DENVER (KDVR) — One short hop over the bridge at Steele Street Park and you’ve taken a giant leap back into Colorado history. These are the prospectors from the Gold Prospectors Association of America ...

Ezra, my 11-year-old son, and I clung to a thin rope as we scrambled down a steep, rocky hillside into a narrow river canyon. Using the rope, shovels and our muddy boots to slow our descent through ...

David Bjelland sat transfixed in front of the TV screen, cake in hand, shooing off his relatives as they tried to wish him a happy birthday. Recovering from throat cancer, he was not in the mood for a ...

A gold prospector has tragically died after being hit by falling rocks on a family-owned mining lease west of Mackay.

When it comes to mining in Michigan, iron and copper tend to get top billing. However, I’ve discovered recently that gold can be found throughout the entire state. A good example is the Ropes Mine ...

BUCK MEADOWS — For 170 years, the gold deposits along Sierra streambeds have been so poked and prodded that easy supplies of the precious metal have grown scarce and are a challenge to find. This ...

There's a gold rush in North Central Ohio and families are invited to stake their claims this weekend, for free. Prospecting takes place from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at ...