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

A "supergiant" deposit of high-quality gold ore containing an estimated 1,000 metric tons (1,100 US tons) of the precious metal was discovered in central China in late 2024, according to Chinese state ...

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 ...