Miner Don Schumacher (R), a 30-year veteran miner and Barrick mining company official, Louis Schack, stand in a shaft more than 100 stories deep at the Goldstrike Mine in northeastern Nevada March 11, 2008. Long overshadowed by Nevada's famed casino capital Las Vegas and its second city Reno, the Elko region (population 40,000) has become North America's top gold producer without generating much fanfare elsewhere in the United States. Picture taken March 11, 2008.
A massive truck removes rock and dirt from an open pit mine at the Goldstrike Mine in northeastern Nevada March 11, 2008. Long overshadowed by Nevada's famed casino capital Las Vegas and its second city Reno, the Elko region (population 40,000) has become North America's top gold producer without generating much fanfare elsewhere in the United States. Picture taken march 11, 2008.
An old cabin in front of the Chamber of Commerce is seen in Elko, Nevada, March 10, 2008. Long overshadowed by Nevada's famed casino capital Las Vegas and its second city Reno, the Elko region (population 40,000) has become North America's top gold producer without generating much fanfare elsewhere in the United States. Picture taken March 10, 2008. To match feature
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