A quiet Gold Rush continues in Oregon’s high desert. Serious rockhounds, weekend prospectors and people selling the state’s official gemstone are staking claims and digging for sunstones. Sunstones?

Nick Johnson, the new owner of Dust Devil Mining, a you-dig operation in Oregon’s Lake County, experienced a eureka moment on his eighth trip to dig in the dirt in the high desert with his wife, ...

There's not much left to the town, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth a trip — besides the historic buildings, there are ...

Rockhounding is not a hobby you hear about every day. Loosely defined as the practice of recreationally hunting for gems and semi-precious stones in their natural habitats, it's primarily seen as a ...