(Alberfb/iStock/Getty Images Plus) When you're prospecting for gold, sometimes you can find treasure of a different kind.

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Tales of prospecting for gold may conjure up images of treasure hunters victoriously uncovering massive rocks of the valuable metal. In reality, prospecting was hard, back-breaking work, with days ...

WORLAND — West River Prospecting Supplies is a business born out of a lifelong passion for prospecting, mining and the history of those practices throughout the United States. The company is based out ...