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 ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 3,000-year-old gold-mining camp in Egypt’s Sukari Mountains that reveals a sophisticated ...

According to a translated statement from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities, a multi-year archaeological projected ...

The best-known gold rush in modern history occurred in California in 1848. South Africa’s Witwatersrand is considered one of the world’s greatest-ever goldfields. Around 31% of the world’s gold ...

Uncover the legacy of gold mining in South Carolina and the impressive high-grade finds at Haile mine's Pisces and Horseshoe ...

A study details the severe degradation and deforestation caused by gold mining in tropical forests, as well as the biophysical challenges associated with effectively restoring these landscapes. In a ...

The mineral pyrite was historically nicknamed fool’s gold because of its deceptive resemblance to the real precious metal — gold. The term was often used during the California gold rush in the 1840s ...