Chloride, New Mexico got its start in the 1870s by accident when mule skinner Harry Pye spotted what he thought was silver ore in a creek bed while moving freight through the area for the U.S. Army.

If you're driving around the southwest and find yourself in the middle of nowhere, pay attention. That's because you never know when you might be near a place of historic significance. There's just ...

Over the past 150 years, significant gold and turquoise mining in Mohave County have yielded more than 1,100 recorded mining claims. Located in the northwestern Arizona portion of the Basin and Range ...