There’s gold in them there hills! That clearly seems to be the case in the hills of the High Desert, judging by the amount of mining that still goes on in the area. Avid prospectors can find all the ...

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 ...

Just because we're long past the days of the 49ers and old-time prospectors, don't think mining for gold has been relegated to the dustbin of history. Interest in small-scale mining is booming, thanks ...

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“In the ‘90s I found a program on TV about gold prospecting,” he said. “I was very interested, and that’s how I found out about the Gold Prospectors Association of America. It’s out of California. I ...