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

One of the hidden areas to escape the city lies at The American River, spanning 30 miles through the heart of California's gold rush country. There are three forks to The American River -– the ...

The gold also fired up the U.S. economy and fueled wild dreams like the construction of a cross-country railroad line. When the United States and Mexico went to war in 1846, California was under ...

Now don’t go all weak at the knees and soft in the head when you read this: Gold! In the Mojave Desert! It’s a gold rushlet so far: lots of wishful thinking that half-forgotten old mines still ...

Coloma, California Begin at the epicenter of the California Gold Rush, where James Marshall first glimpsed gold in the South Fork of the American River, starting the California Gold Rush of 1849.

LOS ANGELES— A Canadian mining company has announced it’s suspending a proposal to expand gold mining exploration and road building on California’s Conglomerate Mesa after the U.S. Bureau of Land ...

The gold also fired up the U.S. economy and fueled wild dreams like the construction of a cross-country railroad line. When the United States and Mexico went to war in 1846, California was under ...