Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Rhyolite yakaderera nokukurumidza zvikuru sezvayakakwira. Pashure pokunge chicherwa chakapfuma zvikuru chapera, kugadzirwa kwacho kwakaderera. Nhamba
Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwa1906 muSan Francisco uye kutya kwemari kwa1907 kwakaita kuti zvive zvakaoma zvikuru kuwana mari yokuvandudza. Muna 1908, vatengesi muMontgomery Shoshone Mine, vachinetseka kuti yakanga yakanyanyokosheswa, vakaraira fundo yakazvimirira. Apo zvakawanwa mufundo yacho zvakabvumikisa kuva zvisina kunaka, ukoshi hwemasheya ekambani hwakadonha, kuchideredzazve kugovera mari. Pakupera kwa1910, mugodhi wacho wakanga uchishanda nokurasikirwa, uye wakavharwa muna 1911. Panguva iyi, vashandi vakawanda vemumigodhi vakanga vasingashandi vakanga vatamira kune dzimwe nzvimbo, uye vanhu vaiva muRhyolite vakaderera zvikuru kusvika pasi pe1 000. Pakazosvika 1920, yakanga yava pedyo neziro.