Dubbed the “holy grail” of shipwrecks, the San José went down in 1708 during a battle with the British Navy, CBS News reported. It carried a fortune in gold, silver, and gems—some estimates put the ...

First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) +2.6% in Wednesday's trading after announcing a second significant discovery of vein-hosted gold and silver mineralization within a year at the Santa Elena property ...

In 1849, people flocked to California in search of gold. These gold hunters were called the 49ers, which also inspired the name of Highway 49—the "Mother Lode" route connecting the state's Gold Rush ...

The new gold discovery site is shown with aeromagnetics on Figure 3. Figure 3: New Gold Discovery Site - Aeromagnetics - Gold Float Assays are pending on 31 additional samples collected from the ...

the Reed Gold Mine historic site wrote in a past news release and an email to McClatchy News. Shinn was digging about 3 feet underground when he made a curious discovery on April 9, 1896.

Sutter’s Mill in Coloma became legendary when James W. Marshall found gold here in 1848, sparking the California Gold Rush. Today, the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park occupies the site, ...

ST. GEORGE — The St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site is starting a new dig in an area where dinosaur bones were previously found, and experts hope it will reveal new insights into the state's ...

COLOMA, Calif. – This weekend, you can step back in time to California’s gold rush era. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic ... with the blacksmith on-site Games and activities for children ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the ...