A relative few who partook in the Gold Rush got wealthy—mostly earlier prospectors. But the development that sprung up around this mass migration of fortune seekers had a lasting impact on the state’s ...

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An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen ...

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

Experience the Wild West by attending the 76th Annual Gold Rush Days in Wickenburg, Arizona this February.

The Australian government has nominated the goldfields in the country's southeast for World Heritage status. Tanya Plibersek, ...

The rush to ship gold from London to the US to take advantage of premium prices is fueling strong demand for slots to withdraw metal from the Bank of England’s vault, an official said.

At the same time, a gold rush was drawing prospectors from around the world. As existing Australians went in search of gold, the vacant jobs they left increased the job prospects for the arriving ...

News of the riches would soon spread beyond across the United States, kick-starting a wave of mass migration to California ... the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction.

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen ...