Some years ago, Harry Chahal and his wife were on a trip to Las Vegas when, like countless motorists before and since, they passed through this high desert speck of a town. Tonopah, built by the ...

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Gold and silver prices have climbed sharply over the past year, and in a state built on mining, economists say the impact ...

Harry Chahal is sprucing up his motel in Tonopah, Nev., in hopes that a mining boom under Trump will bring better times and increased occupancy. (Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times) Some years ago, ...

TONOPAH, Nev. — Some years ago, Harry Chahal and his wife were on a trip to Las Vegas when, like countless motorists before and since, they passed through this high desert speck of a town.