A couple from France's Auvergne region took a neighbour to court Tuesday for digging for sapphires in a local stream, demanding at least a million euros ($1.1 million) in compensation. The Barron's ...

Montana's history is rich with stories of mining. In Helena there was gold, in Butte it was copper, but just off the banks of the Missouri River and Hauser Lake, there's a different type of mining ...