Good luck and good panning'—from Mark Hall, a veteran Ontario geologist who has staked or inspected roughly 1,000 mining claims. Days later, Back Roads Bill was following him into the bush outside Sud ...

With gold prices at an all-time high, illegal gold mining is again rising— a recurring pattern between gold prices and illegal gold mining. Earlier this month, several top-tier news reports covered ...

Sluicing for gold looks simple, but small mistakes can cost you everything. In this tutorial, we walk through the correct way to set up and run a gold sluice. From water flow to material ...

Prosecutors in Brazil’s Amapá state have warned of an illegal gold mine operating just 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) from second-highest known tree in the Brazilian Amazon — an 85-meter (279-foot) red ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Golden ingots in a 44 gallon drum. One of the U.S. government’s most important activities to ...

In a sealed plastic jar, the remains of a fetus with severe birth defects are preserved in formalin for scientific research. The transparent jar, around 70cm/27.56″ tall, sits along the back wall of a ...

Before Oregon was known for timber, it was known for gold. That’s the underlying message of the new book “Oregon Gold: A History of Mining from the Civil War into the Progressive Era.” Its author, ...

After 10 days of dredging on the Bering Sea ocean floor, the crew finally starts cleaning up their concentrates. Bucket after ...