Gold prices are soaring. In California, that's fueling a risky mining rush.

Is anyone making money from California's current gold rush?

New gold rush as massive mining operation looks to pull $8B out of California’s Mother Lode

California could be on the verge of its biggest gold rush in generations. Canadian mining company Lode Gold Resources Inc. announced Monday that it has launched engineering studies at the historic ...
The Economist

California’s latest gold rush

HOLD THE pan with two hands, explains “Nugget” Nick Prebalick. Then swish the dirt around. It’s a balmy day in Jamestown, in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, and the ...
Forbes

U.S. Gold Mining Increases Amid Demand For Critical Minerals

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Golden ingots in a 44 gallon drum. One of the U.S. government’s most important activities to ...

California Gold Rush drove mass migration, boom and upheaval

Gold discovery sparked a rush that rapidly swelled California’s population and economy—and brought conflict and disruption.

$8B gold mining project in Mariposa brings California one step closer to new gold rush

More than a century after prospectors helped establish Mariposa during California's Gold Rush, mining companies are once again turning their attention to the area in search of valuable minerals.
USA Today

We prospected for gold in California's past and present

COLOMA, CA ‒ Ankle-deep in a stream, James W. Marshall bent over and grabbed a shiny object that caught his eye. He placed it on a rock and began striking it with another. The shiny material pounded ...