Hunting Hidden Treasures · Season 1 Tour

The Season 1episode guide.

Two vehicles. One convoy. An epic journey across the American West—pairing legendary mining country with the materials, products and people it powers.

Watch the pilot episode45 minutes · the Yukon, done once already
14 Planned episodes07 Western states01 Mine-to-product story
The western route

Fourteen stops.
One connected story.

The convoy begins in North Idaho, runs through the great mineral districts of the West and returns to Silver Valley with the made-in-America story.

The route, stop by stop.Use the hub board to explore the Season 1 plan. If the map is unavailable, a hub opens in Google Maps.
Season 1 · 14 chapters

Episode guide.

Follow the convoy from North Idaho silver and gold country through the great mineral districts of the West. Every chapter links back to its living state report in The Pulse.

Underground jumbo drilling at the Lucky Friday mine
Lucky Friday underground · Source ↗
Episode 01 · SilverID

Silver Valley Giants

Hecla · Lucky Friday

The richest silver district on Earth and the modern industry that silver still powers.

Idaho state report →
Historic Bunker Hill Old South Mill in Kellogg, Idaho
Bunker Hill Old South Mill · Source ↗
Episode 02 · SilverID

Silver Valley: Made in America

Bunker Hill District

The regional story: how Silver Valley metal flows into manufacturing and the products in your home.

Idaho state report →
Lucky Friday mine headframe in Mullan, Idaho
Idaho mining country · Source ↗
Episode 03 · GoldID

Orofino Gold Rush

Orofino Historic District

North Idaho’s original gold country—Clearwater placer roots and the camps that helped make Idaho Territory.

Idaho state report →
Lucky Friday surface headframe and plant in Idaho
Idaho mine surface · Source ↗
Episode 04 · Antimony / GoldID

Stibnite: Critical Minerals

Perpetua Resources

Antimony, gold and national defense: why critical minerals are suddenly everyone’s business.

Idaho state report →
Owyhee canyonlands at golden hour, southwestern Idaho
Owyhee Mountains, southwestern Idaho · Illustrative
Episode 05 · Silver / GoldID

Treasure Valley

Boise · Owyhee County, Idaho

Where Boise's boardrooms bankroll the drills turning in the Owyhees — historic silver-gold country writing its second chapter.

Idaho state report →
Open pit at the Carlin gold mine in Nevada
Carlin gold mine · Source ↗
Episode 06 · GoldNV

Nevada Gold: Carlin Trend

Barrick / Newmont operations

The most productive gold trend in the Western Hemisphere, shown at modern scale.

Nevada state report →
Large-scale gold mining operation in Nevada
Nevada mine operations · Source ↗
Episode 07 · Silver / SolarNV

Nevada Silver & Emerging Plays

Hycroft Mining

Emerging silver plus the solar, EV and Gigafactory connections that turn metal into product.

Nevada state report →
Terraced benches of the Bingham Canyon mine in Utah
Bingham Canyon · Source ↗
Episode 08 · Copper / LithiumUT

Utah: Copper, Lithium & Processing

Kennecott Copper · Rio Tinto

The largest man-made excavation on the planet, with fabricators, lithium and processing nearby.

Utah state report →
Satellite view of Lisbon Valley in Utah's uranium country
Lisbon Valley uranium country · Source ↗
Episode 09 · UraniumUT

Southern Utah: Uranium & the Atomic Frontier

American Atomics · Big Indian Project

Charlie Steen's 1952 country: the strike that set off the atomic boom, the valley's untested other half, and the mill at Blanding that anchors the American uranium story.

Utah state report →
Terraced copper workings at the Morenci mine in Arizona
Morenci copper mine · Source ↗
Episode 10 · CopperAZ

Arizona: The Copper State

Morenci Mine · Lucid Motors

Copper to EVs with Morenci and Lucid: the clearest mine-to-product line in America’s copper state.

Arizona state report →
Aerial view of the Chino open-pit copper mine in New Mexico
Chino copper mine · Source ↗
Episode 11 · Copper / GoldNM

New Mexico: Copper Country

Grant County · Chino / Tyrone · Golconda

Visible copper country, Silver City’s rush streets and a living gold story—why New Mexico belongs on the Western tour.

New Mexico state report →
Nichols Ranch in-situ uranium recovery facility in Wyoming
Nichols Ranch ISR · Source ↗
Episode 12 · UraniumWY

Wyoming Uranium

Ur-Energy · Shirley Basin / Lost Creek

Nuclear power and the domestic fuel cycle: America’s uranium comeback, from ISR wellfield to processing hub.

Wyoming state report →
In-situ recovery wellfield infrastructure in Wyoming
Wyoming ISR field · Source ↗
Episode 13 · Rare EarthsWY

Wyoming Critical Minerals

Bear Lodge · Halleck Creek · Brook Mine

Rare earths for magnets, defense and future tech: the strategic minerals America needs next.

Wyoming state report →
Aerial view of Butte, Montana, with historic mine headframes
Butte from the air · Source ↗
Episode 14 · CopperMT

Butte: The Richest Hill on Earth

Silver Bow Mining

A century of copper legacy in the town that electrified America—the season finale before the convoy rolls home.

Montana state report →
The reporting behind the route

The road moves.
The dossiers keep growing.

The tour answers where the cameras are going. The Pulse holds the deeper state record: history, active projects, source material and the company stories added along the way.

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