The Alaska Gastineau Mill closed in 1921 due to ore that was too low grade to mine cost-effectively. Its remnants are visible on the hill above Thane Road — and below the road on the Sheep Creek Delta ...

Gold prospectors are being locked out of some fossicking areas by a new law that allows mining companies with pending leases ...

Tennessee conservation officials are drafting regulations on where and how people can look for gold in the southeast corner of the state. The Knoxville News Sentinel ...

Long after the days of the Gold Rush, the glitter of gold still lures a new kind of prospector, including those from the North Dakota Gold Prospecting Association.

Note: This article was originally published in a modified form by the U.S. Forest Service. In the 1880s, Douglas Island was the site of the largest gold mining complex in the world. A 14-mile-long ...

LIBBY — 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 flakes of ...

A hillside speckled with mining claims and the historic Argo Mill set the stage for what is bound to be one of the most ...