The Alaska Gastineau Mill closed in 1921 due to ore that was too low grade to mine cost-effectively. Its remnants are visible on the hill above Thane Road — and below the road on the Sheep Creek Delta ...

Kern County’s gold-mining history is still being written. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management property announced this week it has approved the first gold mining operation on federal property in eastern ...

Tennessee conservation officials are drafting regulations on where and how people can look for gold in the southeast corner of the state. The Knoxville News Sentinel ...

Note: This article was originally published in a modified form by the U.S. Forest Service. In the 1880s, Douglas Island was the site of the largest gold mining complex in the world. A 14-mile-long ...

RENO, NV (Amazing America TV) — If you've ever dreamed of striking it rich (I know I have), there are still places in the U.S. where you can try your hand at gold prospecting. Here are three spots ...

In Julian, people lined up at the Eagle Mining Company to get a hands-on taste of California’s Gold Rush history, and maybe ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Does New York State own any gold or other precious metals that you find on your property? The state had something called the Mined Land Reclamation Law. It says that “gold and silver ...

Prospecting is certainly not a gold rush for Mike Flint and Kurt Bublitz. Prospecting for gold is a recreational rush for the "digging" duo Flint, Tomah, is president of the Gold Prospectors ...

Around 1860, prospectors came to Idaho to find gold in the Boise Basin. The bet was solid, and word got out as people came here to stake claims. This Discovery of gold set one of the largest ...

Kern County’s gold-mining history is still being written. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management property announced this week it has approved the first gold mining operation on federal property in eastern ...