After the discovery of a 17-pound nugget in Little Meadow Creek, North Carolina, the state became a major hotbed of gold mining as a part of the first American gold rush in 1799. Early discoveries ...

A new study reveals how ancient Egypt’s gold mining in Nubia fueled a profitable boom that powered the empire’s wealth.

Here's a chance to visit one of the early sites of the California Gold Rush and, if you're lucky, maybe even find some gold ...

OceanaGold’s reopening of the Haile Gold Mine has struck an economic boon for Kershaw and southern Lancaster County. How long ...

Gold mining has a long history in West Africa, with economies based on the precious metal. But today, a large chunk of Ghana's gold revenues vanish into the unofficial, and untraceable, trade.

In the second century BCE, Greek historian and geographer Agatharchides wrote about the severe working conditions of the criminals and prisoners of war who toiled in ancient Egyptian gold mines: “And ...

The museum offers two floors of artifacts, photos, books, and displays depicting the town's gold mining era. Admission is ...

For centuries, gold has been at the heart of Ghana’s identity and economy. It is no accident that the country was once called ...

CHINESE CAMP, Calif. (AP) — One of nearly two dozen fires burning across Northern California on Wednesday scorched homes in a Gold Rush town settled in the 1850s by thousands of Chinese miners driven ...

Canada's Centerra Gold (CG.TO) is taking all measures possible to protect shareholder rights and is seeing good support from ...