Greek Reporter5d
85% of California’s Gold Remains Unfound, State Park Historian Says
A State Park Historian reveals 85% of California's gold remains unfound, keeping the legacy of the gold rush alive.
Greek Reporter3d
The Places Where Gold Can Still Be Found in America
Searching for gold in America with a metal detector is a favorite pastime for thousands who dream of striking it rich.
Are there still active gold mines in California?
The Golden State still hosts more than 5,000 active placer mining claims and ... Up until 1965, California was the nation’s ...
LA Times on MSN19d
Hey, Gold Rushers: Southern California found gold first! And we're still looking.
Read more:Column: California is growing again ... The thing about gold is that it can move around; placer gold, to take an example, gets loosened from its original lode where it started out, gets ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
The Discovery of Gold on This Date in 1848 at Sutter’s Creek Kicked Off the California Gold Rush and Transformed America
Between 1848 and 1855, California produced an estimated 750,000 pounds of gold. After that the take gradually declined, and by the end of the decade it was over. But not its impact: The Gold Rush may ...
Yahoo News6d
Is there still gold in California? Why the gold rush lives on 200 years later
“It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold,” Marshall later would say. News of the riches would soon spread beyond across the United States, kick-starting a wave of mass migration to ...
Yuba River:
This iconic river, found in the Yukon (Canada), sparked the famous 1896 gold rush and attracted many prospectors to its ...