MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Minnesotans looking to strike it rich may not need to look any further than the Iron Range. Last year, the DNR announced the discovery of gold grains and small gold deposits up ...

BATTLE GROUND, Wash. – There’s gold in them thar hills of Southwest Washington. And in our rivers and on our beaches, too. You just have to know how and where to look for it. Several times a month, ...

Contrary to what most people assume, the gold rush didn’t end in the 1800s. Across the U.S., people still pull real gold from rivers, streams, and old mining sites simply with a shovel and a gold pan.

Prospecting for gold is as much about the journey as it is about getting rich. At least that’s the stance of local gold-hunting hobbyists, many whom belong to the Yakima Prospectors Association. While ...

In the classic 1948 Humphrey Bogart movie, “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” an old gold prospector opines that the precious metal is valuable because an ounce represents the sweat and heartbreak of ...

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 ...