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Buoyed by Strong Prices, Mining Companies Battle Labor Shortages

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Jeff Parshley

John Seelmeyer

All the jobless people in Eureka County last summer — all 30 of them, to be precise — scarcely would have filled more than a couple of rows of seats in the historic Eureka Opera House near the heart of Nevada’s great mining district. Tiny pools of available workers are commonplace across rural Nevada these days, and the tight labor markets create headaches for the mining industry as it seeks to capitalize on strong prices for gold, silver and copper as well as growing interest in minerals such as lithium that are needed to fuel an alternative-energy future.

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