Hey, Gold Rushers: Southern California found gold first! And we’re still looking.
Ah, but — and you should remember this for “Jeopardy!” — the Golden State’s first documented gold strike happened here, in ...
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Hundreds of illegal miners in South Africa to spend Christmas underground in old gold mine
Johannesburg, South Africa - Hundreds of illegal miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein ... Mametlwe Sebei, a human rights lawyer, wants the government to stop telling people that the ...
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Anger and tears as Montenegro town commemorates mass shooting victims
In a crime that shocked the small Balkan nation, 45-year-old Aco Martinovic went on a shooting ... searching for trapped miners at a small gold mine on Monday in the region of La Libertad, after ...
Why Mongolia should be your next wellness escape
Barren yet beautiful, the moonscapes of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert are an alluring world of steppes, boreal forest, sand and rock ...
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Meet Me Under the Molokhia
A seed researcher meets a mysterious spirit in the field, leaving both with a choice about where they will call home.
78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff. Toll is expected to rise
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from ...
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Old Mines and Gold Waste Power Surge in Pan African’s Shares
left behind by decades of mining when South Africa was the world’s biggest gold producer. It’s also operating century-old underground shafts around Barberton, the site of the country’s first ...
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Rock hunting trip ends in 50-year-old’s death at abandoned Alaska gold mine, cops say
Fellow rock hunters tried to save a 50-year-old from Washington state after a medical emergency in an abandoned gold mine in Alaska, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Fellow rock hunters ...