california gold rush

Rare Coin Issued After California Gold Rush Sold at Auction for $1.4 Million

LOS ANGELES—Avid coin collectors jumped at the chance to get their hands on a rare $20 “double eagle” gold coin at a Southern California auction house Tuesday afternoon, but only ...

November 21, 2024BY The Associated Press
Plan to Reopen 1 of California’s Largest Gold Mines Hits Snag

After being discovered during the Gold Rush in 1853, the mine produced about 2.4 million ounces of gold ...

December 29, 2023BY Jill McLaughlin
New California Gold Rush Coming as Record Snowpack Melts

Gold isn’t raining from the sky in California, but it might be flooding into the rivers by summer. ...

April 28, 2023BY Jill McLaughlin
All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Colorful Past of a California Gold Rush Ghost Town

Dashing down to the wharf at the foot of Market Street in San Francisco, during the height of ...

February 28, 2023BY David Coulson and Maria Coulson