More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.
A State Park Historian reveals 85% of California's gold remains unfound, keeping the legacy of the gold rush alive.
In September 1897, The Times counted more than 3,000 mines in Southern California, some working, some not. One of them was the Tropico gold mine, near Rosamond, a town neighboring Edwards Air Force ...
In challenging economic and geopolitical times, investors bet on gold for its ability to store value. Gold prices hit record ...
A Rush of Gold Seekers By 1849, the non-native population of California had grown to almost 100,000 people. Nearly two-thirds were Americans. Upon arrival in California, immigrants learned mining ...
LOS ANGELES— A Canadian mining company has announced it’s suspending a proposal to expand gold mining exploration and road building on California’s Conglomerate Mesa after the U.S. Bureau of Land ...
On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was found in California's American River. Mormon pioneers, members of Mormon Battalion were among the ...
Gold was discovered in 1848 in the American River near Coloma, about an hour away from Sacramento, igniting the Gold Rush. And even though hundreds of thousands of pounds were extracted from ...
The rock daisy, already listed as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act, faces mounting threats from gold mining in its region. “A company determined to dig up the Inyo Mountains in ...