Mining company revives long-dormant gold exploration in ...
2014-10-3 · Searchlight, an unincorporated pocket with just 539 residents as of 2010, is 60 miles south of Las Vegas. In 1898, locals formed the Searchlight Mining District to record mining claims. The town “began to boom” in 1902 and peaked in 1907 with about 1,500 residents, according to the Searchlight Historic Museum, as gold and silver miners ...
