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.

From past to present: Gold prospecting methods have evolved from manual panning to advanced geoscience tools, blending tradition with technology for better results. Why it matters: Modern techniques ...

Good luck and good panning'—from Mark Hall, a veteran Ontario geologist who has staked or inspected roughly 1,000 mining claims. Days later, Back Roads Bill was following him into the bush outside Sud ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photographers Roger Garwood and Trish Ainslie travelled to Western Australia's remote Goldfields in 1989 to capture prospectors who had been to war for a long-planned magazine feature. It was a ...

Gold prospecting sounds exciting until the desert starts lying to you. In Meadview, Arizona, Reese Townes showed where nuggets might collect after flash floods, then they started digging signals that ...