A 15-year-old boy was rescued from a Northern California mine shaft, officials said Monday. It happened in the Placer County ...

That $200 million in gold production from just two mines would account for two-thirds of the district’s total production of $300 million. Early California gold mining occurred at a time when the ...

Today, his son, Nick Prebalick owns and operates a tour company called California Gold Panning that allows tourists to try their luck at mining for gold. The business helps supplement the families ...

Most of the male population of San Francisco had gone to the mines. The rest of California soon followed. That summer, men like Antonio Franco Coronel, of Los Angeles, dug for gold along side ...

“I encourage people to continue to get involved to protect our environment from the impacts of gold mining.” "I am extremely grateful ... This is a good reminder that California’s environmental ...

The gold mines became melting pots, as farmers from Oregon and businesspeople from New York mixed with prospectors from Mexico, Chile, Hawaii and China. Almost two centuries later, California ...

Most of the male population of San Francisco had gone to the mines. The rest of California soon followed. That summer, men like Antonio Franco Coronel, of Los Angeles, dug for gold along side ...