LYON, France, November 5, 2025 (ENS) – In a blow to criminal organizations along South America’s Madeira River, law enforcement personnel have disabled 277 dredges used in illegal gold extraction ...

(AP) – An Indian tribe, conservation groups and salmon fishermen filed a lawsuit challenging the return of suction dredges to mine for gold in California rivers. The lawsuit was filed late Monday in ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has cited five individuals in Siskiyou County for illegal suction dredge mining in state waterways. Suction dredgers operate by creating a vacuum ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Brazilian police backed by Interpol have destroyed hundreds of dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River, in one of the biggest coordinated crackdowns yet on ...

brought 16 gold miners before the courts in March on various charges under the Mining Act. Nine of the miners were charged with the offence of operating without a permit or licence, two were charged ...

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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, ...