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The mine was initially owned by a Los Angeles company known as Blue Diamond, which began mining the land in 1925. An on-site processing plant was added in 1941, followed a year later by the construction of a nearby company town, known as Blue Diamond, Nevada. The mine was eventually sold to James Hardie Gypsum, which expanded operations in 1998.
Nevada Industrial Switch is an active private railroad in Nevada, United States. [1] The railroad runs over Union Pacific's former "Fibreboard Spur". The line serves the PABCO Gypsum Mine that produces sheet rock .
Las Vegas, Nevada – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [55] Pop 2010 [56] Pop 2020 [57] % 2000 % 2010 % ...
Nevada Railway: 1878 1879 Nevada Central Railway: Nevada and California Railroad: SP: 1884 1893 Nevada–California–Oregon Railway: Nevada and California Railway: SP: 1905 1912 Central Pacific Railway: Nevada–California–Oregon Railway: SP: 1898 1917 Western Pacific Railroad: Nevada Central Railroad: 1888 1938 N/A Nevada Central Railway ...
On December 22, 1980, the pipeline carrying jet fuel ruptured in the Las Vegas Valley, near Tropicana Avenue, spilling fuel for 2 hours. Later, the fuel ignited, forcing road closures. One firefighter was overcome by fumes. Between 50,000 and 100,000 US gallons (190,000 and 380,000 L) of jet fuel were spilled.
Las Vegas is the largest metro area in the US without passenger rail service. In 2005 DesertXpress Enterprises LLC was formed in an attempt to restore passenger rail service to Las Vegas Valley, though their terminal is planned to be a newly constructed station in Enterprise , south of Downtown Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Strip . [ 6 ]
It was the first new hotel-casino to open on the east side of Las Vegas since 1979. [6] [9] Boulder Station included 300 hotel rooms and a 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m 2) casino with 2,200 slot and video poker machines, 44 table games, and a 10-table poker room. [9] The casino also included a 70-seat keno lounge and a 240-seat race and sportsbook. [15]
Harmon Corner is an enclosed three-story shopping mall on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States.Construction began in 2011, and the mall opened in 2012. The 110,184-square-foot mall includes various restaurants, and its anchor store is a two-story Walgre