This view is towards the east across a tailings pile. Dane Coolidge, who photographed this view, was a western writer who traveled extensively in the Death Valley region. This easterly view of Rhyolite shows the town at about the time of its abandonment. The town boasted a population of greater than 10,000 people in its heyday. Many of the buildings were made of granite or limestone blocks, indicating both the prosperous nature of the mining activities and the intention of its residents to form a permanent community. (Dane Coolidge, photograph 214, Arizona Historical Foundation)