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 handful of sapphires requires just an afternoon's attention at Gem Mountain Sapphire Mine east of Philipsburg. While some visitors come for the novelty, John Sadeeky of Arlington Heights, Ill., is ...

Because Cooney sees Gem Mountain as much an entertainment activity as a mining operation, he samples every gravel pile before bringing it to the work site. There's no way to predict how the sapphires ...

But we'll give Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine one thing over on its competition: Not very many of them offer the chance to mine your own emerald (among other stones). You should know that Gem Mountain, in ...

PHILIPSBURG -- The Granite County sheriff's department Thursday released the name of a man killed in a cave-in at the Gem Mountain Sapphire Mine near Philipsburg. Richard Bangert, 52, of Lewiston, ...