WINNIPEG, Man., Dec ... strike made in the Mikado gold mine, which beyond question is the richest ever made, except, perhaps, the great Comstock lode. The rich ore in the Mikado fills a slope ...

Convinced it contained gold, a common find in Australia’s rich goldfields, he took it home and spent years trying to break it open. But no amount of chiseling or drilling could crack the mystery ...

Profile: The man who turned cast-offs into gold Mr Ratcliffe ... He is the first UK-born person to top the rich list since the Duke of Westminster in 2003. Ineos chairman, Jim Ratcliffe, on ...