An astounding amount of gold was pulled from the ground during the California gold rush. In 1852 the take for the year was $80 million ($1.9 billion in 2005 dollars). This map shows some of the ...

Cash-strapped consumers are buying less jewelry. But gold-backed funds are buying in bulk. On Aug. 6 the price of gold hit a new record high of $2,067 per ounce. Even after sliding back under $ ...

J. D. Borthwick, an Englishman searching for his fortune in the Gold Rush, came to California in 1851. He observed and portrayed the gambling element of it in several of the lithographs ...

Click here to see an interactive map of Gold Rush stocking locations. Five hundred of the trout will receive a numbered tag, which is five times the amount of tagged trout in past years.

The inquiry into primary sources, maps and historic photographs asks students to examine the materials and answer whether ...