A long-simmering conflict over individual versus public rights has converged on the banks of the rivers of southwest Oregon, stirring resentment between gold miners and environmentalists. In question ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Subsistence cabins are seen dotting the horizon on the other side of Safety Sound near Nome on Sept. 30, 2020. The sound is an ...
Gold was discovered in the Fairbanks area in 1902 when Italian immigrant Felix Pedro struck it rich. He put Fairbanks on the map and thousands of men rushed to interior Alaska in search of the ...
BAKER COUNTY — Some of the most heavily mined ground in Baker County soon will be off limits to any future searches for gold. Baker County Commissioners voted 3-0 on Oct. 15 to repeal a 2017 ordinance ...
The proliferation of "galamsey"--illicit gold mining and smuggling--has increasingly attracted criminal networks that rely on coercion and co-option to undermine security, the rule of law, and ...
Sierra Leone has demonstrated potential for both alluvial and beach placers concentrated in stream sediments, or beaches and lakes. The tributaries of some of the main rivers and lakes drain mineral ...
Is anyone making money from California's current gold rush?
The Alaska Mining Hall of Fame invites you to the AMHF Museum, 406 Cushman St., next door to McCafferty’s Coffee Shop, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, for an illustrated lecture presented by Joan ...