The agency's 2025 assessment reveals $2.55 trillion in identified and undiscovered gold deposits beneath American soil—a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Minnesotans looking to strike it rich may not need to look any further than the Iron Range. Last year, the DNR announced the discovery of gold grains and small gold deposits up ...

BATTLE GROUND, Wash. – There’s gold in them thar hills of Southwest Washington. And in our rivers and on our beaches, too. You just have to know how and where to look for it. Several times a month, ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. This 1849 map, printed by ...

This winter's flooding in Northern California has done more than bring relief after years of drought; it's created the prospect of the best gold prospecting in 20 years. Gold hunters in the area tell ...

The practice of gold prospecting in Little River is pitting a few hobbyists against some government agencies responsible for protecting state waters. David Owens, of Jefferson County, whose sister ...

It’s a Saturday in mid-August in northern Montana, about 45 minutes outside Helena in an area informally referred to as Magpie Gulch by locals. Dustin LeDoux stands in an ankle-deep stream, the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PLACER COUNTY, Calif. (KTXL) — After a ...