Recreational gold mining is a pastime for many people these days, and for good reason: the largest nugget ever found in ...

Striking gold may seem like something only heard of in history books now, but there still are numerous places in the United States where you can hit a literal jackpot and take some gold flakes or even ...

There’s a modern-day gold rush happening across the country as the price for the precious metal skyrockets. As of Monday, Nov ...

CAVE CREEK, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - A trip to the museum ended with a young Arizona student taking home a shiny new treasure. On Thursday, 9-year-old Case Wallace and his class were participating in the ...

Sutter's Mill, California, where John Augustus Sutter struck gold, accidentally starting the gold rush. Photo by MPI/Getty Images On January 24, 1848, American carpenter and sawmill operator James ...

One of Teller County’s largest employers is poised to change hands again. Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Newmont Corp, billed as the world’s largest gold mining company, announced at a recent ...

The world’s largest gold-mining company, Denver-area Newmont Corp., has sold its Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine in Teller County for up to $275 million to another Denver-headquartered company, SSR ...

Miner holding gold nugget, with point focus on the gemstone. Striking gold may seem like something only heard of in history books now, but there still are numerous places in the United States where ...