Today the lone surviving dredge stands as the centerpiece of one of Oregon's newest state parks. (Photo/Mark Highberger). Not long ago in the old Sumpter Valley, a mechanical beast the size of an ...

Before Oregon was known for timber, it was known for gold. That’s the underlying message of the new book “Oregon Gold: A History of Mining from the Civil War into the Progressive Era.” Its author, ...

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BAKER COUNTY — Some of the most heavily mined ground in Baker County soon will be off limits to any future searches for gold. Baker County Commissioners voted 3-0 on Oct. 15 to repeal a 2017 ordinance ...

There’s not many of them. Only 911 permits were issued last year. But the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent crackdown on a widespread gold mining technique — suction dredging — in Idaho has ...

Today, most people visiting our public lands are aware of the principles of Leave No Trace. One easy way to remember the 7 ...

Don’t miss Gold Discovery Day at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park on Saturday, Jan. 24, a yearly celebration that ...

Liberia has introduced a permit for gold and diamond dredging, lifting a ban on the mining method associated with pollution. Meanwhile, that is exactly the opposite of what has been done in Ghana, ...