Jacob Shinn’s optimism was rewarded when he hit something hard while digging on April 9, 1896. The big “rock” — later ...

During the Australian gold rush, the world’s largest nugget was found by miners originating from the UK. On 5 February 1869, ...

Shinn struck gold almost 100 years after the first big nugget was found on John Reed’s land in 1799. No gold discoveries had been documented in the United States before that. The site became ...