Congressman Amodei Discusses Benefits of American Minerals Mining

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Minerals Make Life

Nevada is widely recognized as the ‘Silver State,’ but what you may not know is that it also mines 80 percent of all gold in the United States. Watch Congressman Mark Amodei, member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, as he discusses how minerals mining is critical to the state’s economy, supporting the employment of more than 64,000 Nevadans.