gold field
Americannoun
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
Argentina won the men’s gold field hockey medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and Britain took the women’s gold.
From Washington Times
Executive producer Andrew Woodhead read an advance copy and immediately saw the potential for a television series in the “rich and vivid world” it portrayed, he says, and in its core emotional mystery: “What drives a human being to risk their life on a six-month sea voyage to the other side of the world in the hope of making their fortune on a gold field?”
From Los Angeles Times
Liberian authorities deployed a team comprising of the army, police, immigration and drug enforcement agency officials to the gold field in Nimba county, a major centre for illicit mining.
From BBC
The gold field in Nimba County is a major centre for illicit mining.
From BBC
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