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

A "supergiant" deposit of high-quality gold ore containing an estimated 1,000 metric tons (1,100 US tons) of the precious ...

Mr. Birkmyre says: “The gold of this nugget, from the crucible assays, I found to be 98'C6 per cent of pure gold. It thus contains only 1-75th of alloy, composed chiefly of silver and iron.

All the gold ever mined on Earth fits into a 23x23 meter cube—an astonishing fact about the world's limited gold supply.

Unearth extraordinary stories of people who came to this country to try – but mostly fail – to make their fortune finding gold. What did people eat, wear, do for fun, sing, read, paint and cry ...