The high price, wet weather and reality fame have brought new life to California’s old mining towns, which depend on gold ...

For rich California Gold Rush history and a lush recreation area filled with trails and wildlife, plan a trip to this ...

Gold has long been viewed as the ultimate safe haven. Unlike fiat currency, it can’t be printed in unlimited quantities by ...

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 foothills ...

JAMESTOWN, Calif. - The historic, recording-breaking rains to hit the state this past winter and spring have led to exciting opportunities for modern day prospectors, hoping to strike it rich in what ...

With the record rainfall over the winter and wildfires of recent years, treasure hunters are again combing the loosened rocks and soil of California for gold, according to reports. The original Gold ...

Have you heard the news? After this year’s storms, California is glittering with gold. Gold here, gold there, gold everywhere. As the theory goes, there is, or will soon be, an abundance of ...

President James K. Polk, at the end of a year of fantastical rumors of riches in the Sierra Nevada, ignited the California Gold Rush with his State of the Union address on this day in history, Dec. 5, ...

The fight in Coloma, California is taking place in a state where the governor signed a first-in-the-nation law to study reparations COLOMA, Calif. (AP) — In a tiny town where the California gold rush ...

Everybody knows about the passes that dominate access to our favorite ski resorts (Epic, Ikon, Mountain Collective, Indy, etc.), but there’s a somewhat under-the-radar pass that is an even better deal ...