Discover the charm and history of these towns in California that offer a glimpse into a vibrant past where the Wild West ...

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, fueling Stockton's rapid growth, many are still digging for riches all over California.

It had been christened “Gem of the Southern Mines” for good reason. Roughly $150 million — the equivalent of $4.7 billion ...

In the Mojave Desert, a gold rush sparks a mini real-estate boom for old mines Mine shafts in the Randsburg Mining District in Johannesburg, Calif., where gold was discovered in 1895.

While it may be small, this historic California city has no shortage of charming shops, restaurants, museums about the Gold ...

The Gold Bug Mine tour, in Gold Bug Park in Placerville, is led by a ghost inside the only gold mine owned by a California city.

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.

California’s rich artisanal gold mining heritage is evidenced not so much by abandoned openpits and old headframes as it is by the San Francisco 49ers, the Golden Gate bridge, and its ‘Golden ...

State regulators imposed a record $11 million fine Thursday on the operators of a renegade gold mine in the Sierra foothills east of Sacramento.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect the critically imperiled Inyo rock ...

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.