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Nevada Copper is in the process of building an underground mine at Pumpkin Hollow – a rural area about 8 miles southeast of downtown Yerington.
“There’s nothing out there. There’s no protected habitat. There’s no environmental issues. It’s a perfect mining situation,” says Lyon County Manager Jeff Page. Once the 2,140 feet deep mine shaft is complete, they will start mining more than one billion pounds of high-grade copper.
“To us, this is like hitting the mother lode. This is amazing,” says Korin Barnes, Nevada Copper project geologist. Equipment will be assembled inside the mine shaft and will remove ore from about 35 miles of tunnels resembling an underground city.