Brazilian police with support from Interpol have destroyed 277 dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River in ...

Wednesday's announcement says it's aimed at dismantling criminal networks behind illegal logging, timber trafficking and gold ...

FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says crews removing PCB-contaminated sediment from the Hudson River were operating within the agency's approved dredging plan when ...

The California Supreme Court says a ban on the use of suction dredges to extract gold from rivers is legal and not overridden by a 19th century federal law that allows mining on federal land FILE - In ...

(AP) – An Indian tribe, conservation groups and salmon fishermen filed a lawsuit challenging the return of suction dredges to mine for gold in California rivers. The lawsuit was filed late Monday in ...

Call it a history lesson paved in gold. A Yuba City man, 94, sent a letter to CBS Sacramento inviting us to tour something that played a big part in his life and the region — a gold dredge. One of the ...