MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Minnesotans looking to strike it rich may not need to look any further than the Iron Range. Last year, the DNR announced the discovery of gold grains and small gold deposits up ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. This 1849 map, printed by ...

BATTLE GROUND, Wash. – There’s gold in them thar hills of Southwest Washington. And in our rivers and on our beaches, too. You just have to know how and where to look for it. Several times a month, ...

It may be hard to believe, but there are specks of gold waiting to be discovered in most area streams — the reason Dean Ransom of Milton has been gold prospecting for 13 years. "I've always been ...

It’s a Saturday in mid-August in northern Montana, about 45 minutes outside Helena in an area informally referred to as Magpie Gulch by locals. Dustin LeDoux stands in an ankle-deep stream, the ...

NEW YORK - Many people have come to New York over the years in search of fortune. It is not true that the streets are paved with gold, but the sidewalks might be. Sometimes, in tough times, people ...