kristen dahlgren, nbc news, elco, nevada. >> that's our broadcast for this thursday night. for being with us. i'm lester holt, in tonight for brian. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. they are overwhelmed by the support, not just here in the bay area but around the country. it's been nearly two weeks since 15-year-old sierra lamar disappeared. yet her family remains hopeful. and there are new details tonight. let's bring in nbc bay area's marianne favro who joins us from the command center in morgan hill. good

kristen doll grn, nbc news, elco, nevada. >> that's our broadcast for this thursday night.. i'm lester holt, in tonight for brian. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night.

wide to get in on the action. >> dawn in elco, nevada, and it's not just the sun casting the glow.ls, and for mine workers like devon judy, these are good times. >> i feel fortunate, that's for sure. i know a lot of americans out there don't. >> the mines are adding hundreds of jobs. so devon, a 22-year-old combat veteran, picked up and moved here. he drives a huge haller all day and at night, goes home to his family with a $60,000 a year paycheck he says he couldn't have found elsewhere. >> what do you think your daughter's life is going to be like here? >> very well provided for. >> so many have come to elco, there's a waiting list at the rv park. >> we have over 100 spaces. >> full? >> it's all full. >> and construction companies can't build housing fast enough. >> everybody in elco, we work for the mining industry. if don't care if you're selling doughnu doughnuts, this is the industry we're in. >> take a look at how tiny the massive strucks look from here. that gives you an idea of the scale of the operation. this is about a mile wide, a third of a mile deep, and they have tak

and in the rural towns of elqo an-- elco, gas prices have increased by 48 cents just in the last month. i received a tax message by a prominent businessman in my state. "he says regular gas prices at $4.56 per gallon in southern california beginning to really affect our businesses." this is an issue, mr. president, that congress has ignored for far too long. instead of addressing gas prices, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are retreating to failed policy, in hopes of distracting americans from the dramatic price and rise of prices at the pump. they're merely following the lead of this administration, whose own secretary of energy statement before congress indicated that their overall energy goal is not to lower gas prices. unfortunately, my colleagues fail to understand what the american people have understood all along, and that is to have a healthy economy, we need affordable energy. developing domestic energy resources, building the infrastructure to get it to market, would not only create jobs but will bring more energy resources to market. nevada still has the unfortu