goldfields

[gohld-feeldz]

noun, plural gold·fields.

any of several Californian, composite herbs of the genus Lasthenia, having yellow flowers.

Origin of goldfields

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; gold + field + -s³

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Goldfields in Nevada that had been neglected because the ore was just too expensive to extract were now attractive properties.
All that Glitters Is Not Gold: Inside the New Bubble
Wendy Smith
December 5, 2013

Wealth was to be gained in other and surer ways than by groping for it in the goldfields.
Australian Writers
Desmond Byrne
Life on the Australian goldfields, though wild, was not unruly.
Peeps At Many Lands: Australia
Frank Fox
Doubtless on the Western goldfields of America, “lynching” would have been his portion.
Spinifex and Sand
David W Carnegie
People get to a very casual way of doing things on the goldfields.
Spinifex and Sand
David W Carnegie
It came to Australasia not only from the original settlers but also from the rushes to the goldfields.
G. H. Q.
Frank Fox