After the discovery of a 17-pound nugget in Little Meadow Creek, North Carolina, the state became a major hotbed of gold mining as a part of the first American gold rush in 1799. Early discoveries ...

More than 20 sites in Egypt have been excavated by the French Archaeological Mission since 1994. Excavations were mainly conducted at Roman forts and Ptolemaic mining sites. Egypt has a long history ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — The UNESCO World Heritage ...

C hina has hit the jackpot, once again, after discovering one of the largest deposits of gold ever recorded in the country’s ...

Victor was once so big the town scored a New York Times headline in 1899. Unfortunately, it was to report bad news: “Fire in a Colorado Town: Business Section of Victor, Near Cripple Creek, Destroyed ...

SOUTH Africa’s gold industry has been dwindling for years. Once supplying 83% of all production outside the Soviet bloc, the ...

Environmental advocates and local tribes in Inyo County are rallying against a proposed gold mining project that threatens to upend an expanse of California’s high desert near Death Valley National ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Three million gallons of acidic mine drainage flooded into the Animas River basin 10 years ago, turning the southern Colorado river a mustard yellow and ...