It spurred an explosive migration to California and is yearned for as a piece of jewelry part of people's collection. Turns ...

VERNAL, Utah — The legends haunt these mountains like ghosts: Vanished prospectors. Dead Spanish miners. Indian guardians. There are skeptics, of course. Those who claim there is no gold in the ...

The Utah Legislature on Thursday passed a bill allowing gold and silver coins to be used as legal tender in the state — and for the value of their precious metal, not just the face value of the ...

At the moment, Franco's idea would generally be the only practical use of the law in Utah, given the legislation doesn't require merchants to accept the coins, either at face value — $50 for a 1 ...

This final note on the way out. The governor of Utah signed a bill this week making gold and silver legal tender.. We were curious about exactly how that might work. So we called Craig Franco, he ...

Gold, silver coins to be legal currency in Utah May 23, 2011 by JOSH LOFTIN, Associated Press | Updated May 23, 2011 at 1:27 p.m.