A balance scale from the 19th century once used to weigh hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of gold and silver is now being offered up at a Reno auction. The scale was used at the Nevada ...

The silver rush is over but the gorgeous vistas and tasty fare along the eastern edge of Lake Tahoe makes this a place to ...

A mysterious daguerreotype of a woman and a pair of jeans possibly made by Levi Strauss himself are among nearly 1,000 Gold Rush-era ... Gold" now on display in Reno, Nevada.