Cerro Gordo (Fat Hill in Spanish) was once the most fruitful silver mine in California. "It helped to build Los Angeles," Desmarais says. Convinced there is plenty of silver left, he descends ...

The Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance at their Monday Dec 23 meeting that restricts new ...

The Cerro Gordo mines were the largest source of silver and lead in the United States, but the remote location meant it was a proper Wild West kind of place, notorious for gunfights and ...

Most of the wildflower’s range is part of the National Conservation Lands System, but these conservation lands remain open for development under the antiquated 1872 Mining Law. This area includes the ...

Supervisors from both counties met in Mason City recently to discuss Cerro Gordo County Engineer Brandon Billings also ...