Archaeologists Discovered a 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Gold Mine—and Another World Around It

According to a translated statement from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities, a multi-year archaeological projected ...
Anchorage Daily News

Inside an Alaska national park, a fight looms over a possible gold mine

An Alaska Native corporation leased mineral rights inside a national park to Contango Ore Inc. The company’s plans are ...
Archaeology

Egyptian Gold Mining Camp Excavated Near Red Sea

JABAL SUKARI, EGYPT—La Brújula Verde reports that the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities completed a two-year excavation and preservation project of an ancient mining camp at Jabal Sukari ...
WTVD

Fire burns historic CA gold mining town after more than 10,000 lightning strikes across state

SAN FRANCISCO -- An explosion of new wildfires across Northern California is being linked to lightning, with more than 10,000 strikes across the state on Tuesday. At least one fire is burning homes in ...
Mankato Free Press

Wildfire scorches historic California gold mining town, burning multiple homes

TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — One of nearly two dozen fires burning across Northern California on Wednesday scorched homes in a Gold Rush town settled in the 1850s by thousands of Chinese miners ...
Arizona Daily Star

Mine Tales: The ghost towns of Greaterville and Kentucky Camp

Forty-five miles southeast of Tucson on the east slope of the Santa Rita Mountains are the Greaterville gold placers, discovered by A. Smith in 1874. The deposit, at 5,280-feet elevation, became the ...