I-Team: Goldfield to Join National Park Ranks? (KLAS Las Vegas)

Is the tiny mining town of Goldfield ready to become part of the national park system? A new report from the National Park Service says it might be a good idea. The park service sent a team to Goldfield last year at the request of Senator Harry Reid and was bowled over by its historical and cultural importance.

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When even the waterfalls froze (Otago Daily Times)

If you think the winter of 2009 is a particularly cold one, look at today’s historic image from the Lakes District Museum collection. It shows miners carrying winter supplies back to the gold-mining town of Macetown about 1890.

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