After the discovery of a 17-pound nugget in Little Meadow Creek, North Carolina, the state became a major hotbed of gold mining as a part of the first American gold rush in 1799. Early discoveries ...

In mineral exploration, the riskiest starting point is often a blank map. Greenfield discoveries are expensive, slow, and statistically unforgiving. Even in strong commodity cycles, most early-stage ...

Before Oregon was known for timber, it was known for gold. That’s the underlying message of the new book “Oregon Gold: A History of Mining from the Civil War into the Progressive Era.” Its author, ...