More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.

That $200 million in gold production from just two mines would account for two-thirds of the district’s total production of $300 million. Early California gold mining occurred at a time when the ...

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 ...

Equinox Gold (EQX) is a $2.7 billion miner of gold, copper, and silver deposits in Brazil and California. EQX is ...

Today, his son, Nick Prebalick owns and operates a tour company called California Gold Panning that allows tourists to try their luck at mining for gold. The business helps supplement the families ...

He recognized it, his relatives said, because he had gone to a Mexico City’s school of mining as a young man, and he knew what he was looking at. Delight all around, and more digging. Lopez hired ...

most didn’t believe the story until an entrepreneur by the name of Sam Brannan walked the streets of the town with a jar filled with gold dust. San Francisco became a ghost town by the spring of 1848.

Between 1848 and 1855, California produced an estimated 750,000 pounds of gold. After that the take gradually declined, and by the end of the decade it was over. But not its impact: The Gold Rush may ...

A State Park Historian reveals 85% of California's gold remains unfound, keeping the legacy of the gold rush alive.

In challenging economic and geopolitical times, investors bet on gold for its ability to store value. Gold prices hit record ...