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 ...