Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...

As Sudan burns and its people starve, a gold rush is under way. War has shattered Sudan’s economy, collapsed its health ...

DENVER (KDVR) — It’s been more than a century since the legendary gold rush of the mid 1800s ... “The findings reveal ...

The United States has taken some steps to curb the trade ... The price hike triggered a gold rush in Latin America starting in the early 2010s. But whereas small informal “wildcat” miners ...

How Sierra Nevada's gold rush towns are reinventing themselves How Sierra Nevada's gold rush towns are reinventing themselves Gold is a toxic lure in the world’s highest settlement Gold is a tox ...

Gold once lured prospectors to the American west - but now it's cobalt that is sparking a rush. Cobalt mining has not happened at any sort of scale in the United States for decades. But a handful ...

With flinty perseverance and a golden touch, Belinda Mulrooney earned an unlikely fortune in the frozen north and reshaped the Canadian frontier Melanie Haiken Esteban, York and James Beckwourth ...

According to the auction house, this 1870-Carson City (CC) $20 gold piece is one of only 3,789 ever made. Somewhere between 35 and 65 of these pieces survive to this day. While there isn’t a ...

California became a state in 1850 and the Gold Rush was credited with speeding ... larger than a $10 gold coin called an eagle in the United States. However, the massive gold deposits in ...

Rare Coin Issued After the California Gold Rush Sold at Auction for $1.4 Million LOS ANGELES (AP) — Avid coin collectors jumped at the chance to get their hands on a rare $20 “double eagle ...