California's Gold Rush brought a major population boom to the state. Prospectors in mining camps had to make do with whatever ...

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif.—With their four-wheel-drive trucks hugging the mountainside, prospectors Ron Kliewer and Sean Hart dodge tire-puncturing rocks jutting out of the narrow and steep road to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUBURN, Calif. (AP) -- Gold prospectors are eyeing Northern California riverbeds, hoping to spot something shiny, as water levels ...

Having found a gold lining to the West’s otherwise devastating drought, prospectors are flocking to the record-low rivers of the Sierra Nevada foothills. A mini gold rush has kicked off in previously ...

This winter's flooding in Northern California has done more than bring relief after years of drought; it's created the prospect of the best gold prospecting in 20 years. Gold hunters in the area tell ...

AUBURN, Calif. (AP) — Gold prospectors are eyeing Northern California riverbeds, hoping to spot something shiny, as water levels dip to historically low levels during the drought, In Placer County, ...