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gold field

American  

noun

  1. an area or district where gold is mined.


Etymology

Origin of gold field

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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Hundreds of rescuers are continuing their search for nine gold field workers who went missing following a landslide in eastern Turkey.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024

The miners’ medical difficulties stem from a system dating from the early 1900s, after the discovery of the Witwatersrand, the world’s biggest gold field, led to the creation of Anglo American in 1917.

From BusinessWeek • May 26, 2011

A will-of-the-wisp to Labrador explorers and Labrador investors are the perennial stories of a great-unexploited gold field somewhere up the Hamilton River.

From Time Magazine Archive

Buried deep in Minister Abbott's 282 fact-laden pages were some interesting disclosures: � The Mines & Resources Department plans to spend almost $3,000,000 at the new gold field at Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

From Time Magazine Archive

Atop the Red Keep's battlements streamed the boy king's banners: the crowned stag of Baratheon on its gold field, the lion of Lannister on crimson.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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