A Manual for the Novice Gold Prospector, ISBN 0 9577909 0 2. A book for absolute beginners, it contains all the basic knowledge you need. It looks at how gold behaves, how to pan, how to use a ...

This story appears in the January 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. Like many of his Inca ancestors, Juan Apaza is possessed by gold ... turning a lonely prospectors' camp into a ...

Scientists discover a new species of arthropod preserved in 3-D by iron pyrite.

Fetching over US$2700/oz after hitting new records last week, even a modest find could make a prospector’s season, providing plenty of temptation for both professional and amateur fossickers to head ...

With flinty perseverance and a golden touch, Belinda Mulrooney earned an unlikely fortune in the frozen north and reshaped the Canadian frontier ...

TACOMA, Washington, June 14 -- S.D. Johnson arrived at Grant's Pass, in Southern Oregon, last week with a bag of nuggets and gold dust that he had removed from a discovery on Jack Creek ...

The nickname "fool's gold" has long been used by gold buyers and prospectors who were amused by enthusiastic ... their own and do not necessarily reflect those of BTC Inc or Bitcoin Magazine.

Todd Hoffman is an American reality television star and gold prospector who has a net worth of $7 million. Todd Hoffman is known for starring on the Discovery Channel reality series "Gold Rush." ...

In this week's Times Past column, Jonathan Smyth recalls Matthew Lynch from Ratrussan, in the parish of Killdrumsheridan, who ...

This story appears in the February 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. Shawn Ryan recalls ... Then he got hooked on gold prospecting. In the Yukon, much of which was never glaciated ...

In “Prospector firing Rifle” Riggs is clearly making a sexual statement about the moment of climax. The long, straight rifle explodes and is captured at peak moment of climax. Meanwhile the bag two ...

In 1896, Thomas Edison set off to a remote Canadian district near the Alaska border, with cameras in tow. He succeeded in capturing fascinating images of the prospectors brought in by the Gold Rush.