Early California gold mining occurred at a time when the ounce price of gold in 1833 was $18.93 and peaked at a federal limit of around $35 an ounce. As of February 2024, the ounce price for gold ...

Company said these results will help generate detailed geochemical maps and prioritize areas with the greatest gold or REE potential for drilling.

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 ...

Forty-seven miners died in the the worst mining disaster in the history of California 100 years ago. On August 27, 1922 a fire broke out in the Argonaut gold mine near the city of Jackson in ...

During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from some 150,000 to roughly 31,000, according to the International Indian Treaty Council.

The mining industry in California — or really anywhere in America — isn’t what it once was, but it’s not entirely dead. Chances are, however, if you’re dealing with mining in California ...

While California has come a long way since the gold rush, many of its mining towns haven't. In its 19th century heyday, ...

In 1882, California passed the nation’s first environmental law, banning the dumping of mining debris into rivers. Remnants of the gold rush Other effects of the gold rush can still be seen ...

The Gold Bug Mine is the only gold mine in California owned by a city. Julie Tremaine The gold rush might have ended over a century ago, but its ghosts are still all over the Sierra Nevada foothills.

Mine shafts in the Randsburg Mining District. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848 is one of the defining moments in California history, with roughly 300,000 forty-niners flocking here ...