Print edition for September 28, 1996

The new golden state: Alison Calkins; ELKO -- A trip into what will be the largest producing gold mine in the United States starts in a cramped metal cage that goes farther down than the Stratosphere Tower goes up.

Top Power Official Says Lessons Learned in Big Outage: A preliminary report issued this week by the council, which oversees power distribution throughout the West, adds fuel to the call for creation of a single entity to run the complicated electricity transmission grid in the Northwest.

Consultants, reporters have chosen sides in nuke debate: More than a few Nevada political consultants and reporters have taken sides in the battle over whether nuclear waste should be stored in the state.

Police Ask for Public's Help in Shakur's Shooting: Shakur was shot following a Sept. 7 boxing match as he sat in a car with Marion "Suge" Knight, chief executive officer of Death Row Records at Flamingo and Koval. Shakur died six days later. Knight suffered a minor gunshot wound.

Tainted influence: Taking pro-nuke money hasn't hurt careers: and Larry Henry LAS VEGAS SUN

Ballot Mixup Costs Counties: Pam Crowell, deputy secretary of state in the Elections Division, said Friday it hasn't been determined who will pay for the reprinting.

Special to the SUN: Metro doesn't deserve attack: THIS is in response to E.M. Gunderson's Sept. 14 column on Metro Police officers.

Columnist Dean Juipe: Thunder owner hopes bigger will equal better: Dean Juipe; Now they come from out of state and from men in positions of authority.

Indian Springs Prisoner Escapes While with Work Crew in Las Vegas: Andrew began serving a 16- to 60-month sentence for burglary from Clark County on May 6 at the Indian Springs Conservation Camp.

Editorial: Witch hunt on Ferguson a mistake: Clark County instituted its first full-scale run of computerized voting Sept. 3 in a changeover from the cumbersome punch-card system. Republican challengers for the District 1 race, Jeff Knight and Anne DiMartini, encountered enough irregularities to merit a second election. Last week DiMartini won by one vote, but a single-vote irregularity surfaced that negated the outcome. That means a third election will be held.

Mining gold turns to scientific world: Alison Calkins; Instead, you'd best pack up a chemistry set, a giant pressure cooker and a few zillion microscopic bugs.

Reno Man Sentenced in Alleged Extortion Scam: Sunde, 53, was arrested here July 25, 1995, for a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's office in Sacramento.

Where I Stand: Bennett, Hansen, Hatch -- 0; environment -- 1.7 mil. acres: Hansen has never shown much concern about the environment he will leave behind for our children and grandchildren. Yes, he's the same joker who, a couple of years ago when his party took over Congress, suggested selling Nevada's Great Basin National Park. It's the Silver State's only national park.

Facts on the power outage: A report by the Western Systems Coordinating Council on a massive electricity outage Aug. 10 for 7.5 million customers across much of the West.

Fast facts on the Meikle mine: * NAME: The mine was named after Senior Vice President of Development Brian Meikle, now retired, the exploration team's lead geologist.

Columnist Jeff German: Candidates out-Fox Channel 10: Balancing the egos of local journalists and public officials invited to the weekly news roundup puts enormous pressure on the host.