said that only 10% to 15% of the gold in California has been found. Terry Prebalick, a gold hunter who has been working the land for decades, said he feels like the original miners only found ...

“I once found a nugget the size of my palm,” a prospector told the National Geographic. He explained that only a fraction of the region’s gold was unearthed during the California Gold Rush of the ...

Built during the Gold Rush more than a century and a half ago, Cary House Hotel in Placerville is one of the oldest hotels in ...

John / CC BY 2.0 James Marshall changed California’s history on Jan. 24, 1848, when he spotted shiny flecks in a creek near Coloma. The small gold nuggets confirmed his suspicions. “It made my heart ...

Almost two centuries later, California continues to see the largest number of new gold discoveries of any state in the country. An analysis of U.S. Geological Survey data compiled by SD Bullion in ...

Linda McMahon, President Trump’s education secretary nominee, wants to dismantle the department. What that means for ...