COLORADO — The prospectors at Vic's Gold Panning in Black Hawk, Colorado describe themselves as "crazy." Using processes that date back more than 150 years, this group continues a long legacy of ...

Forests in the Peruvian Amazon aren't growing back after gold mining—not just because the soil is damaged by toxic metals, but because the land has been depleted of its water. A common mining ...

David Millar is a third generation gold panner whose mum was mining until she was 80. He tells me: “There are three things you need to strike gold. Water, gravity and agitation.” ...