On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the foothills ...

Gold has long been viewed as the ultimate safe haven. Unlike fiat currency, it can’t be printed in unlimited quantities by ...

People have reportedly been hunting for gold in the Danube (pictured) for thousands of years, but today, it's mainly the ...

TIME HIGH. AND THAT MEANS PLACES HERE IN CALIFORNIA ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE SELLING AND LOOKING FOR GOLD. KCRA 3’S RYAN CURRY WENT TO AN OLD GOLD MINING TOWN WHERE EXPERTS SAY IT FEELS LIKE A ...

In the early days of the Gold Rush, people flocked to San Francisco to seek their fortune in gold. It was the gateway city where miners set out with pickax, pan and shovel in hand to stake a claim in ...

Now don’t go all weak at the knees and soft in the head when you read this: Gold! In the Mojave Desert! It’s a gold rushlet so far: lots of wishful thinking that half-forgotten old mines still have ...

Electric currents in the Earth may be responsible for the formation of gold nuggets, new research suggests. As detailed in a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the theory could ...