Record prices have amateur prospectors buying picks and ‘pay dirt’ buckets and dreaming of stumbling on the motherlode ...

Across the country, a modern-day gold rush is under way. People on social media brandish gold-flecked pans and nuggets while ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Minnesotans looking to strike it rich may not need to look any further than the Iron Range. Last year, the DNR announced the discovery of gold grains and small gold deposits up ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. This 1849 map, printed by ...

NEW YORK - Many people have come to New York over the years in search of fortune. It is not true that the streets are paved with gold, but the sidewalks might be. Sometimes, in tough times, people ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PLACER COUNTY, Calif. (KTXL) — After a ...

Veteran prospector Chris MacGregor had one thought when he heard about a chunk of gold that weighed nearly a kilogram being found near a historical West Australian gold mine town recently — "you lucky ...

Every week, WoW Insider brings you Gold Capped, in which Basil "Euripides" Berntsen aims to show you how to make money on the auction house. Email Basil with your questions, hate mail, or guild ...