Oregonians who hike along southwest Oregon's rivers were probably surprised at a May 1 story on mining in Oregon ("Gold is up but few take a shine to mining"). The story focused on the lack of new ...

There’s gold in them there rivers and streams of Oregon, but there are salmon, too – and state officials are on the side of the fish, not the prospectors.

Oregon’s Dave Turin continues his journey around the country helping everyday people prospect for gold in the Friday, March 29, episode of “America’s Backyard Gold.” And in this ...

Environmental groups pushed for the law. They say rivers in Oregon have become crowded with gold miners using vacuum-like dredges, called suction dredges, as a result of rising gold prices and new ...

Yet, suction dredge mining is one of two placer gold mining activities still commonly found in Oregon, ... Protecting our rivers. April 7, 2023 May 14, 2013 Written by Oregon Business Team.

Near Baker City, you can try your hand at finding shiny flakes in Oregon’s Powder River. ... All told, the dredges dug $4.5 million worth of gold out of the river plain.

The landscape of Baker County still holds scars from when giant gold mining dredges turned the Powder River and greater Sumpter area upside down for miles around.

One of Oregon’s most famous wilderness rivers reaches its end in Gold Beach. But to really experience the Rogue River’s charms, you have to head upstream, into the river’s canyons.

A growing number of people are heading to the streams and rivers in search of gold. There is plenty to be had, experts say, but probably not enough for you to quit your day job.

When four dams on the Rogue River here were scheduled for removal, environmentalists... Oregon's Rogue River draws in prospectors SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...