Arkansas’s largest public water utility came out this week against new quartz mines being proposed in the Ouachita National Forest. As the Arkansas Times reported last week, one of the proposed mining ...

This hidden South Carolina mine lets visitors dig for real crystals, smoky quartz, and gems straight from the red clay.

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Tucked away in west-central Arkansas' Ouachita Mountains, Mount Ida is a literal hidden gem, a tiny town that got its nickname — the "Quartz ...

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 ...

A simple act of kindness forever changed the lives of Ivy Welburn and Jazmin Erving. While camping, they came across a stranded man in need and decided to help—unaware that this moment would alter ...

The tiny town of Mount Ida is home to rock shops, you-dig quartz mines, and national forest trails. Mount Ida is known for its rich quartz crystal deposits, making it a unique destination for rock ...

Martina Gutfreund knew it could be hard to make a living mining crystals. Still, she was shocked to discover, on a recent trip to Namibia’s mineral-rich Erongo region, that her purchase of 250 pounds ...