Photographer Will H. Leigh followed Klondike gold prospectors, documenting their travels, the landscape, everyday life and ...

An obscure element often found in gold mines used to be considered mining detritus. Now it is at the center of the U.S.-China ...

Contrary to what most people assume, the gold rush didn’t end in the 1800s. Across the U.S., people still pull real gold from rivers, streams, and old mining sites simply with a shovel and a gold pan.