Gold was discovered in the Fairbanks area in 1902 when Italian immigrant Felix Pedro struck it rich. He put Fairbanks on the map and thousands of men rushed to interior Alaska in search of the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — It’s been more than a century since the legendary gold rush of the mid 1800s, and you can still find the precious metal in parts of the U.S. today — not just in California. A survey ...