The California gold rush triggered one of the largest human migrations in the western hemisphere. People from the nook and corner of the country and the world moved towards the western states in the US in search of gold. The search for gold that began in the mid-19th century continued until the 1950s. Many fortune-seekers […]
In Panama, gold exploration has been happening for several centuries. Earlier it was the natives who produced the yellow metal in small quantities. In 1501, the Spaniards landed in Panama and decided to step up the exploration and production of gold. The Spaniards discovered gold and started extracting the yellow metal from the gold mines. […]
The Alleghany mining district has come to be known as one of the richest mining regions in California. The rich gold/quartz deposits were as extensive as anywhere in the world. There are active mines in the region even today. The gold was found here within the first few years after the gold rush. Alleghany is […]
Bodie commanded little attention from gold miners during the mid-1850s. While other mountainous areas that promised gold were flocked by thousands of prospectors, Bodie had almost no takers or believers. The harsh weather and isolated mountains didn’t attract many settlers. The fortune of the small mining district changed when Bill Bodey decided to try his […]
The presence of gold in the Appalachian Mountains was long known to the American Indians in the area. Gold was a traded commodity for the original inhabitants, but it was not valued with nearly the same reverence as it was for the Spanish Conquistadors that eventually landed in the Americas. It was the rich discoveries […]
Some five miles west of Medford, Jacksonville is a small town in Jackson County, Oregon. Its origin dates back to the 1850s when placer gold was found in Jackson Creek. The creek flows through Jacksonville, and it also inspired the name of the city. For nearly three decades after the city was established, Jacksonville was […]
The 1850s were an extraordinary period in American history. Every person – rich or poor – seemed to have just one thought in mind – Gold. During the period, the news of gold in the west spread like wildfire. This prompted a wave of migration of people wanting to try their luck at finding gold. […]
Located in northern Arizona’s Black Mountains, Oatman was once a thriving gold mining town and a highly populated town of Mohave County. Its peak period was in the early 1900s when it struck gold worth millions of dollars and boasted of a population of 10,000. Although you will find Oatman in the list of ghost […]
California has steadily evolved and kept up with changing times, which has helped the state to become one of the richest in the United States. The gold rush of 1849 started the mass movement of people to California. Many mining towns in California that are now abandoned were once flooded with thousands of gold seekers. […]
The mountains and dense forests of Central America hide vast reserves of gold that are yet to be fully extracted. Gold was known to the people living there even before the Europeans arrived. But, in modern times gold mining has not been easy because of strong opposition. Let’s learn about the past and current gold […]