In northern Oklahoma, there are more than 11,000 acres of salt flats where visitors can view wildlife and dig for crystals. Here's what to know about digging for crystals in Cherokee, Oklahoma at the ...

In northern Oklahoma, there are more than 11,000 acres of salt flats where visitors can view wildlife and dig for crystals. Here's what to know about digging for crystals in Cherokee, Oklahoma at the ...

CRYSTAL PARK, Mont. — Molten granite formed the Pioneer Mountain Range in southwest Montana about 72-million years ago. As the granite cooled, water carried quartz and other minerals through the rocks ...

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

Some modern-day prospectors make thousands of dollars selling precious stones they dug up themselves. By Alexandra Marvar Moonstones in Montana, amethyst and emeralds in North Carolina, garnet and ...

As I turned yet another shovelful of dirt, I thought about a comment made long ago by the millionaire, Andrew Carnegie: “Men are developed the same way gold is mined. When gold is mined, several tons ...