Many years ago I was watching a show on television about gold prospecting. One of the people on that show said that most people are walking around on gold and don’t even realize it. That got me to ...

There’s gold in them dry hills!Or gold seekers anyway. And they see a historic opportunity in California’s historic drought.Low water levels have led to a mini gold rush in the same Sierra Nevada ...

COLFAX, Calif. — There’s gold in them dry hills! Or gold seekers anyway. And they see a historic opportunity in California’s historic drought. Low water levels have led to a mini gold rush in the same ...

In 1938, gold prospectors worked the Los Angeles River. In later years, the river received its concrete coat — stopping the prospecting. Writer Don Ashbaugh reported in the Dec. 12, 1938, Los Angeles ...

There's gold in them dry hills! Or gold seekers anyway. And they see a historic opportunity in California's historic drought. Low water levels have led to a mini gold rush in the same Sierra Nevada ...

Across the country, a modern-day gold rush is under way. People on social media brandish gold-flecked pans and nuggets while showing off their equipment, ranging from old-fashioned picks to ...

In 1859, prospectors, miners and fortune seekers poured into Summit County as part of the Pikes Peak gold rush, following their dreams of riches and a new life. The story of Iowa Gulch, located on the ...

Fairbanks has always been a mining camp, and gold has been continuously mined here since Felix Pedro’s discovery in July of 1902. Just about all of that gold was shipped to the states and eventually ...

One of my ancestral lines came West for the mining. There is a family story that my great-great-grandpa shot and killed someone who was trying to jump his Park City, Utah, mining claim. He then turned ...