Todd Bracken, the master jeweler at Bracken Jewelers in Santa Monica, California, first fell in love with gold panning in the ...
Family-owned Bracken Jewelers sources 20-karat California gold directly from the owner's land, controlling every step from ...
An exhibition at the northern end of Cuyamaca Rancho State Park reports that, according to legend, William Skidmore discovered the gold-laden quartz ledge in March of 1870 while chasing one of his 36 ...
TUOLUMNE COUNTY — A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp and the blaze grew without containment ...