Jim Wilson/The New York Times In their lust for riches, the miners of the gold rush moved a gargantuan amount of dirt. A prominent geologist, Grove Karl Gilbert, calculated in the early 1900s that ...

Gold’s rush to a new all-time high of $2347.58 an ounce earlier today, up $97.50 (4.3%) in a week is starting to split opinions about what comes next with optimists seeing $3000/oz within reach ...

Gold’s latest surge to fresh records has been fueled by a rush of buying activity in daily auctions — a sign that major players in the market are still adding to their holdings even at all ...