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| Our Towns  Beatty
Beatty "Gateway to Death Valley" 
Unincorporated TownLocation: south central Nevada Area: 1 square mile Elevation: 3,304 feet View video of Beatty "Broadband recommended to view video" Beatty was founded as a hub for several railroads, which served numerous nearby mining districts. The atmosphere is one of a friendly, old west small town with plentiful recreational opportunities nearby. The area currently has several small mines in operation. Among its services is a locally available blasting firm, which also provides high quality quarried stone, sand and aggregate. Plans are underway for a mining related industrial park on their sizable property with ample water and power available. Fiber optic cabling has been routed through the town. Beatty is 18 miles east of Yucca Mountain, making it the nearest town to the government facility. Beatty is the Nevada gateway into Death Valley National Park and is only a 1/2 hour drive from the valley floor.
HISTORY  Ruins at the ghost town
The town was named after Montillus Beatty, a rancher who settled in the area
in the late 1800s. In 1904, Beatty became the railway service center for the
Bullfrog Mining District. It serviced the town of Rhyolite, which once was
a booming metropolis of 10,000, but when the mines went bust, so did Rhyolite.
Now Rhyolite is a ghost town just outside of Beatty, but Beatty itself
prevailed. Its support system has changed over the years from mining, to
government industry (with the Nevada Test Site and Yucca Mountain nearby), to
a revitalization of mining, and tourism (with nearby Death Valley and Nevada
gaming legalization).
of nearby Rhyolite
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