1904, and had its peak population from 1905 to 1910, when decreased gold production led to a decline that culminated in its abandonment by 1919.