COLOMA, CA ‒ Ankle-deep in a stream, James W. Marshall bent over and grabbed a shiny object that caught his eye. He placed it on a rock and began striking it with another. The shiny material pounded ...

Striking gold may seem like something only heard of in history books now, but there still are numerous places in the United States where you can hit a literal jackpot and take some gold flakes or even ...

LOOKING, HOPING TO STRIKE IT RICH DECADES LATER. THE STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST IN CALIFORNIA IS NEARLY 900 000 ACRES. IT’S THE THRILL OF THE HUNT. BUT THERE ARE SOME WHO BELIEVE 160 OF THEM ARE THE ...

Is anyone making money from California's current gold rush?

How the two primary people of the gold discovery in California failed to cash in. On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was discovered on the American River. James Marshall, the first to find it, never made a ...