Melissa Boerst, a Lithium Nevada Corp. geologist, points to an area of future exploration from a drill site at the Thacker Pass Project in Humboldt County on Sept. 13, 2018. (Suzanne Featherston/The Daily Free Press via AP, File)

Stories this photo appears in:

Tribes lose bid to block digging at lithium mine in Nevada

The tribes say their ancestors were massacred in the late 1800s at the proposed Thacker Pass site.

• By By Scott Sonner Associated Press
• September 7, 2021