Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Rhyolite ya ragu kusan da sauri kamar yadda ya tashi. Bayan da ma'adinan da suka fi yawa suka ƙare, yawan da ake samu ya ragu. Girgizar kasa ta 1906 a San Francisco
da kuma kudi tsoro na 1907 sanya shi mafi wuya ga tada ci gaban babban birnin kasar. A shekara ta 1908, masu saka hannun jari a cikin Montgomery Shoshone Mine, sun damu da cewa an wuce kima, sun ba da umarnin binciken mai zaman kansa. Lokacin da binciken binciken ya tabbatar da cewa ba shi da kyau, darajar hannun jari na kamfanin ya rushe, yana ƙara ƙuntata kudade. A ƙarshen 1910, ma'adinan yana aiki a asara, kuma an rufe shi a 1911. A wannan lokacin, ma'adanai da yawa da ba su da aiki sun ƙaura zuwa wasu wurare, kuma yawan mutanen Rhyolite ya ragu zuwa ƙasa da 1,000. A shekara ta 1920, ya kusan zama sifili.