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Three-quarters of the gold-mines of to-day would shut tight like a clam, if gold were to drop in price even a dollar or two.

From The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

The route lay through undulating agricultural country, past big heaps of white, pink, or yellow tailings, which mark the sites of now worked-out gold-mines.

From Down Under With the Prince by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

They were of every nationality where news of gold-mines, of free settlers' sections, or of quick fortunes in the New World had penetrated.

From On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada by Ralph, Julian

Despite the abundant traces of ancient Roman and other workings, the gold-mines of Wales were long regarded as mythical; but recent extended exploitation has proved them to be rich.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

The 697 discovery of the gold-mines on the Rand greatly increased the importance of the port, and renewed efforts were made to remove the bar which obstructed the entrance to the bay.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various