"The Mesquite gold mine is one of the top ten mines in the United States and has some of the most profitable gold deposits of any mine in the world. To the north is the Chocolate Mountain gunnery range. The Mesquite open pit gold mine literally stops at the fence that borders the gunnery range."
http://www.24hgold.com/english/contributor.aspx?article=2650967238G10020
Turning lead into gold.