Nevada...........Nevada's modern-day gold rush creates new mining jobs
https://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/19/10686370-nevadas-modern-day-gold-rush-creates-new-mining-jobs
ELKO -- In almost every way Nevada is still reeling from the recession. It has the highest unemployment rate in the country at almost 13 percent, and one of the highest foreclosure rates. But in the northeast corner of the state, almost 500 miles from the Vegas strip, life is suddenly very good.
In Nevada's gold country the global boom that’s pushed gold prices to an all-time high – currently hovering around $1,700 per ounce -- brought an influx of jobs to mining towns like Elko, Nev., population 18,000.
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