Kern County’s gold-mining history is still being written. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management property announced this week it has approved the first gold mining operation on federal property in eastern ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday took strict measures against illegal gold mining in the province by imposing ...

The Weaver Mining district in Yavapai County has a well-known history of placer gold production. Composed of old granite intrusives through schist, Rich Hill — between the deeply eroded canyons at ...

Contrary to what most people assume, the gold rush didn’t end in the 1800s. Across the U.S., people still pull real gold from rivers, streams, and old mining sites simply with a shovel and a gold pan.