Enchanted by its suggestion of swashbuckling adventure, I acquired the map in December 2019. One day in April 2020, I found myself staring at it, lost in the intricacy of the artwork, when ...

Beneath the glistening surface of California’s Salton Sea lies something that will change the country’s energy forever. Scientists have discovered 18 million tons of lithium. This ‘white ...

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.

In Northern California, prospectors are looking to strike gold after the winter storms, recalling a storied era in state history. By Thomas Fuller Photographs by Jim Wilson ...

An amateur gold panner was rescued after going missing in a California forest for two days.. The search started on Thursday when the man and his friend started hiking through Plumas National ...

Inside the genetic genealogy being used to solve crimes 13:49. A victim whose skull was found in a culvert by children in a Southern California city in 1983 has been identified 41 years after her ...

Learn how the discovery of gold in California transformed the American west! January 24, 1848 started out as a typical work day for carpenter James W. Marshall.

So how can you tell you found gold? It’s all in the weight of the pan. Gold is about 18 times heavier than water and as you’re panning, the gold will sink to the bottom of the pan, Fierro said.

The discovery of gold in1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen countries to form a multi-ethnic society in California.

The gold rush towns of California feel the closest we have to the charm of East Coast villages. Contrary to popular belief, fall foliage does indeed occur in California.

A gold panner vanished after going to try to find water for his exhausted hiking companion, California rescuers reported. The two were hiking to the Middle Fork of the Feather River near Milsap ...

Aptly nicknamed "the Golden State," California saw its first gold rush some 175 years ago when James Marshall, a carpenter from New Jersey, noticed some glinting metal in the water where he was ...