In an uncertain economy, gold almost always goes up in value. Little wonder, then, that the vertiginous swoops and dives of the stock market over the past three years have sent gold values to record ...

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 ...

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 ...

Upon first glance, this part of Clear Creek in Wheat Ridge does not bring to mind thoughts of precious metals. Rusted industrial pipes protrude from the brambly terrain like snakes being charmed. In ...

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.

It’s a Saturday in mid-August in northern Montana, about 45 minutes outside Helena in an area informally referred to as Magpie Gulch by locals. Dustin LeDoux stands in an ankle-deep stream, the ...

In creeks and hollows that were once the focus of a 19th Century gold rush, modern-day prospectors have come in search of their fortunes. Nugget by nugget. Speck by tiny speck. Four hours' drive ...