In the 1800s, gold, silver and copper booms lured miners and immigrants looking for a better life. Though the mines ...

Mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife are on the rise despite reductions in mercury release, according to a new study ...

Utilizing Amador Central Railroad tracks that were originally built in 1904, riders can choose between four daily two-hour ...

Rio Vista hugs the banks of the Sacramento River in the California Delta region. This waterfront town offers affordable living with plenty of fishing and boating opportunities. Housing costs run about ...

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We stepped back in time while exploring an abandoned 1800s gold mine deep in the hills of Georgia. In this video, we follow ...

Environmental advocates and local tribes in Inyo County are rallying against a proposed gold mining project that threatens to ...

While opponents – like the San Carlos Apache Tribe and nonprofit Apache Stronghold – claim things are moving too quickly, the ...

Deep in the California desert near Yuma, the ruins of Hedges—later Tumco—whisper stories of gold rush glory. Once home to ...

Economic minerals at the mine include wolframite, scheelite and molybdenite in narrow quartz veins following the foliation of an elongate roof pendant of phyllite in granite. Copper, gold ...

Take a bite out of California’s past with these historic restaurants that have been serving great food and even better ...

In just 90 minutes Friday, she sold 12 - all, she says, to out-of-towners, many of whom asked about old gold mines. "No one ever really asked about that before," she said. The Taylor family isn't ...