Whether you want to learn about town history over a drink at Ira's Old Corner Saloon or camp waterfront at Lake Tulloch, this ...

Bodie is the quintessential ghost town, frozen in time high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Once a booming gold mining town ...

Tucked along Highway 41, a visit to this Sierra foothill community offers Gold Rush history, artisan shops, and easy access ...

This charming destination in the Sierra Nevada foothills blends Gold Rush history, small-town character, and colorful fall ...

About a decade before silver was discovered in Nevada, the West’s first consequential mining boom occurred on the other side of the Sierra Nevada near a place called Coloma. In 1839, John Sutter ...

High desert mountains, sagebrush flats, and sage grouse breeding grounds are in the heart of a region threatened by a resurgence in mining activities happening in the Eastern Sierra — ...

ELKO, Nev. — Boom. Bust. Rush. Crash. These words are associated with the cyclical nature of the world’s minerals extraction industry known for making and breaking companies, economies, towns and ...

Matt James has collected gold nuggets for years from the hills and riverbeds of California, but as the precious metal's price ...