Lovely.. How about the notion that the federal government should not own 85% of Nevada? Make any sense to you... at all?
That isn’t good. And is part of the reason for this situation.
But look into the history of why that happened. The “investors” wanted to have the fedgov own the land so they could lease it back at below cost of ownership.
Again, this is family history for me (not in Nevada, but in the west)