Esmeralda County Repository Oversight Program

The Esmeralda County economy has historically been supported by mining, agriculture, tourism and operations of local government. During the past years mining has rapidly declined to the point where today it represents an unstable influence on Esmeralda County’s economy. Agricultural production has faced ever-widening gaps between rising costs of production and stable produce prices. Growing restrictions in the availability and conditions of use for grazing resources administered by the federal government has been a factor of agriculture in Esmeralda County.