Esmeralda County is the least populated county in Nevada, a fact reflected by the county’s infrastructure and services. The county is built to support the roughly 800 residents who live there, but if the projected 600 construction jobs it will take to build the mine is accurate, the county population could nearly double within a couple of years.
Counties across Nevada on Friday certified the last outstanding results of the state s June 14 primary election after critics questioned the tallies by describing their own experiences at the polls and repeating conspiracy theories that nearly derailed certification in New Mexico last week.