Denver’s cost of living isn’t going to be decreasing anytime soon, so we don’t blame you if you’ve dreamt of heading for the hills to look for precious metals like Colorado’s prospectors of yore. Here ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana has a rich history of gold mining and there is still gold worth panning for, but only if ...

Kalispell Middle School teacher Kris Schreiner demonstrates how to use a sluice to eighth-graders, from left, Shyann Richsel, Hallie Granley and Kaylee Whitten during a lesson on panning for gold, ...