Somewhere in the aptly named Superstition Mountains of Arizona, it is rumored that a lost mine of untapped gold awaits. Dubbed after German prospector Jacob Waltz, the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine has been the target of intrepid hikers, adventurers and treasure hunters since the late…
Searchers have just located what they believe to be the body of a man who set out to find a fabled gold mine in the Arizona mountains and disappeared three years ago. Thirty-five year-old Jesse Capen of Denver, Colorado was fascinated with the legend of…
I stopped by to visit a fellow Rotarian the other day and as we were chatting I noticed several interesting rocks on a shelf behind his desk. It wasn’t a big surprise, since Zach is a professional geologist. Upon closer examination, I found that among…
Three seasons deep into one of Discovery Channel’s hottest shows and Dave Turin can hardly believe he made it here. When season one of Gold Rush (formerly called Gold Rush Alaska) first premiered in December 2010, Turin was brought in as an expert consultant for a group of…
The Missouri Land Reclamation Commission will meet at 10 a.m. on Sept. 27 in the LaCharrette Conference Room inside the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Drive. The commission will discuss a hearing request regarding a permit expansion…
