gold fever

greed and excitement caused by a gold rush.

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First recorded in 1840–50

There is also the son of a baronet here, who came out in the time of the gold-fever.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World|The Son of Samuel Smiles
We leave this very fantastic and unhealthy land—now smitten with Gold-fever as well as other maladies—to-morrow.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1|Elizabeth Bisland
Henry got the gold-fever back in '49, him and a lot of other young fellers, and nothin' would do but he must go to California.
The Land of Long Ago|Eliza Calvert Hall
During my stay in Melbourne the gold-fever was at its height.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands|George Francis Train

Such is the haste with which an idea is acted upon when the gold-fever has seized its victim.
The Great Gold Rush|W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis