Massive illegal mining operations that lasted for mere months left scars deeper than its brief operations in Surigao City, ...
Between 1848 and 1855, California produced an estimated 750,000 pounds of gold. After that the take gradually declined, and by the end of the decade it was over. But not its impact: The Gold Rush may ...
More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.