Just because we're long past the days of the 49ers and old-time prospectors, don't think mining for gold has been relegated to the dustbin of history. Interest in small-scale mining is booming, thanks ...

David Bjelland sat transfixed in front of the TV screen, cake in hand, shooing off his relatives as they tried to wish him a happy birthday. Recovering from throat cancer, he was not in the mood for a ...

SULTAN, Snohomish County — With gold at sky-high prices — an ounce goes for about $1,800 — plenty of people are taking up that old venture of gold panning. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management office in ...

The high price of gold has generated new interest in prospecting. (CBC) The rising price of gold in the midst of economic uncertainty is resulting in a mini-revival in 19th-century-style prospecting.