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 plaintiffs ...

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 ...

ILAKAKA, Madagascar -- Jean Railala plunges his rectangular sieve into the chocolate-colored river. Bending his knees, the 23-year-old hauls out a tray full of grayish brown gravel and starts ...