In the classic 1948 Humphrey Bogart movie, “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” an old gold prospector opines that the ...
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 ...
BOISE, IdahoBOISE, Idaho — A suction-dredge gold miner from California who operated in an Idaho river containing federally protected salmon and steelhead without permits required by the Clean Water ...
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 ...
Subsistence cabins are seen on Sept. 30, 2020, on the horizon on the other side of Safety Sound near Nome. The sound is an important area for gathering wild foods important to Native traditions. A ...
In what Summit County Assessor Lisa Eurich called a “historic year,” county residents have filed the most property valuation appeals in nearly 15 years. More than half of those appeals, 54%, were ...
Some illegal gold miners in the Japurá region burned their dredges to avoid the 2023 crackdown. Brazil (Image courtesy InfoAmazonia) Despite this huge multi-agency crackdown, many illegal miners ...
If you want to learn about Alaska’s two gold rushes and get a little railroad history along with it, a tour of Gold Dredge No. 8 is exactly what you’re looking for. The gold rush that helped put ...