One hundred and seventy-seven years later, California continues to lead the U.S. in gold production and discovery. The spirit of the original forty-niners who tilled the land lives on in those ...

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 ...

He specifically plans to conduct placer mining, where gold is separated and sifted out ... and we’re getting it out,' Tucker said. 'It’s what California was founded on, but now we’re coming ...

The allure stemmed from the discovery of gold in California in 1848. “Let’s go gold digging in Gold Mountain” became a commonly used phrase in Hong Kong. In the mid 19th century, the US ...

Coloma, California Begin at the epicenter of the California Gold Rush, where James Marshall first glimpsed gold in the South Fork of the American River, starting the California Gold Rush of 1849.

"The post-gold rush era was the most dangerous time in our history to be a California Indian. Most people did not survive it," Lim said. Greed for gold in California was pushed through violent ...

A California man has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison after stealing nearly $800,000 from a woman in Montgomery County, Maryland, through a gold bar scam that authorities believe ...

"The Chinese miners built 30 Chinatowns during the gold rush. This is the only one that still stands," said Brian Tom, director of the Chinese American Museum of Northern California. "The history ...

("Armstrong"), granting to Armstrong a 6 year lease with option to purchase 100% of Klondike's Montana Creek (surface gravel alluvial gold) placer property (the "Montana Creek Placer Property" or ...