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 ...

The discovery of gold in California transformed what would become the most populous state. The quest continues today.

Founded by white mining magnates, the Rand Club mirrors South Africa’s rise and fall as the capital of the global gold ...

LIBBY, Mont. – Shovels in hand, covered in dust, they work in the sandy soil above Libby Creek in the Kootenai National Forest. Like so many before them, they search the hillside and creek for the ...

A Far North gold prospector who says most people won’t believe him, has a launched a campaign to sell his exploration lease ...

Based out of Columbia Falls, Northwest Montana Gold Prospectors use their claim near Libby to help bring the fun and excitement of panning for gold to members from across Montana and beyond. (Jeremy ...

Montreal, Quebec--(Newsfile Corp. - October 14, 2021) - Beauce Gold Fields (TSXV: BGF) (Champs D'Or en Beauce), ("BGF"): In order to protect the environment and the rights of private property owners, ...

December 26, 2017 (N’DJAMENA) – Twelve Sudanese traditional gold prospectors have been killed and seventeen others injured on Monday by gunmen in Chad on the border with Libya. Eyewitnesses told Sudan ...

Australia’s Golden Triangle may be named for the abundance of its cereal grains, but since the 1800s, it’s been an equally fertile ground for gold prospectors. It was recently the site for a once-in-a ...

ALBION, Iowa (KCRG) - The prospectors searching the sand and pebbles for gold specks Saturday knew they weren’t going to get rich. “You ever heard of the Gold Rush in Iowa? There’s a reason,” Brian ...

Photographer Will H. Leigh followed Klondike gold prospectors, documenting their travels, the landscape, everyday life and ...

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