PHILIPSBURG, Mont. — Montana's extensive mining history coined its nickname. The Treasure State. For generations, people have been flocking to find their own treasures near Philipsburg. At the Gem ...

A Sapphire Symposium will be held Friday through Monday, July 23-26, at the Mineral Museum on the Montana Tech campus in Butte. The symposium is sponsored by the Mineral Museum and the National ...

PHILIPSBURG - Oro y plata - gold and silver - inspired Montana's legacy as the Treasure State. But the real sparklers in the state's dowry are its sapphires. And unlike the mucky work of gold panning ...

PHILIPSBURG - Oro y plata - gold and silver - inspired Montana's legacy as the Treasure State. But the real sparklers in the state are its sapphires. And unlike the mucky work of gold panning or the ...

I have heard that sapphires can be found near Butte. Is this true? Where do they come from? — A Butte resident The answer to your first question is simple — yes. Your second question is an excellent ...

In the mid-19th century, the cry heard across the American West was “There’s gold in them thar hills!” In the great Treasure State of Montana, little did the prospectors know that they should have ...

Seemingly towering above the University of Montana campus, Mount Sentinel's actual rise is only 5,158 feet. To the folks in Missoula, it is just UM's mountain with the big M on it. But in the scheme ...