The next American gold rush has a destination: Nevada

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 5, 2012 | 2:00 pm Precious Metals Europe Gold Silver 

Visual Capitalist has put together an infographic explaining why the silver state of Nevada seems now to be the home of the largest gold rush ever experienced in US history.

The state of Nevada contributes 73% of all US gold production and the bullion makes up 84% of all value of Nevada’s mineral and energy production per year.

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4 Comments

  • Kava Kava

    Hopefully they will not sacrifice the environment with their endeavors.

  • Vinyl Windows

    The gold rush may help but hopefully the environment will not suffer.

  • Manderson29

    Clearly the “type of cacti” in this image is the key message they were getting across. And it doesn’t say horn silver occurred in the Comstock…it said the silver rush began with Comstock. Keep trolling…

  • Golddigger

    Sorry, but Nevada doesn’t have saguaro cacti, well except in Vegas, where they were imported
    And the “horn silver” mines were not part of the Comstock, but rather in the eastern part of the state.

    But hey, everyone loves cartoons

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