gold fever

Historical Examples of gold fever

• The gold-fever was hot in their blood; and they were deaf and blind to all but the digging man.

  The Cave of Gold

  Everett McNeil

• "You shore have got the gold-fever an' got it bad," laughed Ham.

  The Cave of Gold

  Everett McNeil

• During my stay in Melbourne the gold-fever was at its height.

  My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands

  George Francis Train

• In vain he tried to persuade his mates to follow suit, but the gold-fever had taken too strong a hold upon them.

  Australia Revenged

  Boomerang

• While he was doing this, he suddenly felt tug after tug on his line—frenzied pulls that woke him from his gold-fever instantly.

  The Pirate Shark

  Elliott Whitney