Historically, prospectors found giant gold nuggets in California during the 19th century Gold Rush days, including a 54-pound chunk found in Butte County in 1859. It has been decades since a ...

Historically, prospectors found giant gold nuggets in California during the 19th century Gold Rush days, including a 54-pound chunk found in Butte County in 1859. It has been decades since a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

This nugget was discovered during California's gold rush in a creek about 50 miles from the Oregon border. Campbell said that many of the nuggets found from that time "are melted. So to find a big ...

Ed Allen, a historian at the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, said that only 10% to 15% of the gold in California has been found ... out a 3 ½-ounce gold nugget from the nearby ...

HELENA, Mon., Jan. 25.—A forty-two- pound gold nugget worth upward of $10,000 is reported to have been found in California Gulch, one of the tributaries of the famous Alder Gulch, in Madison County.