Packing a warm jacket and hat to ward off the December chill, Kristie Cowling hiked among thick pines and rocky outcroppings above 7,000 feet in California’s Sierra Nevada – increasingly hopeful that ...

Gold and silver futures scored strong rebounds Thursday on perceived bargain hunting following heavy selling pressure in back-to-back trading sessions, as renewed geopolitical risks aided safe-haven ...

Minneapolis — In the classic 1948 Humphrey Bogart movie, “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” an old gold prospector opines that the precious metal is valuable because an ounce represents the sweat and ...

The gold rushes of the 19th century have long since ended, but there are still plenty of places you can hunt for the precious metal using a shovel, pan, metal detector, and more. In fact, recreational ...