Many years ago I was watching a show on television about gold prospecting. One of the people on that show said that most people are walking around on gold and don’t even realize it. That got me to ...

Three people have been issued environmental citations for using sluice boxes for gold prospecting without a permit, according to the state s Agency of Natural Resources. A news release was sent out ...

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In 1938, gold prospectors worked the Los Angeles River. In later years, the river received its concrete coat — stopping the prospecting. Writer Don Ashbaugh reported in the Dec. 12, 1938, Los Angeles ...

There’s gold in them dry hills! Or gold seekers anyway. And they see a historic opportunity in California’s historic drought. Low water levels have led to a mini gold rush in the same Sierra Nevada ...