The pictures we conjure of gold mining are usually cartoonish – old prospectors in floppy hats, panning creeks or working away with a pickaxe. Rarely do we imagine anything like the Sumpter Valley ...

Suction dredging for gold is basically a recreational activity. Required equipment: gasoline-powered dredge, sluice box, wetsuit and scuba gear. With a 4-inch-diameter hose you vacuum up what’s on the ...

Northeast Oregon’s Powder River is a small cool, quiet and refreshing stream, but not so long ago, it was a river under siege. It’s a landscape where monstrous gold-dredging machines ravaged the river ...

In a blow to illegal gold miners along South America's Madeira River, law enforcement personnel have disabled 277 dredges worth an estimated US$6.8 million.

Peru’s navy destroyed 19 river-dredging machines in the last two days as the government clamps down on illegal gold mining in the southern Amazon jungle, Defense Minister Jaime Thorne said today. The ...

[TheJogdredge] has been testing out his new gold washing machines that he made at home. By running dirt laced with rocks through this trommel, gold and precious materials can be filtered out. A video ...

A long-simmering conflict over individual versus public rights has converged on the banks of the rivers of southwest Oregon, stirring resentment between gold miners and environmentalists. In question ...

Husband, Father, Gold Prospector and Sportsman. Gold Prospecting North Carolina! Hunting North Carolina Rock hounding Fishing North Carolina Gold panning Explore and discover your state. We find a lot ...

An experienced prospector shares his tips for finding treasure. On a sunny day this past January, Pauly Larouche was floating face down in a creek in a remote New Zealand forest. He was thousands of ...

Husband, Father, Gold Prospector and Sportsman. Gold Prospecting North Carolina! Hunting North Carolina Rock hounding Fishing North Carolina Gold panning Explore and discover your state. We find a lot ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PLACER COUNTY, Calif. (KTXL) — After a ...