Conflict between a mine operator in the Crystal River Valley and some of his neighbors is heating up this week as the U.S. Forest Service moves closer to approving winter operations at the mine. The ...

MOUNT IDA, Ark. (KTHV) - On the side of a mountain near Mt. Ida, Thomas Hankins digs for crystals. "The redder the dirt, the better your chances are at finding something clear and more crystally," ...

MOUNT IDA — In and around Mount Ida, the identity of the official Arkansas State Mineral can be guessed just by looking around. In fact (pun alert!), the laureate is crystal-clear from billboards and ...

Crystal mines DS is a game set in the distant future on a far-away planet where underneath the ground lies mines filled with crystals, monsters, rocks, black holes, lava, slime and cave-ins that will ...

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 ...

In and around Mount Ida, the identity of the official Arkansas State Mineral can be guessed just by looking around. In fact (pun alert!), the laureate is crystal-clear from billboards and other signs.