Conflict between a mine operator in the Crystal River Valley and some of his neighbors is heating up this week as the U.S. Forest Service moves closer to approving winter operations at the mine. The ...

When I thought of quartz crystal in Arkansas — if I thought of quartz crystal in Arkansas — I thought of the rock shops that used to line the highway into Hot Springs, the ones with the big blue glass ...

MOUNT IDA -- In 1984, Cathy Fecho moved with her husband, Jim, from southern Illinois to operate some mines they bought in Arkansas. Jim, who died a year ago, had always been a rock hound -- the two ...

[NEW YORK] Moonstones in Montana, amethyst and emeralds in North Carolina, garnet and quartz in upstate New York. At pay-to-dig mines around the US, visitors can paw through piles of mine tailings to ...