ROOSEVELT BEACH, Wash. (AP) — Bela and Barbara Kovacs began prospecting for gold about seven years ago as a family orientated outdoors activity. A welder by trade and lured by the simple fact that ...

The Park County Historical Society has planned what it is billing as a “gold panning adventure,” which will include a trip to one of the area’s last operating gold mining dredges, on Saturday, Aug. 26 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The mercury used to amalgamate gold is cheap, effective and toxic. Studies from artisanal and small-scale mining sites across the Amazon reveal ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the correct pricing of the Hike Home with a Miner Tour. A century before five peaks became the town of Breckenridge’s identity, the mountains were ...