Jason Otteson, CEO of Noble Mining, Inc., has identified what he believes to be one of the next major world-class silver opportunities in North America: the Nieves Project, located in the Zacatecas ...

History buffs will love discovering this string of Gold Rush-era towns along Highway 49, a ribbon that connects this famous ...

Record prices are breathing new life into South Africa’s ailing gold-mining industry.

Portland historian William F. Willingham documents Oregon’s overlooked gold rush era that predated the state’s timber industry.

Gold Rush sees Tony Beets score a season-best haul while Rick Ness finally wipes out his debt and rebuilds momentum in Vegas Valley.

Nome, population 3,700, is accessible only by plane outside a few months when boats can pass through. But it will be the home ...

Winter biking may seem like trendy folly to some northerners, but historians say the practice has a long history, dating all ...

Jirdes Winther Baxter, the last known survivor of a 1925 diphtheria epidemic in Nome, Alaska, which prompted a legendary sled dog relay of nearly 700 miles that delivered a lifesaving serum to the ...

MELBOURNE, Dec 30 (Reuters) - In the hinterlands of Australia's historic goldfields, Vicki Plumridge jumps for joy when she digs a small golden nugget out of the earth. The retired retail worker was ...

Gold is having its best year since 1979. Gold futures traded in New York have soared almost 71% this year, on pace for their best annual gain in 46 years. The last time gold had such a strong year, ...