gold digging

noun

the work of digging for gold.
gold diggings, a region where digging or seeking for gold, especially by placer mining, is carried on.

Origin of gold digging

First recorded in 1795–1805

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Ashley has attacked the legal side of gold-digging in the past, without naming names.
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He sighed for more congenial employment, meditated much over the subject, and finally resolved to give up gold-digging.
Digging for Gold | R.M. Ballantyne
When the goldfields were discovered, I turned to gold-digging; and between that and bullock-driving I have spent all my time.
Grif | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Footnote 4: This sticking the pick in the ground is an honoured gold-digging custom.
Grif | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
For four or five years gold digging had been on the average a fairly remunerative occupation.
History of Australia and New Zealand | Alexander Sutherland

He found that, in the hill region to the north, gold digging was carried on to a considerable extent.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton | Thomas Wright

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