In San Bernardino County, gold and silver mining companies are pushing to expand.

A modern-day gold rush boom was on full display at Calico California Days, a kitschy celebration of early settlements held at ...

TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp and the blaze grew without ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighters are battling a series of wildfires that erupted in north-central California after thousands of lightning strikes were ...

Was there gold in them there hills? Yes. Long before San Diego became known for its beaches, research labs, and urban growth, the mountains to the east briefly thrived with the promise of gold.

CHINESE CAMP, Calif. — One of nearly two dozen fires burning across Northern California on Wednesday scorched homes in a Gold Rush town settled in the 1850s by thousands of Chinese miners driven out ...

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 ...

Gold mining in the United States is heavily concentrated in a handful of states that combine rich geology with decades of industrial investment. Those leading regions now anchor a sector that helps ...