News Clippings from Searchlight, Nevada 1897 - 1909. The mining was great, Searchlight, Nevada was a boom town. There were land arguments and agreements, dredging in the Colorado, railroad, stages and new roads. Shortages of wood for housing, with people still coming to town. They found turquoise and lots of gold. Many interesting articles about the early settlers & pioneers. Including births, marriages and deaths. Please consider that these are very old newspapers and some of the articles may b