At 95 minutes, “The Gold Rush” was the longest comedy film to date. It riffs on, of all tragic things, the Donner Party, ...

Pier 58, which was originally called Schwabacher’s Wharf, and then Pier 7, has a past covered in grit, gold-dust, and ...

Facts about mining for gold in Yukon Territory - it was a tough life with no guarantees of striking it rich! Read Joe Biden ...

About a decade before silver was discovered in Nevada, the West’s first consequential mining boom occurred on the other side ...

The Carolina Gold Rush marks a fascinating chapter in American history that predates the more famous gold rushes of Colorado, California, and Montana. While these mid-19th century events captured the ...

The wisest among us realize that what we normally think of as opposites are also associates. There’s life and death, joy and ...

On July 4, 1897, Amor de Cosmos died in Victoria. “Thursday last he was struck down with paralysis and rendered unconscious,” ...

Four decades after Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado shot a human anthill of mud-spattered miners digging for gold in ...

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