In 1938, gold prospectors worked the Los Angeles River. In later years, the river received its concrete coat — stopping the prospecting. Writer Don Ashbaugh reported in the Dec. 12, 1938, Los Angeles ...

Fairbanks has always been a mining camp, and gold has been continuously mined here since Felix Pedro’s discovery in July of 1902. Just about all of that gold was shipped to the states and eventually ...

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The running water in a river can cause deposits of gold to form: in the riverbed, on the neighboring inundation plains or the banks of the river. These are known as gold placer deposits, and they have ...

During the Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1890s, people rushed to the Yukon and Alaska to claim a part of the gold as their own. The Klondike Gold Rush brought thousands of people to the area, which ...

Across the country, a modern-day gold rush is under way. People on social media brandish gold-flecked pans and nuggets while showing off their equipment, ranging from old-fashioned picks to ...