Soon construction equipment will begin rolling east and rolling west as Newmont begins to mine a mountain of gold in the Pequops range.
We are excited about as any resident of northeast Nevada should be.
The jobs and the economic growth this mine will create has the potential to transform this corner of Nevada from the fly over part of the Silver State to a destination.
Of course we do not expect the mine to solve all of our problems in fact it may even create some new ones.
On the other hand we have seen growth and stagnation.
We prefer growth.
Like the Carlin Trend, Long Canyon may just be the first of many mines in this part of the state.
Now that would be something indeed.
Our son asked why is there such a fuss about Charlie Hebdo massacre when other equally vile Islamist attacks have gone almost unnoticed.
We have a very perceptive son and it was a question we found hard to answer.
Charlie Hebdo was a big deal because journalists were killed and journalists covered the story. We are a narcissistic bunch and often time we think the world revolves around us.
It is also a big deal because we are getting to point where each and every one of us must answer this question: Whose side are you on?
We have little option ourselves.
There is only one side for us.
But the mullahs and the imams and the sheiks and the caliphs are counting on the West to buckle, to give up, to fly the white flag to, as the would Islam means to submit.
We really hope the western world stays strong to counter this assault on our freedom to write, speak and think.
We hope that some of the displays in surrendering those freedoms are simply very naive attempts at getting along.
Thankfully it matters not what we say but what Islamist say that really counts.
How many times do they have to say they want to kill us before we take them seriously?