Raw gold

The Gold Rush started in California in 1848 when people from all over the world flocked to the state to seek their fortunes. It also changed California's population, which had previously been dominated by Spanish-speaking Californios. By 1852, miners outnumbered the Californios, and the Gold Rush had altered ...

A massive gold nugget has been found by a lucky Australian prospector. There may be no riskier profession than prospecting, hunting for valuable minerals

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When you know what to look for, you can find raw gold in wet or dry stream beds, creeks and rivers in known areas where gold was mined.

Alaska Centennial Nugget : Largest Gold Nugget Ever Found in Alaska | #Geology #GeologyPage #Gold #Alaska The largest gold nugget ever found in Alaska is named the Alaska Centennial Nugget. It weighs a whopping 294.10 troy ounces, and was found near the town of Ruby, Alaska in 1998. Read more:

Red lake gold ore The Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa holds the world’s largest gold deposits across a 200-km long swathe. Individu...

A gold digger -- yes, really -- made quite the discovery while out in the Butte County foothills this summer. And we're just now learning about it.

We don't have to be a geologist in order to search for Gold and there are many lucky people out there who have been collecting and make a living from Gold prospecting. It just require us to be familiar with certain element that is associated to Gold for example the rock which contains gold deposits. Below is a collection of pictures from various websites to show an example of potential rocks containing gold deposits. To study deeper on the scientific details of the Gold geology and its…

For more than a decade, he packed and repacked his treasure chest, sprinkling in gold dust and adding hundreds of rare gold coins and gold nuggets. Pre-Columbian animal figures went in, along with prehistoric “mirrors” of hammered gold, ancient Chinese faces carved from jade and antique jewelry with rubies and emeralds.