The nugget is the largest uncontested gold nugget found in the Black Hills in the last 120 years. (Holly Meyer/Journal staff) Charlie "Digger Chuck" Ward is the prospector who found the gold ...

The Atlantic City Community Fund has awarded a total of $78,000 to 38 local organizations in 2025, making this year the fund's largest in both grants and recipients.

Discover Haile Gold Mine in Lancaster County, where gold mining drives $717 million economic impact annually and highlights South Carolina’s hidden wealth.

One of the Rock Hill region’s biggest businesses turns rocks into gold. Increasingly, Haile Gold Mine also produces green — as in an annual economic impact statewide of $717.5 million.

The largest nugget ever found was dug out of the ground by two miners in 1869. The Welcome Stranger weighed in at 3,523.5 troy ounces (about 241 pounds). At today’s gold price, the nugget would be ...

The biggest recorded jackpot of the year in South Mississippi just hit at Golden Nugget Casino Biloxi. Santigo S. (no last name provided) was playing at the Biloxi casino on May 9.

The largest gold nugget ever discovered was “Welcome Stranger,” found in Australia in 1869 weighing 156.6 pounds. It was split into fragments and split between 17 miners, according to the BBC.

A triceratop’s nasal horn, fossilized horse skull, and a 10-pound golden nugget uncovered by a couple using a metal detector over 40 years ago are only some of the rarities set for auction on ...

Historians said miner didn’t give up hope in North Carolina, home to first US gold rush. Man was digging when he hit “rock,” found 23-pound nugget in 1896.

Historians said miner didn’t give up hope in North Carolina, home to first US gold rush. Man was digging when he hit “rock,” found 23-pound nugget in 1896.