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 ...

Dip a pan in river silt, swish it around, snag a shiny nugget, get rich. Who hasn’t dreamed of finding gold in the hills, valleys and streams? For my age group, we watched white-bearded prospectors on ...

POWELL — Jan Earle can still remember the first time she saw color — flakes of gold — in the bottom of her pan. “It was like finding a lost ring or a diamond. Or seeing a spectacular butterfly for the ...

Interest in gold prospecting is growing across the country as the value of gold rises. David Paul Morris / Getty Images Millions of Americans have tried their luck at gold panning. In 1852, the peak ...

The practice of gold prospecting in Little River is pitting a few hobbyists against some government agencies responsible for protecting state waters. David Owens, of Jefferson County, whose sister ...

Veteran prospector Chris MacGregor had one thought when he heard about a chunk of gold that weighed nearly a kilogram being found near a historical West Australian gold mine town recently — "you lucky ...

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 ...

Queensland fossickers and hobby gold prospectors are being locked out of some areas after a law change gave mining companies a greater say in who can prospect on state-owned land. Changes to the ...