We ran our river material through the Dream Mat Sluice Box to see how much gold we could capture. Every pan reveals fine ...

Chicago mayor proposes reviving tax that has businesses sounding the alarm Tropical Storm Melissa spaghetti models show ...

Across the country, a modern-day gold rush is under way. People on social media brandish gold-flecked pans and nuggets while ...

For some it is a money making venture, for others it's just something potentially lucrative to do when heading out for a ...

"As long as you've got the willpower to keep shovelling, you can get some reasonable results," says an amateur gold hunter ...

When Ghanaian President John Mahama returned to power in January, he made fighting galamsey a signature policy. He banned ...

A new study reveals that gold mining in the Amazon alters the soil and dries out the land, preventing forest regeneration.

Educated Chicagoan Frank McGovern found the legendary Miners Delight mine, then lost over a million dollars to gambling, ...

These enterprising Filipinos share fascinating stories often overlooked, yet they contribute to their communities and help ...

Moaning Cavern in nearby Vallecito features the largest single cave chamber in California, where you can actually rappel 165 feet to the bottom if walking down the spiral staircase isn’t adventurous ...

Forty-five miles southeast of Tucson on the east slope of the Santa Rita Mountains are the Greaterville gold placers, discovered by A. Smith in 1874. The deposit, at 5,280-feet elevation, became the ...

Honored by the Swedish Academy alongside his colleagues John Clarke and John Martinis for research conducted 40 years ago, ...